tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post8866190894490360625..comments2024-03-22T13:46:31.211-04:00Comments on Getting Closer To Myself: “I’m Sick! Is That A Problem For You?”Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13910940045470516414noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-74180711402842500252010-08-02T09:43:06.059-04:002010-08-02T09:43:06.059-04:00You are spot on here. If others could show the co...You are spot on here. If others could show the courtesy prior to knocking on the door, we with the AID's could make the choice to invite a potential threat in our lives. Compassion comes in many forms. Great post. THanks for having me. TazzyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-40969016301026793552010-07-22T19:33:18.604-04:002010-07-22T19:33:18.604-04:00Love the post!Love the post!Pink Dobermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05428024980866044103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-47242472086907565852010-07-22T09:24:50.754-04:002010-07-22T09:24:50.754-04:00One of the things I really appreciate about my clo...One of the things I really appreciate about my close friends is that if we have plans and someone is sick, we check in with each other before meeting. Last week I was sad to miss seeing a friend because he had a cold, but really appreciated that he chose to keep it at home since he knows my immune system is drek.<br /><br />As someone who does tech support for a Uni with lots of online classes, we see both the students who are trying to milk the system and those who have struggles that challenges that interrupt their education. The big difference that I see is that students with genuine health issues (and as someone who is chronically ill I am pretty rough on people who pretend to be sick to get out of work) is that they are proactive. They let their instructors know ahead of time, ask what their options are, and if they need special accommodations they communicate that with Student Disability Services. Illness and injury can sneak up on everyone- how you approach the issue with your instructor, department, or IT makes a huge difference.elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04409662689998783717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5532388825298713035.post-91941939672077089982010-07-21T14:16:21.003-04:002010-07-21T14:16:21.003-04:00I love this post, Leslie, how you see the two mean...I love this post, Leslie, how you see the two meanings in that statement. It took me a long time to come to be able to handle the reactions of people with any kind of calmness. I felt abandoned by so many friends. But then I realized that they were uncomfortable about illness and that it had to do more with them than with me. <br /><br />But at first I blamed myself as if it were some personal failing on my part that I became sick. Now I have fewer friends but those I do have are so precious to me. They accept me as I am and they're comfortable with it. And I've finally learned to forgive and let go (well, almost all the time) of the others.Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05729837575450453607noreply@blogger.com