Two years ago this week

[rph3664]

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Can't believe it's been that long since I decided to retire from active pharmacy practice. It was not a decision made lightly, or completely voluntarily (the job I had was causing a rapid deterioration of my health, and had I worked there one more day, I would have been a patient IN that hospital) but one that I'm glad I did, and have had near 100% support from colleagues, past, present, or in cyber- or meatspace. Granted, it was a horrible thing to do to my co-workers at that facility, but I had no choice. I still think about it every day. 🙁

I have no intention of giving up any of my licenses; I just don't want to do it any more, at least for now.

The following month, I moved back to the city I consider my real home, and can't believe how fast the time has gone by.

🙂

 

[nafcillin]

That sounds so difficult! How old are you and if you don't mind me asking what kind of health conditions?

I know you say you think of it daily but be easier on yourself. You said this was best for you and you know better than anyone else.

Sorry it's such a hard anniversary

 

[trailerpark]

I'm intrigued, more info please.

 

[benjee]

That sounds so difficult! How old are you and if you don't mind me asking what kind of health conditions?

I know you say you think of it daily but be easier on yourself. You said this was best for you and you know better than anyone else.

Sorry it's such a hard anniversary

I guess he or she is about 50 yo with panic attacks. I may be wrong.

 

[Old]

I guess he or she is about 50 yo with panic attacks. I may be wrong.

Dont know about that but he/she is the one in the crowd that is stress free, happy and living life as we all should.

 

[Sunshine98]

Dont know about that but he/she is the one in the crowd that is stress free, happy and living life as we all should.

Word!

Right now stress giving me insomnia. Dealing with short staff, turnover (which you have to train new people), snow days, and a partner that wants to do the bare minimum while I'm taking on so much I cant take it anymore. All I do is hold anger inside me all day and want to explode.

I hope in that time you have found some peace rph3664.

 

[kendrick lamar]

This is great reminder on an otherwise cynical forum, thank you for this. I hope you are doing much better now that you have quit. I am still in pharmacy school but I have anxiety/depression that is causing me a lot of body aches, lack of sleep, etc. I am working on putting my mental health first

 

[rph3664]

I had a panic attack that landed me in the ER (I didn't realize what it was until later) and was very rapidly losing weight. It wasn't that I couldn't keep food down; I couldn't GET it down. Have you ever realized that your body was consuming itself, and you weren't doing this voluntarily (i.e. crash dieting)? It's a scary, horrible feeling. And it wasn't a decision made lightly, because it had taken me over a year to find this job, it was for a company with excellent benefits and overall morale (how often do you walk into a HOSPITAL and all the employees are smiling?), I had only worked there 6 months, and I had moved 300 miles away to a town where I knew absolutely nobody, and was starting to make friends there too. (I'm still in touch with some of these wonderful people via Facebook.)

I found out after the filing deadline had passed that you can get unemployment if you can prove that you quit a job because of health or safety issues.

It also appeared to take 5 months to find my replacement (in this job market!!!!!) but I Googled my boss, and found out on Linked In that he took another job in the same health system several months later. I think he did that to be closer to his children.

As for the job I lost in 2010, I'm also still on Facebook with a lot of them, and they all tell me that I should be very glad I don't work there any more. I found out that two 30-year-plus employees were fired due to a loophole in the Family Leave Act, and another pharmacist, who had worked there 11 years, walked in one day intending to give a 2- or 4-week notice, and decided to make it immediate instead. The person who I think was responsible for the loss of my job went through a seriously ugly divorce last year, and everyone sided with her husband even though the festivities (ROTFL) kicked off with her filing a restraining order against him. 😱 It sounds like she's a really bad alcoholic. 🙁 I do feel bad for their kids.

 

[rph3664]

A couple weeks ago, I was getting ready for bed, and realized that I hadn't thought about that job all day. Guess the healing process has advanced yet another step.

And regarding the place I left in 2010: They will not, under any circumstances, hire any pharmacist who has not done a residency. What does that tell you?

 

[anewmanx]

Good for you for making a life altering correct decision!

I developed severe anxiety after I almost lost my arm in a military accident. It took the last five years retired just to get to where I was somewhat functional again.

You only life once, enjoy it while you can! You should travel the world.