Anyone who lives with a chronic illness comes to a point in their life where they begin to ask a simple question: how does this impact on my employability? Our […]
As a woman turning 30 this year, I have been employed and living with a chronic illness. I have had a full-time job in several different fields with my chronic […]
‘Lupus Dermatitis’ is a phrase I have created. In no way is this the language medical professionals used to describe my ‘skin’ situation, however given the enormous response I have […]
My path to my degree was a confused one. I was once predicted to be a dancer, and as far as career is concerned, this prediction appears to be coming […]
Over the years I have undertaken an array of different courses of study. All of this has occurred whilst I have been ‘distracted’ with one health trouble or another. It […]
By now it should be clear to the majority of readers, if not all, that I am the patient, not the professional in these illness bouts and treatments. Having lived […]
It was about the time I finished my first semester of university for the year. I was worked up with stress, unresolved grief over the deaths of a handful of […]
Disclaimer: Before discussing my experiences of living with Lupus, or a Rheumatic illness, in the South West of Western Australia, I would like to clarify one very important point. I […]