Howdy !

I have posted a similar thread before . Apologies in advance

I am in a fairly strange situation where I just had enough of everything and decided to start all over again . This entailed moving from Greater London to Poole in Dorset / clearing my debts / buying flat outright / trying to recover from health issues and make me confident to start employment in a new county - new start.

My background : left school in 1979 ( I will very soon be 55) . Have been doing office work mainly in Postroom and facilities environment in various large and well known companies over the years.
In the early days I was just working in permanent contracts . I didn’t understand temporary employment until about the yer2000. Even then I worked as a temp and got permanent contracts through temping. Until last year I was always employed moving from one place to the next with a little gap in between at times. Overall, I was unemployed for roughly six months since leaving school.
However, things took an almighty tumble for the worst in 2014.

In March 2014 I inherited the beginning of an illness ( myasthenia gravis) . The first six months I was mis diagnosed as Bell’s palsy .
I ended up in hospital on 2 occasions . Despite giving my all to a company I just couldn’t get on with( I had no choice but to stay there as I got the job at the start of the recession in 2008 and nothing else out there etc) I ended up getting a final written warning from my employers suspended for 2 years in 2015. All I did was let off steam and retaliated verbally to my new boss ( who was personnel ). She criticised my appointments and I snapped . Anyhow forgetting that , I worked for over a year after that incident and started my new life last November giving 1 weeks notice as I had to leave my flat. I saved up most of my annual holiday so there was no problem.

I’ve gone on a bit Anyhow the key issues: Will my reference be affected from my previous employers ?
I am only looking for part time employment . I need to lose a huge amount of weight due to taking prednisolone . I am seeing a personal trainer and expect to be employable in the spring . My health was very good before all this happened. Could I retrain in something else? Not sure what tbh , but I need to get out there next year and find something suitable.

Thanks