Review: Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease

I read Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease by Rosalind Joffe and Joan Friedlander a few months back, but for some reason my review on Amazon never showed up, and I didn’t think to keep a copy for myself. It seems to finally be there now, so I’ll put it here, too (slightly expanded).
This book is […]

May 29, 2008  Tags: autoimmune disease, chronic illness, Joan Friedlander, Rosalind Joffee, working  Posted in: Resources, disability, employment  One Comment

The Value of Education for Chronic Illness Patients

Paula Kamen, author of All In My Head, talks about the value of education in coping with chronic illness in an excellent editorial in the New York Times.
Leaving the Rabbit Hole. This passage, in particular, spoke to me:

The worst thing, to me, about having a non-stop multi-year headache isn’t necessarily the pain. Or the way […]

February 19, 2008  Tags: chronic daily headache, chronic illness, Education, migraines, Pain, Paula Kamen  Posted in: Education, Pain, Resources  One Comment


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