Archive for the 'Musings on LIfe with Chronic Illness' Category
Chronic illness, complicated as it is, leaves many searching for a simple answer.
Lately, a tantalizing headline has gotten much press in the social media ‘disease’ community (yes, I’m on twitter and you can tweet me @WorkWithIllness):
“Exercise can Quiet Anxiety that Comes With Illness”.
Help me, please. What’s the news here? That people who live with [...]
Finding opportunity in quicksand
Being a career collective blogger gives me a monthly reminder that people living with illness face the same issues as healthy people. This month’s questions are (you can find links to my fellow blogger posts at the end of this article):
What do you do when you’re really, really, really discouraged about your unsuccessful job search?
How [...]
This weekend, while preparing our taxes, my husband mentioned that he’d been paying a credit card expense. It was a small monthly fee and he’d assumed it was a business expense that I’d mistakenly put on our personal charge card. The unfortunate truth is, it’s not unusual that I make such mistakes.
But I didn’t recognize [...]
Living with chronic illness can leave even the toughest person feeling vulnerable. You just wish that other people could “get it”, don’t you?
I know from personal experience how hard this is in a marriage (How a Marriage Survives When One Person Gets Sick, MORE Magazine) . And marriage is all about the relationship, where two [...]
3 Traps You Can Avoid
There are just too many definitions for chronic illness to list ( google it for yourself) and many contradict each other.
But, no matter what the definition is, there’s one thing you can count on in unpredictable chronic illness world.
Living with chronic illness will affect your quality of life.
What makes me so sure? I’ve seen it [...]
Holidays and a New Year. It can be a time of reflection – if you’re not too busy just getting by.
Or maybe, the problem is you don’t know what to reflect on? It’s all so overwhelming.
You might start here. Ask yourself,
“What can I do for myself, right now so I can manage [...]
This month’s Career Collective topic is: Specific tips to help job seekers ramp up their efforts for the holiday season and the new year. At the end of this post, check out the collective wisdom of the career bloggers in the collective.
Are you living with chronic illness and looking at the holiday season with [...]
Misery loves company
When I was young and the only one I knew with bad health, I felt like the rotten apple in a bowl of healthy fruit. It didn’t matter where I was – at work, with family or with friends. No one could relate. I worried that my “bruises” made me stand out and unappealing.
But now [...]
Deep in Thanksgiving cooking and I’m trying to modify the smashed sweet potatoes with apples recipe for 20. Wondering how I’ll fit it in the oven with the 26 lb turkey, mushroom/sausage stuffing, brussel sprouts with carmelized onions and almonds, and popovers?
At the same time, I’ve got my laptop in the kitchen and I’m trying [...]
This month the “Career Collective” collaborates with Quint’s Job Action Day. We’re asked to provide workers and job seekers with information, ideas and concrete steps to secure their futures in a changed economy. As always, I’ll do that with working with chronic illness in mind.
When I graduated with a degree in photojournalism in 1973, the [...]
