When you experience a serious medical issue, it can impact every aspect of your life, including your job.

What would you do if you were on FMLA due to a medical issue, but then, when the FMLA expired (and before you could renew it) your job fired you?

That is what happened to the person in this story, and now they are terrified because it means that they will no longer have access to health insurance, which they relied upon.

This is a horrible situation to be in. Read through the full story below and see what you think he should do.

My FMLA expired Monday, so today my work terminated my employment.

I had a medical event in the spring that left me disabled.

It is unfortunate that their employer is not being more accommodating.

I went on intermittent FMLA to help me have time to recover, and I thought I was recovering and was performing my work duties, but I was written up for under performing.

It’s important to note that the only accommodation my work gave me was time off. I still had to do my full job, just with less time. I was asking for things to be removed from my workload, but I was denied.

How frustrating.

This summer my doctor moved me from intermittent FMLA and put me on full FMLA and disability, as my condition continued to deteriorate.

I’m worse off now than I was when I was first put on disability. I’m terrified. Since I’m in the US, I won’t have health care after September 30.

This really must be terrifying.

I still have no diagnosis and no treatment. I am not able to work, honestly, stress makes my symptoms much worse.

I’ve been told to talk to employment lawyers, but I don’t even know if I have a case since my FMLA ended.

Does anyone have a similar story and can give me some hope?

It is terrible that people go through this type of thing. You have to wonder what type of job he had, the size of the company, and other things that may have led to the unfortunate situation.

Let’s see what the people in the comments have to say.

This is good information to have.

Talking to an employment lawyer seems like a smart idea.

Here is some good information.

This commenter’s dad experienced something like this, but he had a union.

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Something similar happened to this person.

This is a horrible situation, but they shouldn’t just let it go. Talking to an employment lawyer or other expert in this area could really help.

It is hard to push for these things while sick, but it is definitely worth the effort.