disneyseniors
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 2, 2014
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I retired at the age of 50. However, I didn't want to retire from a job that I absolutely loved, being an RN.
I loved every minute of it.
I ended up with an auto immune disease and couldn't work. I tried cutting back to 3 x a week, then every other day, then on call, but I couldn't even be depended on for on call. It was all very depressing to lose your life's profession. Then we sold our resort as I couldn't help with that, even answering phones.
So, I've been retired a long time and it was the right thing to do. I have wonderful memories of wonderful patients and even the difficult working times in ICU. It was all worth it.
Now I am OK with it, but it took a while to get there.
I loved every minute of it.
I ended up with an auto immune disease and couldn't work. I tried cutting back to 3 x a week, then every other day, then on call, but I couldn't even be depended on for on call. It was all very depressing to lose your life's profession. Then we sold our resort as I couldn't help with that, even answering phones.
So, I've been retired a long time and it was the right thing to do. I have wonderful memories of wonderful patients and even the difficult working times in ICU. It was all worth it.
Now I am OK with it, but it took a while to get there.