It would be in your best interest to ask me where I don’t hurt. It’s been almost one week without Humira and instead of taking it easy like I should, I’m overdoing it as usual. In fact if my doctors knew what I was doing, they’d sit read me the riot act.

So let’s go over what’s been happening with me – I had a stomach virus for a little more than a week, then got sick with some other kind of an infection, got put on antibiotics and was told to rest and drink plenty of liquids.

What have I been doing? Staying up late, cleaned out the office, sat in this darn office chair for hours working on my blogs and I even did some (wait, make sure you’re sitting down…) housework. Yes, the Queen of Unclean, even cleaned one of the bathrooms. It was quite funny to see Hubby’s face.

I did have to rub it in after I did it and tell him that we needed to finish upgrading the bathroom and that I chose some Grohe faucets for this task.

After all this, I’m paying for it and hurting, everywhere..when will I learn?

All Moms need some time away from their children. It is a natural thing, nothing to feel guilty about. Those of us who have a chronic illness may require a break from caring from our children. I know that there were times when my daughter was a toddler that I was afraid about her safety when I was very sick. I was sometimes so sleepy or weak that I didn’t know if I would react quickly enough when she did something dangerous.

There were times after I went through a bad flare, or after a hospital stay that my husband and I needed a weekend away. We want to pack up our Rimowa Luggage and spend some time, just the two of us.

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My husband just called me from work today and told me that he’s feeling sick too. His stomach was upset and then he couldn’t keep his food down. I feel terrible for him because he won’t stop working and we have to go to our daughter’s school chorus recital tonight, plus with me being sick he has a lot of other responsibilities. I’m going to try to do more so he can rest and get better, but knowing him, he won’t let me.

One thing I know for sure with this stomach bug, we won’t need to buy alli as this bug lasts a while and you end up losing a lot of weight. It’s not the way you want to do it, believe me, because it’s not pretty. I sure hope it doesn’t last a long time for him.

Since I had a stomach virus last week and now some kind of illness with a headache, fatigue, sore throat and coughing, my Rheumatologist would not allow me to have my Humira shot. When you feel this sick, not getting pain relief for Rheumatoid Arthritis is not in any way, shape or form, fun.

This means that on top of feeling sick, I am also starting to feel the joint pain in my hips, fingers, ankles and wrists. That’s where I get the RA pain the most. I went from sleeping constantly just a few days ago to having trouble sleeping because of the pain. Since I’m so used to getting Humira, it is difficult to readjust to hurting again.

I’m going for blood work and a chest x-ray today so my Primary doctor can check on how I’m doing. I’m on an antibiotic because of being on immunosuppressants so I hope to be better soon.

I’ll be using my pain relief techniques that I wrote about before because I’m really feeling badly now. I know it will pass soon though.

Have you ever had that feeling that you don’t know what you want to be when you grow up? Those of us with chronic illnesses or late in life disabilities may have to make a career change, even though we don’t want to do so. If we’re easily fatigued we may be unable to work at a job that requires long hours any more. If we are on immunosuppressants we may not be able to work in a hospital any more. If we have severe arthritis we may not be able to work as a dental technician any more.

Of course there are exceptions to every rule. People are resilient and with adaptions many people can return to their old jobs. I am the last person that would say that someone with a disability can’t do something!

But in those cases where it would be detrimental to your health and well being, a job change may be required. Since I’ve been disabled I’ve learned that people in this position, me included, turn to home based business.

Working from home can be very helpful because you can work at your own pace and do stop when you can’t work due to feeling unwell. My blogging business is just perfect for me.

Kelly McCausey offers one of many ways to earn money from home in her Guide to Writing for Pay. You can also contact me for information on blogging.

It is really, really is annoying that when you get sick when you’re already sick, that it takes longer to get better, from the new sickness because of the old sickness(es). It is also really irritating that sometimes it’s hard to tell what sickness you get sick, when you are already sick with another sickness.

I’m in the mood for a good laugh so I can get out of this nasty mood I’m in right now. I’m going to search for something funny to share with you. Hopefully this will help you when you need it too.