What does everyone do for a living? PART TWO

Part Two.

Part one can be found here.

Right now I am in school to be a social worker but before that I worked in a call center for an insurance company and before that I was an aircraft electrician in the Air Force.

NostraHistoria - Isergodur lives in Iceland.

I work part-time in the day at a daycare. Then I go to college part-time twice a week in the evenings studying Early Childhood Education... I would like to further my career and go into teachers college..but now I am thinking maybe just being a supply teacher. Shall see what happens....

isergodur said...

NostraHistoria said...

isergodur said...
Right now I am on disability and learning history at university(first year) hopefully I can continue that if my brain starts to work anytime soon.

Before I got sick I worked as a sale person for a phone company, Loved it but it is rather difficult running away from the customers to go to the toilet :)

I also have a license to be captain on a boat less then 30 tons and I finished homemaking school(you learn everything you have to do as a housewife. Cook, clean, sewing, knitting and so much more).

I feel like I cant do so many things right know. I want to work with my school like I have always done, but feel like nobody would hire me :(

How did you get the disability coverage? I applied, but I was denied.

I live in Iceland and lets just say that the health care system in Iceland is a lot better for those who are sick, then the health care system in America :S

But when I got disability I had been sick for 6 months and in the hospital 3 times and lost 33 lbs had a lot of blood in my stool and was just very sick. So they put me on disability for 3 years. I also did not just have CD I had other things that helped me get the disability.

Good luck.

I was 225 before I was diagnosed. I dropped all the way to 140 recently. When I was 225, I had big muscles.

I have been fortunate enough to have gotten a job working for my father. I work at a large diesel engine company doing service/warranty admin work, which is a great stepping stone for me because I'm only 21 and it can really help me get a great job within the company in the future, and it also gives me the option of being able to move just about anywhere else in the world if I want to in the future (which I probably will.. lol!), I didn't finish college due to a lot of personal stuff that was going on, so I feel really lucky to have a great job at a young age regardless. On top of that, the people at my work are fantastic - they are REALLY understanding when it comes to my disease. They allowed me to work from home for a couple of months around the time of my diagnosis so I could focus on healing, and they have never given me a hard time when I've needed to miss work (which has been a lot), or when I've had to go to the doctor. It's kind of nice because a lot of other people there also have GI problems (none with Crohn's though), so I have a really great bunch of people who can relate to me at work and really try to help me out when I'm not feeling well.

NostraHistoria

I live in NYC and I'm on disability for my Crohn's.

I was also denied, I appealed and had to wait for a hearing to be approved. Wait was appr 18 months.

I did not use a lawyer and received back pay when I was approved.

You def need your Doc on board. I had documentation from him stating I was disabled and unabe to work.

I brought copies of my colonoscopies, Upper G.I exams and M.R.I to the hearing.

It can be done.

good luck

I'm a web-designer -- I'm supervisor of the design team for the company I work with. And also my boss's personal slave.

I have an unpaid position as an entertainment reviewer for my friend's online magazine, but it has the perks of being invited to Comic-Con and the Scream Awards (didn't get to go this time because of Crohn's flare, grrrr).

I assist 6 stockbrokers at a major wall street firm. Been with the same company almost 20 years.

hmmmm....I am amazed by the talent of the people here. Me? I dreamed/wanted to be a physician, but while trying to gain residency in that state, and I DID get accepted, I was also diagnosed with this DD. Liked teaching Science & Mathematics to JrHS & HS students (was a jack of all trades, taught most sciences and most math classes too...) I've been too sick for the last few years to go to work, but I want to so very bad. Haven't really applied to SS yet either cuz I don't want to admit defeat either. Messed Up?

I am currently an unemployed stay at home mom.  Before that I was a machine technican at a fiber optics manufacturer.  That job wasn't bad until I hit another horrible flare and had alot of other problems due to the medications to treat it. Then it became impossible. I just started school for my associates in applied science for funeral services. Yep, going to become a mortician.

I work at a hotel front desk part-time, and as a cashier part-time. I also homeschool my son which is like having another job on top of the others. I was a full-time homemaker when I got diagnosed though. Before cd, I was a travel agent.

dcham1 said...
I graduated from College with a degree in IT. I worked first-tier technical support (phone lines) for HP until all the jobs got outsourced to India. I have always dealt with customers either in person or via telephone. Recently I was doing Marketing/IT and Sales. I have been sick while working and companies do not understand/sympathize when you have to 1) run to the bathroom, 2) you throw up in your waste basket at your desk, 3) you have gas so bad that others can smell it (and you do the best you can to run to the bathroom, but you don't make it). 4) Co-Workers ask you (when you go to lunch with them) "why are you not eating" or "Is rice all that you are getting to eat". 5) Co-Workers complain that you are not there to do your job. Here in the State of Georgia, they are a "at-will employment" state. People who don't understand this horrible disease (Employers and co-workers) can be cruel and you pay the price by losing your job.

"Chicken and rice...is that all you eat?" That could me the most repeated line in my house. My FAMILY, not other people, are the ones who keep complaining about me eating chicken and rice. How many times I have heard this just irritates me. I bet that I have probably heard it around 100-200 times from them.

I am with you, bud. Just ignore them and remember that people who are not well educated will never understand or learn.