Hard Conversations: When RA Affects Your Work

The shoulder has ripples and I talk about work, at work...

"'Can you work at all?'

I was in the middle of my two weeks off to heal, hadn't shown any signs of healing yet and was talking to a friend about how I felt, sharing my worries about what it meant for afterwards. For when I went back to work. And that's when she asked that question and in so doing, was the first to mention the elephant in the room. Because this injury was big, it wasn't getting better and it felt as if just looking at my computer made the pain worse. And if I, who make my living writing, couldn't be at my computer, well..."

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Comments

AlisonH said…
The last line caught me by surprise. And then by delight. Go Lene!

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