Pitfalls of Freelancing with Chronic Illness

I want to encourage everyone here to freelance as a way to work around your chronic illness instead of going to a full-time job that sucks every ounce of energy from you.  However, I don’t want to paint a rosy picture of the perfect life.  Freelancing when you have a chronic illness is hard.  These [...]

Chronic Illness & Full-Time Jobs: Privacy Issues

One of the many reasons that working a full-time job doesn’t always work out for people with chronic illnesses is that it’s difficult to have privacy at work.  Privacy is especially important for people who need to manage their chronic diseases during work hours.  Some examples:

Diabetics who need to give themselves insulin injections
IBS sufferers who [...]

Weekend Wrap

Here are some of the blog posts and sites I found this week that are of interest to people with chronic illness and freelancers with chronic illness.

What Keeps Us Going with Chronic Illness
10 Resolutions for Managing Chronic Pain or Illness
The Chronic Illness Initiative
No Hardfast Rules About Disclosure (Discusses disclosing an invisible illness to coworkers and [...]