Comments on: I Quit Cold Turkey [Part One] http://arimayasheart.com/2009/01/09/i-quit-cold-turkey-part-one/ move over! I wanna change lanes.... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:10:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Michelle http://arimayasheart.com/2009/01/09/i-quit-cold-turkey-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Michelle Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:21:04 +0000 http://arimayasheart.com/?p=245#comment-526 Hey Julie, I'm glad you stumbled across me! I haven't been posting much lately, I think I've let depression get the best of me, grrr. I'm coming back slowly but surely :) I have spoken with dozens of people who were actually told it was 'all in their head' or that they just needed to de-stress, exercise more, and lose weight. Ha! It's like the doctors' 3 answers to everything. I'm also really glad that you got a timely diagnosis. Many people don't and a lot of damage is done by the time they get a doc to take them seriously and run some tests that are outside of the box. After reading what your employer has done to you I got good and pissed. Gah! It's more common than you would think hun. You do have recourse though. I belong to a group at Revolution Health and it's called For Health's Sake, Know Your Rights! and it is owned and run by a brilliant woman who is a lawyer and has also been chronically ill for 30 years. She is an excellent advocate and an endless supply of information. She has her own website also if you don't feel like joining Revolution Health (I love RH) her web address is www.advocacyforpatients.org She's pretty amazing and is the type of person that will help anyone who was wronged in the workplace. OK, now I've written you a book, I hope you come back and read this! Know that you are not alone, it sucks but there are so many of us out there battling our own bodies. If you ever need to talk, come on back and drop me a line. I'll shoot you my email addy. take care and be well, Michelle Hey Julie,
I’m glad you stumbled across me! I haven’t been posting much lately, I think I’ve let depression get the best of me, grrr. I’m coming back slowly but surely :)
I have spoken with dozens of people who were actually told it was ‘all in their head’ or that they just needed to de-stress, exercise more, and lose weight. Ha! It’s like the doctors’ 3 answers to everything. I’m also really glad that you got a timely diagnosis. Many people don’t and a lot of damage is done by the time they get a doc to take them seriously and run some tests that are outside of the box.
After reading what your employer has done to you I got good and pissed. Gah! It’s more common than you would think hun. You do have recourse though. I belong to a group at Revolution Health and it’s called For Health’s Sake, Know Your Rights! and it is owned and run by a brilliant woman who is a lawyer and has also been chronically ill for 30 years. She is an excellent advocate and an endless supply of information. She has her own website also if you don’t feel like joining Revolution Health (I love RH) her web address is http://www.advocacyforpatients.org She’s pretty amazing and is the type of person that will help anyone who was wronged in the workplace. OK, now I’ve written you a book, I hope you come back and read this!
Know that you are not alone, it sucks but there are so many of us out there battling our own bodies. If you ever need to talk, come on back and drop me a line. I’ll shoot you my email addy.
take care and be well,
Michelle

]]> By: Julie http://arimayasheart.com/2009/01/09/i-quit-cold-turkey-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Julie Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:15:18 +0000 http://arimayasheart.com/?p=245#comment-521 Michelle, I literally stumbled upon your website through a google search. I want to thank you for sharing. I am glad to know that I am not alone when it come to this autoimmune stuff. In March of 08 I was diagnosies with a very rare autoimmune disorder that caused my lungs to bleed. Prior to this I was going through like cycles, yet all the doctors said I was fine. I was literally beginning to think it was all in my head. After testing, RA factor was thorugh the roof, physician decided that this type of auto immune disorder was only 4 known cases in the US since 1970. The placed I've worked for about 8 years decided not to accommodate my now disability, and the regime of immunosupressents drugs and terminated my employement. My ADA request was for an enclosed office to help reduce my risk of exposure to cold, flu ect. I was told it was not in the budget for one. Ugh... I did not ask for this, the predisone they cytoxan and oxygen that goes with this. Michelle, I can so relate to insomina, I am getting about 4 hours max a night. I want to thank you for you website as it helped me know that I am not alone as a single person. Thanks again. Michelle, I literally stumbled upon your website through a google search. I want to thank you for sharing. I am glad to know that I am not alone when it come to this autoimmune stuff. In March of 08 I was diagnosies with a very rare autoimmune disorder that caused my lungs to bleed. Prior to this I was going through like cycles, yet all the doctors said I was fine. I was literally beginning to think it was all in my head. After testing, RA factor was thorugh the roof, physician decided that this type of auto immune disorder was only 4 known cases in the US since 1970. The placed I’ve worked for about 8 years decided not to accommodate my now disability, and the regime of immunosupressents drugs and terminated my employement. My ADA request was for an enclosed office to help reduce my risk of exposure to cold, flu ect. I was told it was not in the budget for one. Ugh… I did not ask for this, the predisone they cytoxan and oxygen that goes with this.

Michelle, I can so relate to insomina, I am getting about 4 hours max a night. I want to thank you for you website as it helped me know that I am not alone as a single person. Thanks again.

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