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I am in NY. 23 years old. Herniation L4-L5 Bulging discs L5-S1 and T11-12, Sciatica, and DDD. I was told that I am not able to perform my job anymore as a Retail Manager because I will have to be on light duty forever until I am all better, which I do not see happening anytime soon. I have been to three job interviews and interviewed very well and all of them said they were interested and would definitely call as soon as my reference checked as being good. So two weeks have went by and no calls from ANYONE. Not one single job. I called all of them back to check on the status of the reference and no call backs. When I got injured on 5/12/09 my boss was pissed to say the least. She has been nothing but nasty and rude to me ever since. I was a great employee before this happened. I was there for 4 years (08.05-05.09).

I have a 10 month old son who I am raising by myself because my husband attempted suicide, and I no longer feel he is stable enough to be around our son. I am living off of 400.00/mo from comp and I was making 2,000.00/mo before I was injured. I lost my apartment and have no help I really feel I will never find another job because this place is my ONLY reference. At this point, there is no way anything can get any worse than what it has. Do any of you guys have any suggestions on what to do? She is only going to bad mouth me because I am not there anymore. Ill never have another job. Im so stressed out and depressed...

I crushed my right hand over a year ago while at work, RSD set in, I too am disabled and on work comp. I understand what it is like to not know what your future holds. To go from management to greeter. Look for a job that won't fire you if you need to call in, like a substitute teacher, a large company. Try applying for jobs that are happy to hire disabled persons, such as Target.
You can notify your former in writing that you believe she is slandering you, offering too much personal/medical info and for her to stop.
References are the best you have (they do not have to be from a boss), a co worker, customer, someone well standing in the community, ect. Letter of references is what you may need. Sell yourself at the interview, your longevity with the company speaks for itself, it sounds like you need to form a good cover letter.