I got an email from our external leave of absence management company. The rep said he got my medical release form but there is a problem with the return date. I think both my nephrologist and I got the dates mixed up. We though that 1/31/2020 was the leave end date and not the first day back to work. Why would we pick a Friday to return to work? On the medical release form, we put 2/3/2020 as the return date which does not match the original leave request form.
Anyway, he wanted me to have my doctor fill out the entire leave request form just to extend my leave for one day. It’s hard enough seeing my nephrologist during dialysis sessions, much less making multiple trips to her office just to get a form filled out. After several emails, the rep said if I take a PTO day for 1/31/2020, that’s an internal work issue and it won’t affect my leave status. Good. I was going to take a vacation day for 1/31/2020 anyway. That way I can leave my nephrologist out of it.
So I guess I’m going back to work very soon. Since the additional surgery will be on 1/31/2020, I’ll keep taking vacation days until I feel well enough to actually return to work.
Life with chronic diseases 