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Posts Tagged ‘jobs’

“You’re Fired.”

Monday, March 15, 2010 13:01 4 Comments

Well, this is one of those days that I come here to post and I wish I had a positive, uplifting one for you…perhaps this will turn out to be just that. Today, I was fired from my job because of my inability to come to work regularly because of my disease. Now, [...]

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 19:13 12 Comments

So, at every previous job since I’ve had IBD I’ve been very vocal about my disease.  It was practical because I was sick at the time, and when people asked me questions, the advocate in me burst forth!  Since I’ve been in remission and managed to get a job in Portland, OR in this crazy [...]

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