Employment question (sorry extremely long)

I am on disability and have been on for 5 years :cry: . I was diagnosed with MS since 2003 and in 2005 I had an exhaerbation (sp?) and went on disability in 2005 :cry: . It was at that time that I switched my medication to Rebif which has helped me tremendously with this disease and as of the last MRI last year there is no active lesions being present on my brain and I feel back to normal :lol: .

I would like to go back to work full-time with what I enjoyed which was in the corrections field. There is a job opening for a staff assistant II in parole administration I want to apply for, but this is where the questions starts :roll: :

1. Both times when I told my previous employer (which happened to be for the state that I live in)that I had MS they fired me for "poor work performance" and the only reason I divulged this information because I had a dr's appointment and needed time off. and was willing to work to make up the 2 hours that I would miss. I had been a state employee of 7 years, (and was even Employee of the Year in 1999 with a ceremony with the Governor along with other state recognized employees) so I had plenty of time built up but didn't want to use it.

2. The problem is when you quit your job with the state (which I originally quit in November 2002 because I wanted to finish my college education) and they give you 5 years to come back and have your vacation and sick leave time reinstated you go back on original probabation of 6 months :twisted: . It is during that 6 month period that they can fire you without any real concrete proof of anything :twisted: and the labor union will not step in to help until you become a permanent employee.

3. How do I go about explaining my short working history for the two jobs that I had the first one being 30 days until I told them I was diagnosed with MS and fired me the day after my birthday and the day that I offically found out I had MS :cry: . The 2nd job I was there for 3 months and when I told my supervisor I needed time off for a doctor's visit because I was in a medical study for MS they fired me the next week stating the same "poor work perfomance" issues :cry: .

4. How do I explain what I have been doing for the past 3 years? I have to fill out a new application by the 9th of this month and am at a loss on what to put in for the reason for leaving. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. I am only 42 years old and can't survive on the measley $1,000.00 I get for disability benefits and want to be a productive member of society and work.