When a person is exhausted, it's a full-time job. It creates an enormous amount of despair. As soon as you have a bit of energy, you are trying to survive. People in the department see us as an undesirable expense. I got called "BS in uniform". But what we want is care. When we come back sick, like any human being, we are extremely unstable, and we want care. However, before being able to get that care, there are administrative steps that need to be taken. When we step into the office we are, by default, profiteers who want a bigger pension.
On March 7th, 2013. See this statement in context.