http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2009/04/walk-for-disclosure/ Mon, 07 May 2012 12:58:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2009/04/walk-for-disclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-16225 Rosalind Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:06:06 +0000 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/?p=785#comment-16225 You are fortunate, Diana, to be in a supportive environment. My experience is that there are two reasons this works so well: YOU and your employer. You are fortunate, Diana, to be in a supportive environment. My experience is that there are two reasons this works so well: YOU and your employer.

]]> http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2009/04/walk-for-disclosure/comment-page-1/#comment-16213 Diana Brice Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:12:12 +0000 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/?p=785#comment-16213 I applaud Q for being so open about his illness. Since being diagnosed with lupus in 1993 I have always been open with talking about my disease, mainly because my behavior at first (memory problems, extreme fatigue, mixing words up, etc) was sometimes so strange that I wanted people to know what was going on instead of letting them reach their own conclusions. Fortunately it doesn't seem to have affected my relations with employers who, even when they didn't understand what I was going through, were nevertheless supportive. The plus side is that almost everyone I talked to knew someone (usually a relative) with lupus. On several occasions I was able to talk to someone who had been newly diagnosed and was able to somewhat calm their fears. I applaud Q for being so open about his illness. Since being diagnosed with lupus in 1993 I have always been open with talking about my disease, mainly because my behavior at first (memory problems, extreme fatigue, mixing words up, etc) was sometimes so strange that I wanted people to know what was going on instead of letting them reach their own conclusions. Fortunately it doesn’t seem to have affected my relations with employers who, even when they didn’t understand what I was going through, were nevertheless supportive. The plus side is that almost everyone I talked to knew someone (usually a relative) with lupus. On several occasions I was able to talk to someone who had been newly diagnosed and was able to somewhat calm their fears.

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