Comments on: Cancer - why working is important to your health. http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/04/05/cancer-why-working-is-important-to-your-health/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:19:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Taunee http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2007/04/05/cancer-why-working-is-important-to-your-health/#comment-622 Taunee Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:44:13 +0000 http://keepworkinggirlfriend.com/2007/04/05/cancer-why-working-is-important-to-your-health/#comment-622 As you’ve pointed out in your blog and newsletters, many of us who have chronic illness don’t know what we think about it. In general our culture prefers to put death and illness under the rug because it makes us uncomfortable. We’re not very good about admitting our mortality or vulnerability. After all, we are the “kings of the world!” People willing to expose their illness are usually considered to be heroes, unless they are politicians. Then suspicions about hidden agendas come into play. So, so sad. Taunee As you’ve pointed out in your blog and newsletters, many of us who have chronic illness don’t know what we think about it. In general our culture prefers to put death and illness under the rug because it makes us uncomfortable. We’re not very good about admitting our mortality or vulnerability. After all, we are the “kings of the world!”

People willing to expose their illness are usually considered to be heroes, unless they are politicians. Then suspicions about hidden agendas come into play. So, so sad.

Taunee

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