Please be gentle as this makes me feel extremely stupid. To be as vague as possible, I got a new job about four weeks ago. Around the time I started my doctors asked me to go in for surgery in November. It’s medically necessary but it can, physically, be postponed if needed. I asked my boss if November was too soon and he said that was fine and helped me put in a time off request. But the store manager vetoed it and essentially told me that if it can’t be postponed until next year I may no longer have a job. I feel bad because he was very gentle about telling me but I felt like I was going to throw up. The surgery is very important to me and I’ve waited a long time for it already. A lot of what he said really didn’t make sense to me and contradicted what my manager had told me before. I know the most logical thing is to postpone the surgery, but then I’ll be miserable. I’m already miserable at work for some reason, despite this being a nicer job than I’ve had in the past. I get so anxious that it’s unbearable and ruins my day. Maybe I should just get a new job and keep my surgery date? I was unemployed for a bit before this job so being that poor again makes me feel sick, and I don’t know how potentially getting temporary disability would work if I leave. Maybe I should look for work from home jobs? I’m so lost. I don’t know what to do. If this was some life-threatening emergency I would be screwed.