I drive regular Chauffeur while in service van I got call from my son telling me I had keys to his truck he needed them to go to work I live 3 minutes from my plant never thought anything about it being an issue I go home for lunch most days and we are deducted 30 minutes for lunch without clocking out or in and by law allowed 2-15 minute breaks (I work 10 hour days) it was double digits ground was froze my drive was sheet of ice I parked on street for fear of not getting backed out of my drive on way back to van I slipped fell feet in air flat on back knocked wind out of me for some time. Finally drive back to plant let service sup know about incident they kept me there almost 2 more hours before having me clock out go to our plants personal dr(chiropractor) he says I bruised my lungs with no test to say otherwise sends me home to go back to work next day I get wrote up for going home on clock and because I didn’t ask 1st to go. It’s been at least 6 weeks 7 dr/hospital visits with no relief no exact diagnosis as to why or what it did when I fell severe chest back pain with work excessive activity had 2 antibiotics 2 sets steroids muscle relaxer anti inflammatory scapula X-ray blood work cat scan was even told because I found lump on breast I have breast cancer sent stat for diagnostic mammo nope just a cyst was falsely told that and to call fmla only to be told to cancel nothing medically wrong. Was even told I had pleurisy but nope not that now, I’m back to seeing original work chiropractor he says possible subscapular tear might possibly can get cpl weeks fmla he’d talk to HR past friday now he says he’s getting prior authorization for MRI to get proof of tear before can get fmla I am in so much pain each day I come home from work I can’t do things I need to do to live my daily life all I can do is lay on couch til work next morning it lets up somebut as I move around and get ready it starts to get aggravated my job is very active I’ve even asked for personal time off to heal was denied asked for a helper let me drive they do heavy work denied they have a 3rd hire for my position going on route with other driver to train with her instead of me I’ve been there more than triple the time I feel they’re trying to push me out the door they can’t gire me and stuck in a corner. They change pro attendance policy middle of year we are only allowed to miss 12 pto days a year no more 13th your done. To be honest I’ve missed 15-16 days prior year and wasn’t let go just didn’t get paid for the last few of them. They’re telling me I’m reactive not proactive I’ve been there 7 years I do a great job I have excellent PR with my customers I get no complaints from any of them I go out each day do my route come back go thru process each day with no issues I just have bad attendance because I’ve used my days over not feeling up to performance and I’ve used most all of my pto as planned vacation assuming I had a cushion for the end of calendar year which is June 1st one more call In I’m fired if it wasn’t for falling needing the insurance now more than ever be wise I have no clue what’s wrong for all I know it is cancer and they just haven’t caught the right kind yet. The only steps left now is the mri (costly with ims) and a bone scan. Long story but please help!! I feel like no one else cares at this point least of all my employer!!
