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Almost the last stop on the Bloggers' Book Tour for "Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease-Keep Working Girlfriend!" (KWG): A very personal review

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Rosalind Joffe Read about the book's authors, Rosalind and Joan, here. Check out all of the Book Tour participants here . Joan Friedlander And all of the Book Tour stops are listed here: 11/3-11/12 , 11/11-11/14 , and 11/17-11/23 . The book is great. It's short, easy to read and packed with information such as: Pacing yourself, searching for a job, keeping a job, disclosure on the job, negotiating with your employer for accommodations, and being self-employed. And it's written from the best, most real perspective possible: That of two women who know from firsthand experience what it's like to live and work with CI. I could have used this book about twenty years ago when I was diagnosed with my first ICIs: Fibromyalgia and Endometriosis. I mean, I REALLY could have used it. I'd go so far as to say that I might still be employed now if I'd had this book back then, and used it. The book starts with a chapter in which autoimmune disease is defined. I looked ...