Posted by Jackie M. on February 18, 1999 at 20:02:46:
I don't know if it's a matter of finding "the right" type of job, or finally excepting that my clusters will not afford me the ability to work outside the home. I hope that someone else here might be able to share with me, how they are able to hold down a job or what they do to earn money when you live with this excrutiating pain. I have just taken on a new job (three weeks ago) because I thought that the 02 therapy might help enough so that I could still go to work during cluster attacks. Yesterday I found out that I was wrong, and now I'm afraid of losing yet another job to these demons. I tried everything before I had to go in, but each successive attack became so brutal that the pain made work impossible. Driving to work would have been an impossibility, let alone sitting at a computer and taking down vital stats from hospitals and doctors. With my eye tearing and piercing out of my head; not able to see or sit still; how do you work or drive to work with that? I feel so demoralized having called out of work, and fear that my boss isn't going to be a happy camper when I return. Please, if anyone has found themself in this same situation, I would really appreciate your insight. Thanks so much.
Jackie M.