Three weeks ago I got food poisoning. Due to a pre-existing condition this resulted in a reaction that I might otherwise go to the hospital for. However, after 2.5 years of unemployment I finally landed a temp-perm gig. A dream job if it goes perm. As such, I made the call to tough it out as I have in the past. Within a few days I felt fine again. Anyone who thinks they can’t drop you for getting sick should try their hand at the temp game sometime.
Then I told my friend about it and he went ballistic. He demanded I go to a doctor. Wouldn’t let it go. We’ve been friends for almost 30 years so I let his GF book a Saturday appointment at the medical clinic she works at.
The doctor said that it would be nice to admit me (absolutely not), but since I have no health insurance, and my Medicaid was cancelled a year ago, he felt comfortable giving me a prescription and told me keep an eye on it.
My friend’s GF snatched my medical results and gave them to him, who then demanded I let the doctor admit me to the hospital. I said no, that I felt fine and that I wasn’t going to risk my first real job in years. I gave him an inch, and when he realized he wasn’t going to get the mile he gave my results to my friends and family. It destroyed my Mom because the results read way worse than they actually are. I’ve had to keep my phone off for days now. It feels less like love, and more like an organized campaign of harassment. I don’t have 3 more months of rent money. Nothing is more important than my health? How about my mental health? How about 2.5 years of anxiety, and penny pinching, and Raman noodles, and taking any 2-week long warehouse or data entry job I could find?
Physically, I feel fine. I’m taking my meds, sticking to a diet, and the job is going great, but I am so completely furious right now. I’ve never sued anyone in my life. Am I overreacting if I approach a lawyer about this?