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I am pursuing psych nursing, which is not the same as being a doctor, but patient care is my focus. I know that there is the possibility that I will become unwell again, but I will keep up my self-care and stay in communication with my pdoc. I will tell HR and my supervisor if needed and, if recommended, take temporary disability, up to and including hospitalization. I will always choose to work for a health service though, so I don't have to worry about continuity of care. Fortunately my pdoc is very supportive of me.
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!
---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859.
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