Loved my job, forced into Disability Retirement

by Bill H
(Florida)

I must say that I love my job. I have been working for over 50 years in my profession. I started when I was right out of college in the field of computers and emerging technologies.

AS time went on, the more I worked, the more I loved it. Each day that went on never felt like a "job" to me, it was a gift of going to work happy every day and realizing how fortunate I was.

In the 90's, I had an accident. I was working on my roof and I slipped on the second to last step on the ladder... Falling about 14 ft. to the ground and severely injuring my back. Luckily I had my son with me at the time, we got to the emergency room quick. I ended up fracturing two vertebrae.

I had to take disability and I thought this would impact my retirement. Luckily It did not. It was smooth sailing, outside of the pain and suffering.

There were some financial issues because I did not receive the same pay as my salary, but it was better than nothing. The medical bills were high but my insurance covered 90%.

I have a scooter I need it, but I used it the first day I got it and found out it was not for me.