ENDO Messages for September, 2002: Re: Do many of you work?

Re: Do many of you work?

From: anon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Sep 17 08:26:43 2002

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At Mon, 16 Sep 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:

>Remember that each person's threshold of pain differs. While you may have stage 4 endo, you may not feel the pain as acutely as someone else. Tolerance for pain appears to be an inherited characteristic, and is influenced by each person's general health. In general, it probably helps from a mental health standpoint to try to work. But as some mentioned they have symptoms such as diarreah which makes commuting impossible; and other symptoms which would cause them to lose too many days from work, which would get them fired.

For the woman allergic to many painkillers: work with your doctor to find a medication that you can take. You may need to consult an allergist, which is what I did when my family doctor said there were no medications where I could avoid the allergy I suffer from.

>i really took that to heart.. your saying that it is possible to work
>and people are letting endo run there lives.. well first i would like
>to say that i try not to let it ruin mine.. but unfortunetly when
>someone cant take any painkillers it does.. i am allergic to alot of
>medicines.. so please not everybody is as lucky as you are.. some
>people just have no choice to do the things they have to do.. as for me
>i cant work.. so dont go saying that it is possible to work..
>
>At Mon, 16 Sep 2002, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>Of course it is possible to work whilst having endo. I think it's one
>>of the things to help keep my mind off it because before, I stopped
>>going to university and I stopped working and it was all I could think
>>about(this was only for 3 months). But there's no point because life
>>goes on and endo doesn't have to totally alter your whole lifestyle. I
>>think too many people let it change their lives completely and it's all
>>they concentrate on.
>>Before you say I don't have the pain etc etc...I do! I have stage 4
>>endo, I'm 20 and am in pain for 2-3 weeks out of every month but I still
>>go to university full time and I work part time.
>>
>>At Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Trish wrote:
>>>
>>>I was just curious- due to the last post that i answered are many of you
>>>unable to work due to your endo?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Paramedic/Firefighter- I mainly instruct now- making sure I do lots of research
>>>to fight this disease.
>>>Best Wishes to all - Trish
>>>

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