Transplantmommy
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I think that anyone should go with whatever job fits...CF or not. I worked at a lot of different places...hardware store, pizza shop, gas station, MetLife, 2 different Physical Therapy places, a photo lab, and even a blood lab processing requests for home visit draws. My last job was working in a school who had children from the age of 5 to 18. I did not work directly with the children though. There was still the occasion that I would be around the children.
I worked that job right before I went on disability and the only reason that I left is because I was pregnant with Brady and the doctors thought that it was not safe for me to be working anymore. I went on short term-disability through work, thinking that I would return after I had Brady, and that was just not possible, so I went on SSD in March of 2006. Even though that was a desk job, it was very demanding because of some of the other things that I had to do and I was doing it at 40% lung function.
If I had to go back to work, I think that I would find myself back at a place like this because I loved it. I however think that it would not be in my best interest and my doctors would not like it, which is why they are keeping me on SSD for as long as possible. There are definitely certain jobs that I would stay away from now that I have had the Tx and am immunosuppressed.....and teaching would be one of them.
I worked that job right before I went on disability and the only reason that I left is because I was pregnant with Brady and the doctors thought that it was not safe for me to be working anymore. I went on short term-disability through work, thinking that I would return after I had Brady, and that was just not possible, so I went on SSD in March of 2006. Even though that was a desk job, it was very demanding because of some of the other things that I had to do and I was doing it at 40% lung function.
If I had to go back to work, I think that I would find myself back at a place like this because I loved it. I however think that it would not be in my best interest and my doctors would not like it, which is why they are keeping me on SSD for as long as possible. There are definitely certain jobs that I would stay away from now that I have had the Tx and am immunosuppressed.....and teaching would be one of them.