Archive for the 'Musings on LIfe with Chronic Illness' Category
“Can you tell me how I should look for a new job when I’ve been told that I have to leave my job because of my bad health?” I’d say that’s a tough one, wouldn’t you? Esther is angry, feels totally alone and is really scared. Seems understandable to me. As it turns out, [...]
I’ve been writing about working while living with chronic illness for more than 10 years. People ask me how I come up with topics? Really? Think about it. When was the last time you found a character in a book, play, movie or t.v. show who was dealing with chronic health challenges? This [...]
What Is It? How Did I Get It?
I ’interviewed’ Gail Rae, author of What Is It And How Did I Get It? Early Stage Chronic Kidney Disease. I find her thoughts useful and thought provoking. How can you apply this to your own life and the choices you make? Rosalind: I found your book so compelling. It brought me [...]
A former client sent me a Holiday e-card with a note that she’d lost her job and with it, her family’s health insurance. In follow up emails she told me that she was part of a lay off last month, she’s been feeling sicker since she’s left work and feels lost. She wants to work with [...]
When I woke in the middle of the night for the 3rd time to go to the bathroom (incontinence again!), I found myself muttering. Of course, the middle of the night is the worst time to think about anything, and I was panicking about what wouldn’t get done today. One thing I’m good at is [...]
I got an email pointing out that I don’t have pain resources on my website. This person said she wanted to hire me to coach her in finding work. But, she wrote, I obviously don’t know anything about living with pain since it’s missing from my site. She’s right that there’s not enough on my [...]
One person’s story
The following interview is with Sophie Lee who has published a book about her life with Irritable Bowel Syndrome, IBS. I find her story compelling. Does it resonate with you? Q: What made you write this book? A: More than anything, I just wanted to tell the truth about IBS. There are so many myths [...]
Do you think you can?
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. Vince Lombardi Motivation and will power fascinate me. Maybe because I didn’t have much of either when I was young and then they each blossomed. Illness in my late [...]
Several recent emails have either asked for my ‘advice’ on a topic or angered with the ‘advice’ I’d given. Funny thing is — I don’t see myself in the business of giving advice, either as a blogger/writer or in my coaching practice. So what’s this about? I asked myself, what does it mean ‘to give [...]
Saying goodbye
Tomorrow we’re going to euthanize our beloved goldendoodle, Iko. It’s very, very sad. He’s 7 1/2 years old and in his prime. The difficult thing about a dog that has developed a chronic illness that the vet tells us ‘fatal’ (diagnosis: protein losing enteropathy) is knowing when it’s time to say goodbye. I know about [...]
