For the most part, I enjoy teaching. I have the dream job. I teach from home using my computers, a headset, and my professional attire--sweats and t-shirts. I draw disabilty retirement, which with only five years in the school sytem to begin with isn't all that much.
My health--I am taking Tysabri, but I do struggle with fatigue and brain FOG! I teach college classes and work about nine months out of the year. I feel great in the fall, but the three seasons are challenging for me. I am 39 years old and have three kids, two of which are grown-one is 16.
My situation--because of the fatigue and my finances--my health insurance premium is $800 a month plus my medicines and business expenses pretty well equal my take-home pay. I also have disabilty insurance on several credit cards that have been used to pay for my medical expenses.
If I were to quit and take my disability, then I could save quite a bit of money. I had a SSD hearing back in December. I had to "play the SSD game" for my school district as part of my early retirement. I wasn't interested in disability, but I had to go all the way until I was turned down before I could continue with my retirement disability. Anyway, the judge told me he would disable me in a minute if I would quit working.
My question for everyone here is if I quit working, my financial situation would improve immensely and I would get some rest, but getting this job back would be almost impossible. I would miss teaching, and I worked so hard for my credentials.
Has anyone else regretted quitting work and now realize you can actually do it?
My health--I am taking Tysabri, but I do struggle with fatigue and brain FOG! I teach college classes and work about nine months out of the year. I feel great in the fall, but the three seasons are challenging for me. I am 39 years old and have three kids, two of which are grown-one is 16.
My situation--because of the fatigue and my finances--my health insurance premium is $800 a month plus my medicines and business expenses pretty well equal my take-home pay. I also have disabilty insurance on several credit cards that have been used to pay for my medical expenses.
If I were to quit and take my disability, then I could save quite a bit of money. I had a SSD hearing back in December. I had to "play the SSD game" for my school district as part of my early retirement. I wasn't interested in disability, but I had to go all the way until I was turned down before I could continue with my retirement disability. Anyway, the judge told me he would disable me in a minute if I would quit working.
My question for everyone here is if I quit working, my financial situation would improve immensely and I would get some rest, but getting this job back would be almost impossible. I would miss teaching, and I worked so hard for my credentials.
Has anyone else regretted quitting work and now realize you can actually do it?
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