Trying to Get Back on Our Feet
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– Jeanne Smith
My husband was laid off as a programmer in July of 2003. He’d never been laid off in his career.
In September of that year I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I ended up having three surgeries and going to radiation. Every surgery was made more difficult because I wondered what effect I was having on my family. I was a millstone.
My husband was doing contract work. I went into surgeries without him there because if he didn’t work he wasn’t being paid and we needed the money. We spent all of the severence pay on COBRA and my radiation treatment.
We are still trying to get back on our feet … and I feel fortunate.
February 20th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
As the old saying goes, nobody ever went to their deathbed wishing they had spent more time at work. But your husband might do so wishing he had spent more time with you.
February 21st, 2007 at 12:17 pm
To Dan V:
That “old saying” dates back from a time when a man could earn a good living for his family and still be home in time for dinner every night. So don’t be too hard on her husband.