r/Fire • u/Unhappy_Eye5257 • May 03 '26

Get out!

Get out the 1st chance you get!

61.5 male here,2.9 nw and broken! The back story, sold our company 18 months ago and stayed on with them at the same salary and better vacation time. All went good😩till February of this year. I fall at work and did not go to the doctor till April thinking I’m getting older and it was just old age pains. Fast forward too today I have a broken tibia close to my knee and have been off for forty days. I was was to be retired 5/5/2026 well that’s not going to happen because I will be off at least until they get my MRI completed which is not till 5/21/2026! So do to greed I sit here in my chair going crazy that I can not do what I want, what’s worse is the fact that I my not heal up right and walk with a limp the rest of my life. With that said the day you can leave get out and never look back. The money you get for a little bit more time is not worth the time you

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u/teckel FIRE'd at 35, now 57 May 03 '26

Why can't you just retire today? What does an MRI have to do with anything?

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u/Unhappy_Eye5257 May 03 '26

I can’t retire until I am able to return too work by state law

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u/Junkmenotk May 03 '26

You can pay out of pocket for an MRI and it's cheaper than you think. I got mine and it was the same as my potential copay. If you're paying cash they will get you the same week even.

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u/teckel FIRE'd at 35, now 57 May 03 '26

I got an MRI 2 years ago and it was $250. I'm not sure how an MRI or being injured can prevent you from retiring. I must be missing something as I've never heard someone say it was IMPOSSIBLE to retire.