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Re: Do many of you work?-answer to questions asked. Kim and Kristy
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Sep 17 19:11:23 2002
Women in countries all around the world have endo and I believe the
United States is the only one which offers a disability pension for some
it's sufferers. Here in Australia we get nothing like it(and if offered
I wouldn't take it)-but we suffer just as much. If your country didn't
offer disability for endo, I would think those people on it would be
working as per usual.
My point-if you didn't see it as such a terrible disease(and receiving
disability reinforces the fact that it is such a terrible terrible
disease), you'd be able to get on with life.
And no, those on disability are not bad...I believe they just took the
easy option.
At Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Kristy wrote:
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>Kim,
>
>Very well said.
>
>Anon,
>
>It is wonderful that you are able to handle your endo the way
>you have but not all of us are able to do that. Endo affects
>everyone differently no matter what our mental outlook is. And
>b/c of this not everyone on this list is capable of working
>while dealing with endo. I have a couple questions for you
>however.
>
>If everyone is supposed to be able to work while dealing with
>endo then how come is it that several women with endo (don't
>know how many of them also have other illnesses that helped them
>get disability) so bad can't work have to be on disability?
>Does that mean that they are bad people b/c they can't do what
>you are able to?
>
>I hope and pray that your endo never affects you in such a way
>that you have to stop working for either a short time or even
>permanently. Those women want to be able to work but can't.
>
>Pls, as Kim says, respect those of us who can't do what you are
>able to do. We all have to do what we have to do in order to
>take care of our Endo and any other health problems.
>
>=====
>Kristy :)
>
>http://www.geocities.com/sokokl/kristyspersonalpage.html
>
>Hoping to be a nurse soon but for now just a Medical Secretary who does a lot of learning from reading on the Net, books, my dr(s), as well as sharing my own personal experiences.
>
>http://news.yahoo.com
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