discrimination in the workplace

grrrrr. i have been up for a promotion now i had thought for about 2 months. i thought my boss had sent in the documentation and everything. in a meeting with him today, i checked in asking how long did he think it would take. learned that he had not even put in for the promotion for me yet. when i asked why, he said because of my migraines. hello?????

when i asked him to explain, he said he was concerned that because of my migraines i wouldn't be able to do the job and went on to say, "think of it like this. let's say we promoted someone and then after they got promoted, they got cancer and they had to take a bunch of time off. now, they should never have gotten that promotion, then, should they?" i said absolutely they should. i also told him that this smacks of discimination and that my migraines should have NOTHING to do with whether i'm promotion-worthy or not. (point to clarify -- at my company, you do the job at promotion level, then have to prove that you're already doing the job, then you get the promotion. i've been doing the job for 2 years).

i am very angry. i don't know what to do. he disagreed with me that he's disciminating (of course he would) and insists that he thinks i'm worthy of the promotion but he wanted to make sure that i would get thru the trigger point injections ok. well, i'm thru those. now what.

i followed up with an email to him indicating that i still did not understand how my health had anything to do with whether or not i was promotion-worthy but if he or his superiors had any questions about my health, they could contact me. i also "respectfully requested that i be considered for this promotion."

so the question now is, do i wait and see what happens? do i fight for this? or is it going to seem like sour grapes? i just don't know. i guess i'll wait and see for now. makes me feel like i don't want to give the extra effort at the office, anymore, though, you know?