Time to admit defeat in the workplace?
Went in to Centrelink today to apply as dad’s carer. The
case officer suggested I should register for disability myself and my husband
apply as carer for both myself and dad who has bone Mets from pr...
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Oh Brenda, this is the side society doest see. It's one thing to give us the resources to 'fight' our disease, but if you don't come out the other end fit enough to sneak back into the workforce and pass for well, watch out.
Advice about how to fill in the forms is very handy, I'm sure, but we live in an age where our esteemed leaders are more than happy to imply, or out right state, that anyone who is not 'pulling their weight' should be subjected to relentless scrutiny lest they have made a lifestyle choice to live in pain and grinding poverty.
I'm not getting any government assistance --which is fine, I've worked hard and saved some money so I understand I need to be down to nothing before I qualify for help. For me, it will be the ritual humiliation of Newstart if I can't get back to work by June. Yes, I can get an exemption to avoid some of the more punitive clauses for a couple of months, but the reality is I simply can not see myself being well enough to be able to earn enough to live on in the foreseeable future.
It's terrifying and depressing and seriously makes me wonder if my second choice of just having some surgery and hormone therapy and taking my chances would not have been a smarter thing to do than subject myself to treatment that may stigmitise me for life.
Advice about how to fill in the forms is very handy, I'm sure, but we live in an age where our esteemed leaders are more than happy to imply, or out right state, that anyone who is not 'pulling their weight' should be subjected to relentless scrutiny lest they have made a lifestyle choice to live in pain and grinding poverty.
I'm not getting any government assistance --which is fine, I've worked hard and saved some money so I understand I need to be down to nothing before I qualify for help. For me, it will be the ritual humiliation of Newstart if I can't get back to work by June. Yes, I can get an exemption to avoid some of the more punitive clauses for a couple of months, but the reality is I simply can not see myself being well enough to be able to earn enough to live on in the foreseeable future.
It's terrifying and depressing and seriously makes me wonder if my second choice of just having some surgery and hormone therapy and taking my chances would not have been a smarter thing to do than subject myself to treatment that may stigmitise me for life.