How many of you still work with your fibro? - Fibromyalgia Message Board

kariann12 · 04-13-2009, 10:05 PM

I am trying to decide on my lifes path and am having trouble because I need to work finacially, but I have tried to work full time and my body just cant handle it...Im just wondering if any of you still work, if so how does your body do it? What are some jobs that would be good for fibro suffers?

sophie56 · 04-13-2009, 11:41 PM

Hi, I teach school. It's not easy. I have missed so many days I am worried about my job security. Unfortunately, I have no choice about work. I have 2 children in college.
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Nell11 · 04-14-2009, 02:16 AM

i am having to make a decision at the moment weither i should stay at my job and live with the pain and the emotional turmoil, i come home from work so stiff and sore and in tears, it just doesn't feel like it's worth it.

EStevens64 · 04-14-2009, 06:56 AM

I have lupus and fibro. I work full time and it is not easy. I miss alot of work. We get 15 days a year and my goal is to not go over those days. I thought I had it last year but had ended up in the hospital for a week the last week of November. It has gotten better though. When I first got sick I missed 30 days that year.

Working is hard, and that is that...but I really feel that if I stop working I won't continue to push myself. I know that if I did that I would go down hill fast. Alot of dealing with this is mental. I take pain meds along with my other meds and then the meds for the side effects of the meds... but I also know that mentally I am fighting with all that I have and frankly, that is the only way to get through this. I need to work for financial reasons as well as needing the health insurance well ...to live. But it also gives me something to take my mind off the pain and keep me feeling I am contributing. I had to move in with my mother last year because the chemo meds were kicking my butt. I worked through it, but that was all I had.

I still have days where I am not sure I will be able to drive home, I am in so much pain... but like I said, not working I think would be the end of me.

martinka · 04-14-2009, 01:04 PM

I have fibro (diagnosed in 1988) and have always worked full time. I'm an admin assistant for a Director with a 400 person organization. I have no choice because I am single and don't have the extra money coming in. So my day is going to work, coming home and doing pretty much nothing else because the fatigue can be so bad. But I think if I stayed home I wouldn't be happy because I need the social interaction with others. Maybe if I was able to work part-time, but unfortunately, I cannot afford that either. Good luck.