Comments for Working With Chronic Illness http://workingwithchronicillness.com Mon, 07 May 2012 12:58:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Can you find a new job with bad health? by Rosalind http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2012/04/can-you-find-a-new-job-with-bad-health/comment-page-1/#comment-24590 Rosalind Mon, 07 May 2012 12:58:41 +0000 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/?p=2534#comment-24590 Why don't you email me Rosalind@ciCoach.com. I'll give you a set of 'criteria' and you can consider if this would be of interest to you. Why don’t you email me Rosalind@ciCoach.com. I’ll give you a set of ‘criteria’ and you can consider if this would be of interest to you.

]]> Comment on Can you find a new job with bad health? by Finance Marketing Jobs http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2012/04/can-you-find-a-new-job-with-bad-health/comment-page-1/#comment-24588 Finance Marketing Jobs Mon, 07 May 2012 00:08:10 +0000 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/?p=2534#comment-24588 Hi, I just read your post and I find it very informative and interesting. Just think positive in order to have a positive outcome on what you've applied for. Hi,

I just read your post and I find it very informative and interesting. Just think positive in order to have a positive outcome on what you’ve applied for.

]]> Comment on Can you find a new job with bad health? by Carla http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2012/04/can-you-find-a-new-job-with-bad-health/comment-page-1/#comment-24586 Carla Sun, 06 May 2012 07:00:25 +0000 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/?p=2534#comment-24586 Rosalind, I could try writing a post, though I am pretty new to blogging. What would you want in a post? Rosalind, I could try writing a post, though I am pretty new to blogging. What would you want in a post?

]]> Comment on Can you find a new job with bad health? by Rosalind http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2012/04/can-you-find-a-new-job-with-bad-health/comment-page-1/#comment-24579 Rosalind Fri, 04 May 2012 11:26:36 +0000 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/?p=2534#comment-24579 Another great point. Maybe you'd like to write a guest post on this-- and how it helps at work, in particular? Another great point. Maybe you’d like to write a guest post on this– and how it helps at work, in particular?

]]> Comment on Can you find a new job with bad health? by Carla http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2012/04/can-you-find-a-new-job-with-bad-health/comment-page-1/#comment-24578 Carla Thu, 03 May 2012 21:23:29 +0000 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/?p=2534#comment-24578 Rosalind, that is a very good point. My parents and friends were always very supportive, so I had a counterpoint to the teachers who were mean. And boy some of them were really cruel. For a 13 year old girl, having peers who didn't mind planning with me for bathroom breaks wherever we went was really a gift. Two other huge influences on my outlook were a website I came across http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/ and a support group I found in college for students with chronic illnesses. In fact, every time and place in my life I have ended up connecting with others who have chronic illnesses whether I plan it or not. One funny way this has happened is when I took exams in college with ADA accommodations, I met others who were also getting accommodations and began talking to them. Rosalind, that is a very good point. My parents and friends were always very supportive, so I had a counterpoint to the teachers who were mean. And boy some of them were really cruel.

For a 13 year old girl, having peers who didn’t mind planning with me for bathroom breaks wherever we went was really a gift.

Two other huge influences on my outlook were a website I came across http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/ and a support group I found in college for students with chronic illnesses.

In fact, every time and place in my life I have ended up connecting with others who have chronic illnesses whether I plan it or not. One funny way this has happened is when I took exams in college with ADA accommodations, I met others who were also getting accommodations and began talking to them.

]]> Comment on Can you find a new job with bad health? by Rosalind http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2012/04/can-you-find-a-new-job-with-bad-health/comment-page-1/#comment-24576 Rosalind Thu, 03 May 2012 12:11:50 +0000 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/?p=2534#comment-24576 So, interesting to hear your thoughts on living with illness since childhood. It's long been my hunch that it might make this particular life challenge easier if you had to grow accustomed to this from early development. But I've also found that it's not always the case and some become more destabilized by this at a young age, particularly if they lack the right kind of support from family and their own inner resilience. I'm delighted you find this useful and hope you will continue to comment. So, interesting to hear your thoughts on living with illness since childhood. It’s long been my hunch that it might make this particular life challenge easier if you had to grow accustomed to this from early development. But I’ve also found that it’s not always the case and some become more destabilized by this at a young age, particularly if they lack the right kind of support from family and their own inner resilience. I’m delighted you find this useful and hope you will continue to comment.

]]> Comment on Can you find a new job with bad health? by Rosalind http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2012/04/can-you-find-a-new-job-with-bad-health/comment-page-1/#comment-24575 Rosalind Thu, 03 May 2012 12:09:34 +0000 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/?p=2534#comment-24575 Mary - Just saw you post here. I understand how 'situational' stress aggravates health and in my humble opinion, a toxic environment is just that, as is a divorce. I hope that once things calm down you can find something to do that offers you increased satisfaction.Rosalind Mary – Just saw you post here. I understand how ‘situational’ stress aggravates health and in my humble opinion, a toxic environment is just that, as is a divorce. I hope that once things calm down you can find something to do that offers you increased satisfaction.Rosalind

]]> Comment on Can you find a new job with bad health? by Carla http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2012/04/can-you-find-a-new-job-with-bad-health/comment-page-1/#comment-24574 Carla Thu, 03 May 2012 10:30:03 +0000 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/?p=2534#comment-24574 I just came upon this blog, thank you for writing it. I am 30 now and I have had ulcerative colitis for 20 years so in a way it was easier for me than for Esther. I did not have to step back and change my entire outlook on life as an adult, I got to change it as a kid. Still, illness does play a huge part in determining all my life and career decisions. I needed a career that would be stable, give me health insurance, and would facilitate learning more about my health. I decided to be a pharmacist. Who knows what career I would have chosen if I hadn't become so ill as a child? Maybe I would have tried to be a freelance writer. It took me about 15 years of dealing with many intolerant people and few sympathetic people until I really got comfortable talking about myself and chronic illness. Now I can talk about it with anybody anywhere and it feels like my job to teach other people how to be less uncomfortable talking about it. I love this blog so far and will continue to follow it. I just came upon this blog, thank you for writing it. I am 30 now and I have had ulcerative colitis for 20 years so in a way it was easier for me than for Esther. I did not have to step back and change my entire outlook on life as an adult, I got to change it as a kid. Still, illness does play a huge part in determining all my life and career decisions. I needed a career that would be stable, give me health insurance, and would facilitate learning more about my health. I decided to be a pharmacist. Who knows what career I would have chosen if I hadn’t become so ill as a child? Maybe I would have tried to be a freelance writer.

It took me about 15 years of dealing with many intolerant people and few sympathetic people until I really got comfortable talking about myself and chronic illness. Now I can talk about it with anybody anywhere and it feels like my job to teach other people how to be less uncomfortable talking about it. I love this blog so far and will continue to follow it.

]]> Comment on Are you stuck in checkmate conversation? by Rosalind http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2012/04/are-you-stuck-having-checkmate-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-24477 Rosalind Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:49:40 +0000 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/?p=2555#comment-24477 Yes - tough to see this when you're in it, isn't it? Yes – tough to see this when you’re in it, isn’t it?

]]> Comment on Are you stuck in checkmate conversation? by Jason Reid http://workingwithchronicillness.com/2012/04/are-you-stuck-having-checkmate-conversation/comment-page-1/#comment-24473 Jason Reid Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:04:29 +0000 http://workingwithchronicillness.com/?p=2555#comment-24473 A very familiar scenario for many of us. It's not always easy to get past our own "blinders" and re-look at a situation with and eye to what we can do differently. Now I'm going to go out and get a copy of You Are What You Say. It sounds like a valuable tool. Thanks Rosalind! A very familiar scenario for many of us. It’s not always easy to get past our own “blinders” and re-look at a situation with and eye to what we can do differently. Now I’m going to go out and get a copy of You Are What You Say. It sounds like a valuable tool. Thanks Rosalind!

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