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Hi

Had the same problem years ago, when my son turned 16 and everything

changed. It was quite frightening as there was no way I could

physically go out to work but was capable of working at home. I got

round it in the end by discovering I was a bit 'arty' - one door

closes etc..- and started making my own beadwork, encaustic art pics,

earings (very easy to make) and then ventured into homemade cards.

Because I never knew when I'd be well enough to do a sale, I relied

on carboots but it worked.

Just before I lost use of my hands I'd started doing wedding

stationery and had done my first wedding with success. At the time,

I was only able to sell sporadically in between 'do's' but was

officially told that I didn't have to actually make any money - just

had to do the work weekly. So I would put the work in every week,

working when well enough at any time of the day or night then sell

when and where I could, declare it all and claim tax credits.

You could consider becoming a writer - write your own e-book about

thyroid or anything else you're interested in- gardening, cats

anything - and sell on auction site (search the Public Domain for

copywrite free ideas), do arty things and sell, or do an online

course to retrain for something suitable for work at home like

hypnotherapy (some do good accredited courses and very reasonably

priced which you can study in your own time - unsure if I'm allowed

to mention any by name so email me if interested). Website building

can be good to do at home if you're a bit clever on the PC or a TESOL

course (plenty of people in the country who need help learning

English).

Just a few ideas lol

Anne