Financial Impact of BC on Small Business
I cannot believe that it is nearly the end of October 2013!
The year has been an extremely difficult one financially - which is a result of my BC, husbands illness and general farming conditions. I...
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Hi, I too have been offline for a while. I understand all of the above. I gave up my job to be classed Total and permanent disabled just so that we could gain my super and a little bit more. I was 54 when diagnosed with secondary bc and had to wait until I turned 55 to access the super. We sold our home and moved into our investment home. Luckily we had some insurance cover and have coped fairly well. Until my husband was diagnosed with heart failure. He has been off work for 6 weeks (all paid sick leave- never took any sick days off -only to look after me during bc) Now we are in the process of accessing his insurances - not easy and very stressful. I am now more eager to return to work just to keep the coffers from becoming empty. When I hear about my sisters/friends having huge supers to retire on I just sigh hoping to just get there to retirement. Illness is so hard to deal with physically let alone financially. I definately didn't sign up for BC but am grateful that we did have some insurance cover. Doing without all those years has allowed us some security to get some health back. XLeonie