Guest guest Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Hi everyone, Its good to find such a friendly support group! I was diagnosed back in 2008, right after the birth of my second child. I had been diagnosed with Hashimoto's hypothyroid after the birth of my first child in 2001. Needless to say--I am done with having kids because I don't need ANOTHER autoimmune diagnosis! My rheumy switched me from Orencia to Ritxan--a big disaster. The Rituxin almost shut my liver down and now I have to wait until we try another infusion style DMARD. In the meantime, I have had flare after flare and have to work from home. I am the director of my department,a privately owned beauty and massage school. I am in charge of and teach in massage. But the pain meds and flaring make it impossible for me to drive. Our school is not disability friendly anyway. Some of my collegues have complained and spread rumors about my " illness " The owner is not an easy woman to communicate with, so I try to go through my boss, who has been supportive. He is not over the admissions people though, and they have turned my job into hell on earth. I have worked hard my whole life and hate to quit and file for disability, but I don't know what else to do. When do you throw in the towel and begin the long procedure for SSDI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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