Archive for January, 2008
SSDI or working. What a choice
Fifteen years ago, I was on SSDI for two years and desperate to go back to work. Keeping a job and managing my health has been a huge challenge for me since the MS disagnosis 30 years ago … which is why I devoted a chapter to this in Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working, Girlfriend! (I […]
Our publisher got this message from bookstore buyers: the name of this book is confusing and won’t generate orders.
It seems the sub title, Navigating the workplace with an autoimmune disease, doesn’t come up on sales grid sheets. People only see: Keep Working, Girlfriend! — and people are confused […]
Today I can work in my office, and plod along for hours without much concern for my body. I could probably even hold down a job again, but I won’t give up the freedom of being able to work in a comfortable environment.
Being self-employed made it easier for me to work when in the throws […]
I’ve enjoyed reading Rosalind’s last 2 posts, and the comments in reply. Clearly, the majority of us with a chronic illness are complete and whole women with many different interests and goals. Chronic illness is never part of any one’s long-term plan but when it comes along, it changes many things, for good and difficult.
I […]
As promised, I’m sharing research (and there’s more in the book!) that I discovered while writing on chapter 2 of Keep Working, Girlfriend!
Although it might seem counter intuitive — and it’s certainly not what most people will advise — work is beneficial to your well-being, particularly if you have a chronic illness.
Consider this:
1. According […]
You’re a woman with a chronic illness and you’re struggling to keep your career in gear. Is it hard? You bet!
Especially when you have an autoimmune disease:
which generally have poor treatment options
which is usually invisible and means other people haven’t a clue about what you’re going through unless you tell them
which is […]
We know that Autoimmune Diseases can turn your world upside down just when you’re hitting your stride in your career. When this happens, there are resources to help you understand and negotiate your options.
I’m sure if I hadn’t been so stubborn about accepting the severity of my illness and the long haul ahead, I might […]
A couple of days ago one of our readers asked why the focus on women, and would there be something for men. I wasn’t really thinking about the question when I was watching TV this week, but an answer may have been revealed on 3 separate occasions.
First of all, (not discussed on these shows) autoimmune […]
We devoted an entire chapter of Keep Working, Girlfriend! talking about the nature of autoimmune illness, how it impacts women, and what happens in your body to make it go so haywire. It might seem like overkill for a book focused on working, so I thought I’d explain why we kicked off the book with […]
Hooray!!!
Joan and I are thrilled to be able to tell you that our book, Keep Working, Girlfriend: Navigating the workplace with an autoimmune disease, is ready for Pre Order. Read about it on our blog page or go directly to the publisher where you can submit a pre order.
Are you wondering, what’s the big deal? […]