I am Now Officially a Lab Rat

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  • JerzyGrrl
    JerzyGrrl Member Posts: 760 Member
    #42
    All the best

    All the best to you and your wife as you begin the new chapters of your journeys. May you both be blessed and be a blessing.

    Jerzy

  • hardo718
    hardo718 Member Posts: 853 Member
    #43
    Oh BDS

    I wish you only the best with your new trial, keep us posted.

    As far as your wife goes, I too worked in healthcare and was "forced out" after many years of dedication, high performance appraisals, etc.  My situation was a bit different in that I didn't qualify for FMLA because my terminally ill family member was an uncle.  I dropped my status to part-time for over a year with absolutely no problems.  Then suddenly my manager said I could no longer have a set schedule of tuesdays & thursdays which allowed me to take my uncle for his weekly infusions.  I basically begged her to work with me, he literally had weeks left.  The response was quite heartless and forced me to take a Leave of Absence.....but they could not gaurantee my job would be mine when I was to return.  They quickly replaced me within 2 weeks.  My uncle passed 8 weeks after my Leave began.  Eleven days after his passing I turned 62 and decided to take an early retirement.   Although it's been a year now, I am still left with bitterness over the unbelievable heartlessness of it all.  Just thinking about it brings me to tears.  People would literally say to me, he's your uncle......as if it didn't matter.  He was always like a 2nd father to me, and I was the only one here to care for him, I'd never turn my back on him.  I can only hope a big dose of KARMA is headed their way at that hospital.  And if that's not bad enough, I feel guilty for thinking like that.  Cry  So, you and your wife are not alone and I suspect it's a trend.  Sad.

    Donna~

  • Footstomper
    Footstomper Member Posts: 1,237 Member
    #44
    Bosses

    The Principal of my school did everything she could to help me keep my job. Employing a sub full time even when I was officially working part-time. She knew that there would be days, due to weakness or side effects, when I wouldnt be able to make it in. Eventually we decided that it was best for me, and best for my students, that I take earlier retirement. Donna, I can only hope that a big dose of karma goes their way. Especially when I discovered that middle management, for whom I was just an inefficient number on the payroll, wanted me fired pretty much on day 1.

    There are good people out there.

  • hardo718
    hardo718 Member Posts: 853 Member
    #45
    Footstomper said:

    Bosses

    The Principal of my school did everything she could to help me keep my job. Employing a sub full time even when I was officially working part-time. She knew that there would be days, due to weakness or side effects, when I wouldnt be able to make it in. Eventually we decided that it was best for me, and best for my students, that I take earlier retirement. Donna, I can only hope that a big dose of karma goes their way. Especially when I discovered that middle management, for whom I was just an inefficient number on the payroll, wanted me fired pretty much on day 1.

    There are good people out there.

    Just a hard pill to swallow...

    .....I have learned since that I'm not the only one this has happened to.  Apparently there is a move afoot to eliminate those long-term employees for those with less experience due to costs.  Genius!  I'm guessing they hadn't considered there are also risks involved in that kind of move?  I hear patient care is suffering now and that breaks my heart.  (I worked with kids, pretty exclusively)

    Donna~

  • Abunai
    Abunai Member Posts: 173 Member
    #46
    Stu said:

    Feeling Lucky

    I have just been told I will be in the stage three Keytruda Epacadostat/Plecibo trial... Feeling lucky

     

    Congrats!

    Congrats!

    Best of luck, and keep us updated.

    Feeling lucky for you too.

  • Stu
    Stu Member Posts: 8 Member
    #47
    Feeling Lucky

    I have just been told I will be in the stage three Keytruda Epacadostat/Plecibo trial... Feeling lucky

     

  • JerzyGrrl
    JerzyGrrl Member Posts: 760 Member
    #48
    Stu said:

    Feeling Lucky

    I have just been told I will be in the stage three Keytruda Epacadostat/Plecibo trial... Feeling lucky

     

     Glad you were selected to be

     Glad you were selected to be included in the trial. All the best - !

    Jerzy

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