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DiverDave

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28. I've been on temp. disability from

Mon May 6, 2013, 07:24 AM

May 2013

a shoulder injury.
After I get cleared to work again (I wont be able to drive a truck) I dont know what I'll do.
Hearing that older folks are not getting hired is pretty discouraging.
They will re-train me, I guess, but throwing that money away to get into a job that wouldnt hire me in the first place doesnt make much sense.
I have to look for "appropriate work" or they can just drop me from all benefits.
I'll try, and hopefully get hired somewhere that has insurance.
Being without insurance is the worst, my teeth are falling apart, I just found a big lump above my belly button (a hernia, I guess) I dont know what I'll do about those issues.

Just keep pluggin away, I guess, not much else I can do.

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Brutal job search reality for older Americans out of work for six months or more [View all] xchrom May 2013 OP

But the unemployment numbers are down... mother earth May 2013 #1

If Republicans are going to demand self-sufficiency ... Laelth May 2013 #2

The video points out the challenge with that Ruby the Liberal May 2013 #7

Precisely. n/t Laelth May 2013 #9

K&R Newest Reality May 2013 #3

There is a seedy underbelly to this, BTW Newest Reality May 2013 #4

As a 57YO member chervilant May 2013 #5

Great explanation of the quagmire in that video Ruby the Liberal May 2013 #6

Flashbacks Of The Late 70s and Early 80s... KharmaTrain May 2013 #8

It's hitting the same group of people, too. bluedigger May 2013 #12

Your story is my story. And having your own business and kestrel91316 May 2013 #27

I'm Just RobinA May 2013 #29

"Older" SoCalDem May 2013 #10

Health insurance costs abelenkpe May 2013 #11

Truly frightening. closeupready May 2013 #13

yep PD Turk May 2013 #14

The whole country is in denial about this. And Congress is in denial about what it means for JDPriestly May 2013 #15

Good to see my generation finally being reported on. intheflow May 2013 #16

You're absolutely right. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #23

This is an ongoing major disaster. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #17

Amazingly timely topic for me after my recent operation Cronus Protagonist May 2013 #18

55? Try 45, or even lower. MNBrewer May 2013 #19

Good video but . . . Le Taz Hot May 2013 #20

I Don't Expect to Ever Again Be Employed Coyote_Bandit May 2013 #21

WHOA! That guy in the middle? He's the guy who threw food at a pregnant Micky D employee! Th1onein May 2013 #22

SSI has to be lowered to age 50. It's the only solution, but we are afraid to face it. CK_John May 2013 #24

SSI RobinA May 2013 #30

K&R. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #25

K&R and deeply concerned n/t defacto7 May 2013 #26

I've been on temp. disability from DiverDave May 2013 #28