Illness on Shine

User Post: What will your boss say to you if you call in sick?

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OK, we all have called in to work feeling ill at some point. I will tell you right now that when I call in, I am made feel like a liar, and the tone of voice that I get is as if I am lying. I get questioned with detail of my ailments -- "When did it start, do you have a…

Conducting Life, Work and Illness

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by Rosalind Joffe for SuccessTelevision.com What happens if you’re a world class conductor and health problems prevent you from doing your job?

My Story: Sex After Mastectomy

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When I discovered my lump at 24, I was nearly scoffed out of a male breast cancer specialist's office, who said I was statistically too young to have it. After…

Not faking it: Startling research may prove prejudice wrong about chronic fatigue syndrome

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Years ago, shortly after I fell in love with the book Seabiscuit and the then the movie that followed, I saw a news piece about the author Laura Hillenbrand. In her mid-30s at the time, Hillenbrand had been suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) for twenty years.

She said that the four years it took her to write the account of the legendary race horse helped her to transcend her debilitating illness.