What does it mean to “take things for granted”?
Often, it is only when something is taken away that the value of the vanished item of vacuity vainly verifies the validity of its valuation. Sorry for the alliterative illustration. Similarly, the cosseted life is one where over-indulgence of protected care may have existed, and the sudden or gradual disappearance of that sense of security leaves one vulnerable and potentially open to harm.
Health, itself, offers the cosseted life; and loss of it, an overwhelming sense of vulnerability.
In youth, when health is so often taken for granted, we are apt to embrace challenging and silly endeavors. We might jump out of planes, for instance; or engage in other acts of mindless stupidity. We expect failing health in the metaphorically twilight days of our lives, but when it occurs in the middle years, it often catches us off guard, and the loss of a cosseted life is felt all the more fervently.
For Federal employees and U.S. Postal Workers who suffer from a medical conditions such that the medical condition prevents the Federal or Postal worker from performing one or more of the essential elements of one’s Federal or Postal job, the sequence of dealing with the loss of that cosseted life often follows a familiar pattern — First, attend to the medical condition; Next, try and accept the available treatments such that a return to a level of functionality may be attained where your Federal or Postal career can continue.
Then, if the medical condition reaches a level of chronicity such that it becomes clear that you will not be able to perform all of the essential elements of your Federal or Postal job, contact a FERS Lawyer who specializes in OPM Medical Retirement Law. For, in the end, the loss of a cosseted life should never be the end of something, but rather the beginning of a different phase, a varying period, an alternate condition, and a future still available for adaptive living.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill, Lawyer
Filed under: Reflections of an OPM Disability Retirement Lawyer | Tagged: absenteeism for sickness federal employee, air traffic controller disability, air traffic controller fers disability retirement, air traffic controller medical retirement, anxiety and stress amog postal employees, can I quit bop and get back pay for disability retirement? yes but be careful with talking paid leave before, department of national defense civilian employee with long term stress and depression, disability retirement for cervical retinopathy federal government, dnd civilian stress leave, does hostile work environment causes mental disorders?, examples of nexus letters postal medical retirement, faa atc disability retirement, feca schedule awards and opm med calculation, federal agent long-term stress leave, federal employee disability retirement reasonable accommodation, federal employer forced disability resignation, federal firefighter disability retirement, federal government benefits after removal sick federal employee, federal government retire due to stress, federal job connected injury longevity, federal law light duty, fers and disability compensation, fers attorneys serving cleveland ohio residents, fers disability retirement handbook, fers early medical retirement blog, fers medical retirement forms, fers offset for disability retirement, fers sick leave and disability class action suit alternative, fit for duty postal service, gov employee with carpal tunnel, hostile work environment government employees, how to apply for disability through the postal services, I worked for federal government can I collect opm disability? only if application is made within one year of separation, in owcp length of benefit is not supposed to be permanent, injured and reinstated fers employee, legal assistance with opm sf 3112 disability forms, legal information on sf 3112 disability application package, light duty disability retirement federal employee living in arkansas, medical retirement from federal government, narrative reports of baggage of disabilities and disorder federal employment, opm cases involving fibromyalgia: is it possible to retire earlier for fibro?, opm federal civil servants long term sick leave, opm form 71 2015, opm long stress leave, opm medical retirement attorney in maryland, owcp and fibromyalgia retirement, owcp retirement forum, owcp totally or partial disability retirement, personal statement of disability fers, plan b if reconsideration owcp fails, polycystic kidney disease federal employee retirement, resigning from government job medical and personal reasons, sf 3107 application for immediate retirement duel to anxiety, sf 3112 application info, sf3112a, stressed out federal employees the hostile work environment trap avoidance, tsa disability retirement guidelines, types of questions to ask about medical retirement for fers for free first time initial consultation, usps duty status report, usps hr shared service center dr disability retirement services, usps violates disability act, workers comp disability retirement blog, workplace bullying in the federal government depression | Leave a comment »