New School, New Sorority?

[nicci8702]

I have a question for anyone that can answer it. (Bear with me, the story is a bit long but I promise it'll make sense.)

I rushed and was initiated into a sorority (which shall not be named) at the college I used to attend. I was active for two semesters and then I got really sick, (we're talking chemotherapy and radiation treatments sick) and I was forced to withdrawal from my school and return home. During this, I withdrew from school and tried my best to make the transition as painless as possible, however with the chapter that I had joined, I was having troubles getting the information I needed as far as medical leave, becoming inactive, etc. (I wasn't sure if I would ever end up back at that school). In any case, I've gotten better, but during my treatments I was ...short on medical insurance so I was left with a hefty bill from my doctors and that made it difficult to pay for my obligations with my chapter.

I am planning on attending the university in my home town, and I called up the girls from my old chapter and spoke with some of our advisers to see if I would be eligible to join the chapter at my new university. However, I was told that they had processed paperwork to deactivate me(?) and that I was no longer a sister of that sorority. Aside from being blindsided with this information, I didn't even know they could do that without me at least knowing about it. Especially since I was in the middle of treatment.

So, my question is: Since they had apparently "kicked me out", or whatever am I forever ineligible to be initiated in to that sorority, or any other for that matter? I miss the sisterhood, I miss being a part of something so much bigger than myself. And I am desperately wanting to be a part of something like that again, if I can find a place that I am welcome and a place that I can call home again. Does anyone have any ideas on this situation?