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How Much More?

December 13, 2005 |

Well we received another ass kicking in the husbands employment department yesterday. Even though he still has a great deal of pain in his hand he has been cleared by his doctor to return to work with full use of his hand. She told him it will take up to 6 years to fully heal - conveniently the length of the statute of limitations on filing for any negligence on the part of the surgeon.

So the hubs already had a line on a job in the same field as before and they told him that once he had clearance to return to work to go in and talk with them and bring them a letter from the physician. He did this yesterday and spent some time walking around and talking with the manager at the new shop.


When they were done said manager asked him up to his office. He closed the door and said “I don’t know how to tell you this but the district manager doesn’t want us to hire you because of your injury. We’ve hired someone else.” Ouch. My husband thanked him, shook his hand, told him he understood that this was from the district manager. The store manager really wanted to hire him and the hubs wanted to acknowledge that.

To top this off, a guy that the hubs worked with at his old job has been blowing him off and not returning his phone calls. Bogus. They were best of friends for years on that job and now he won’t even call him back? We got his girlfriend a cell phone on our plan that they pay us for and he can’t even return a phone call? Poor J feels like he’s a leper and no one wants anything to do with him anymore. The depression has set in pretty hard and I can’t blame him a bit for feeling this way. It’s a tough time of year for him anyway as he experienced a very serious family tragedy, that resulted in the death of his brother, 25 years ago this week. He’s a wreck and I don’t know how to help him.

I can tell him over and over how much we love him and how we are there or him but he still hurts. He said yesterday that if knew how much he was going to lose by having the hand surgery and leaving his job he would have just sucked it up and stayed there. I feel so bad for him and so helpless too. How much more is he supposed to take?


Comments

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  1. cassie-b on December 13, 2005 8:46 am

    I’m so sorry for all your problems. I guess all you can do is support him as you’ve been doing.

    Maybe things will look up soon.
    Cas

  2. Theresa on December 13, 2005 9:34 am

    {{{HUGS}}}

    Things are going to get better, and soon!

  3. mrs. diamond on December 13, 2005 1:00 pm

    awww man. that’s rough. (hugs) for you both

  4. Aimz on December 13, 2005 2:16 pm

    Oh that totally sux - hugs to you from me too.

  5. Marcia on December 13, 2005 8:12 pm

    I’m sorry to hear this. Will keep him in my prayers.

  6. Autumn on December 15, 2005 11:18 am

    *hugs*

    it’s hard. I’m finding trouble getting a job b/c of my medical issues. Which is illegal, but that doesn’t seem to prevent it from happening becuase it’s so hard to prove.

  7. Eyes for Lies on December 16, 2005 11:53 am

    Here is wishing you better times (((hugs))

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