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Hi Fifi,
Ditto what janerzz said. It is CRITICAL that you follow up with the chapter to make sure that your medical inactivity petition is processed and approved at HQ. Until you receive an official letter from KAO HQ stating you are inactive, your chapter can hold you responsible for dues & fees. If they try to collect this money from you through financial probation/termination, the burden falls on **YOU** (not the chapter for screwing up your papers!)
So push that paperwork every step of the way. Call the president, call the Advisory board chair, and make sure it gets signed & sent. I deal with this every day from the chapter side, and it kills me when a member has a medical problem like yours and there are issues with her membership because of a paperwork snafu.
Please PM me if you need any info or help. I'm glad to share my insights.
Now, on the more personal level, when I was a collegian, we granted a member of our chapter medical inactivity because she had a back injury. She spent the better part of a semester stuck in our auful "Medcenter". It was so sad, but was the best option for her. It made no sense for her to have to pay and then get in trouble for missing events! She came back the following year in much better health and good spirits, and her attachment to the chapter was still strong, in part because we made the effort to keep in touch. I hope your chapter will do the same with you.
Good luck!
-Kaokite
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