STD, insurance coverage, employer retaliation

My doctor took me off of work because of depression, morbid obesity, and edema. I have been on STD for about 1 month now, and I have been waiting on my employer to tell me if they are going to go outside of our contract and cover the surgery. In the meantime I got a call from another department telling me that they are going to suspend my disability payments until my doctor submits a treatment plan. This is the first time they have requested this and my doctor is on vacation for another 10 days. No one in the office can be reached. I relayed my feelings about how unreasonable they are being. The bottom line is that they want me back to work. NOW! There is not way possible I can do this job in the condition that I am in and they know that. I suspect they are going to try and fire me if I go back. The RN told me that all I'm only gaining weight by being at home.She said that they want a treatment plan and may want a second opinion. I don't have a problem with any of that -infact I think that is pretty reasonable. But I think that suspending my payments until they get it is highly unreasonable - especially since they waited until 2:30 Friday to tell me this. I need some serious advice. I have tried to contact my union and got no one. I even called the main office. I have tried Attorneys - its Friday and no one is in. I even tried to contact Walter Lindstrom but just got the machine. I'm posting this anonymously - I'm paranoid now. Anyone who wants to contact me can send it to [email protected]

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