Hello InTheEyeoftheStorm, I'm sorry to read that you had trouble on your last job attempt and
are struggling at this time with interviews. Looking for a job can be a
tough place to be in even under the best of
circumstances with no illness. I know that I had a tough time returning to work while being a
single mom. There were gaps in my resume from having been at home. I don't have the
answers for you. I know when I went back to work I had some counseling from a woman at
the YWCA who helped woman get back to work. I know people on disability can get similar
help. I'm thinking perhaps there may be a local employment agency, maybe a state run one
who could help you with this.

Hi, I feel like we both are in the same boat. At this point, I am too sick to work and I travel 3 hours once a month for treatments, taking my father to the dr etc, and I am sure no employer would allow me to take so much time off. Like you, I was exposed to mold in my workplace and I am presently being treated for lyme. However, when I am well and strong enough to work, WE both have to be concerned about our environments so that we don't risk being re=exposed.
Have you thought about working from home? That way, you can set your pace and not have to worry about exposure.
I understand how you feel both physically and emotionally.
Are you working with a qualified lyme dr? I hope you are.
Please keep us posted....
Regards,
Susan

Get your doctor to refer you to vocational rehab. It's a federal program that can do many things for you. They can pay for additional school to retrain you for the career of your choice. They can also hire a company that will find you a job based on what you experience and training are, or they can give you a government grant to start your own business. I tried to go after the grant because I was already selling on ebay and doing quite well but I wanted the free grant money to buy additional inventory, however, I had a bankruptcy on my credit report and that stopped me from getting the free grant money. So I just continued to borrow money even though I had to pay high interest rates.... I am now retired but I still sell part time to supplement my social security.

God Bless

Thank you: Rosi, Joyful, and Bobinmaine for your advice. I just started freelancing from home Joyful, and really love the flexibility. I'm able to monitor my pain and keep up with my meds.

I know what you mean about being re-exposed (my other negative Marketing experience I was told by a manager there was mold in the building and my doctor wouldn't give me mold meds until I tested...which HR wouldn't let me do.

You mentioned if I'm working with a Lyme doctor, I'm not anymore...I can't afford it. Also, finding one has been tough for me. One of them started hitting on me. :/ The most recent one was using a rife machine and re-tested me every 3 weeks or so and like I said, I just can't afford it right now. I'm still taking medicine,though.

I've been going to counseling Rosi, that has helped some. :)

I've never heard of the program - Bobinmaine, I will look into it. Thank you! I appreciate the advice from all of you as well as your time.

Voc rehab is great! Alot of people don't know about it but all doctors do because they refer their patients. It's all free as well.

Also, if you are of low income, or if you have no insurance, or if you are under insured, you can get free treatment. All hospitals are supplemented by the federal government and must provide care to patients who cannot afford their services! It's as simple as filling out a one page form from the business office!

There are also doctors who donate their services for free to those who are of low income. Usually, whatever hospital the doctor is affiliated with, will be asked, when they sign up with the hospital, how many appointments they wish to offer for free. Most will donate but some do not. Each hospital has a separate office that keeps tract of appointments and screens the patients twice a year for income. Here, it is called "Care Partners". You can even get your medication for free through Care Partners! They also recently combine care partners with the hospital so you only have to fill out one form.

So there is lots of help available, so don't be afraid to ask!

God Bless

Hey treasure. Hope you are not having a crippling day. My mom gave me lyme disease at birth so I always was sick and went in and out of the hospital as long as I could remember. but I was fortunate enough to travel all around the country and many overseas doing hyperthermia, stem cells, apheresis, too many abx and over 2000 IVs. Unfortunately, none of the treatments and therapies were helpful to me, at least for a long run. In fact, it led me a debilitating brain and spine inflammation and crazy pain and burning sensation with severe mast cell disorder where I was extremely reactive to EVERYTHING and frequency of vomiting was quite norm daily :( But few people have informed about this lyme practitioner who sees people all around the country via skype and face-to-face (but not so much as she has a waiting list) so to make the story short, I had my first skype consult with her 27 months ago. The battle was pretty intense with barely no improvement but I was noticing pretty significant improvement that I was not able to see. I had enough energy to be more aggressive and grouchy as per my dad, my liquid diet was slowly changing to add more food into my diet, and I was up more instead of sleeping 18 hours a day. She has made me this unbelievable herbal protocol that are from Russia and Korea. And she has started me on this amazing injection called immuno-maf and glymino gcmaf cream. It was tough to get adjusted to but once it settled to adopt these ingredients into my body, it was showing me great acceleration of healing. I am forever debt to this practitioner and our whole family cannot live without her. Yes pls do your research and consider these immuno-maf and glymino transdermal products. It is definitely worthy of trying these. xx

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