“She Just Doesn’t Want to Work,” My Mother Told Her Nursing Staff About My Condition. I Silently Slid My Medical File Across the Table to Her Chief of Medicine. Her Next Shift Was Her Last.

consistent with inflammatory arthritis. Rheumatology notes tracking the progression of symptoms, the titration of medications, the documented impact on functional capacity. A letter from my previous employer’s occupational health physician describing the accommodations that had been requested and eventually deemed insufficient given the disease’s progression.continue reading …