Do you think that living with a chronic illness makes you unemployable –  because you can’t possibly work the long hours that are expected in America’s workplace?
Not long ago, I blogged on this topic on my other blog, Keep Working Girlfriend.  It got some interesting responses.  One reader was motivated to research […]

I think these are worth paying attention to because they each uncover information that goes beyond one illness - and might hold some links to how we can live more ‘productive’ lives.
In this recent study ( Mechanism behind Mind-Body Connection Explains How Chronic Stress Ages Immune System), the researchers have identified some factors that might explain […]

There are times that we can’t help but wonder what our lives might have been if only . .. .
I woke this morning with this thought on my mind: If it hadn’t been for chronic illness, my career would have been very different. Would it have been more satisfying?
Don’t get me wrong. I […]

In an interview this afternoon, a reporter asked if my book, Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working Girlfriend!  (co-authored with Joan Friedlander) is the result of my own ambition to be a writer.   And did I plan to write more?  My first response was, “You’re  kidding, aren’t you?”
I found writing a book to […]

When we were living in our first apartment, my husband would ask me, ” Why do we have to wash the kitchen floor once a week if it doesn’t look dirty?”
How do you answer something that seems so obvious?
When people tell me that summer vacations is a source of stress - I think of the […]

YES!  Lauren Shuler Donner, A -list producer of Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo’s Fire and X-men series among others, lives with Lupus. What do you KNOW?
After years of hiding this illness ( as well as breast cancer) , she’s “come out”. “I was afraid no one would hire me, and […]

Occasionally, I interview people about their “story” because I think it would be valuable for you to hear a different take on these issues - other than mine.

Today’s guest is Leslie Rott. She is 22 years old and was diagnosed with and is being treated for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in […]

I hate these words: “he lost the fight with cancer” or “she’s so brave in the face of her illness - what a heroine.” Hate is a pretty strong word — but then I’ve been living with chronic illness for 30 years and some feelings have been building inside.
I’m thinking of the recent press […]

Thank you to Amy Tenderich over at DiabetesMine.com for writing an eloquent review of the new book that I co authored with Joan Friedlander, Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease: Keep Working, Girlfriend!
Her first line sums up SO much. She writes: “If ever two things were once considered mutually exclusive, they […]

My allergies symptoms are painful.  So when I saw this headline, “Do allergy symptoms make you grumpy?”, I almost laughed out loud (only laughing hurt my sinuses) .  HOORAY!  I’m  not alone!
That just happened to be Mother’s day.  Both my daughters had called, I’d called my mother and mother-in-law  and exchanged loving motherly stuff AND […]