Lieutenant Van Buren secrecy
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therealshapeshifter — 9 years ago(September 07, 2016 09:56 PM)
Actually, any law suit would be against my primary care provider who never diagnosed something that was growing for 7 years before I found one of several metastasized tumors. But I am doing miraculously well with just 2 months treatment left to go.
But it is not uncommon to keep a cancer diagnosis from employers as long as possible because once Long Term Disability kicks in, loss of a third of income is standard, and often loss of employer's health insurance contribution stops.
Van Buren's health expenses were paid by donations. -
therealshapeshifter — 9 years ago(September 08, 2016 04:44 PM)
I am happy to hear you are doing well with your treatment.
Are you on long term disability now? Did you, or do you qualify?
Yes, LTD kicked in after 16 weeks of chemo and major surgery. Because my employee handbook stated that health insurance was to continue, my HR person went to the top brass and got a 6 month extension for me after she learned that our insurance contract does not provide that.
In the episode where Van Buren gets a phone call while attending her surprise health expense fund raising party, she gets good news, and then I don't think we hear about it again, which didn't seem realistic, but it meant she was never had enough sick days to need LTD. I recall her saying she had maxed out what the insurance would pay. Our contract doesn't have that kind of max, fortunately.
Anyway, IRL I would have expected her to not go to work everyday while getting treatment, which speaks to your original question about secrecy. I think if they had shown her staying home and using "vacation time" so she wouldn't max out her sick days, the practical side of secrecy would have been more obvious. -
movieliker1 — 9 years ago(September 08, 2016 05:35 PM)
Yes, LTD kicked in after 16 weeks of chemo and major surgery. Because my employee handbook stated that health insurance was to continue, my HR person went to the top brass and got a 6 month extension for me after she learned that our insurance contract does not provide that.
Happy to hear things are working out for you. Sorry you had to go through that.
In the episode where Van Buren gets a phone call while attending her surprise health expense fund raising party, she gets good news, and then I don't think we hear about it again, which didn't seem realistic, but it meant she was never had enough sick days to need LTD. I recall her saying she had maxed out what the insurance would pay. Our contract doesn't have that kind of max, fortunately.
Anyway, IRL I would have expected her to not go to work everyday while getting treatment, which speaks to your original question about secrecy. I think if they had shown her staying home and using "vacation time" so she wouldn't max out her sick days, the practical side of secrecy would have been more obvious.
If I am not mistaken, that episode where Van Buren had her surprise support party and she got the "phone call", I believe that was the last episode before the show was canceled. There were no more episodes. So, they could not have addressed it further. -
therealshapeshifter — 9 years ago(September 08, 2016 07:36 PM)
If I am not mistaken, that episode where Van Buren had her surprise support party and she got the "phone call", I believe that was the last episode before the show was canceled. There were no more episodes. So, they could not have addressed it further
Ah. That makes sense. -
anbmom — 9 years ago(December 05, 2016 06:11 AM)
It is very hard being the only woman and also the one who is in charge. She can't afford to show any sign of weakness and being sick falls into that category. She also gets a cancer that was implied to have come from a sexually transmitted virus that her ex gave her. It's demeaning to her to have that type of cancer although we all know that it has no bearing on her as a person at all. One of the Captains made remarks to her about her cancer while she was fighting to take over a case involving another precinct when she thought no one really knew. As time goes on, you see her develop a more personal relationship with Lupo and (Anthony Andersen) as compared to her dealings with Lenny, Ray and Logan. Later one we see that she does have a closer relationship with Ray and she did seem to be affected by Lenny's retirement and Green's as well. The line between professional and personal is so much harder for woman in charge than for men.