Curious...how many members work with this illness

[Alysia]

Each one is different with how WG affects him and how long it takes to get into remission. Working also depends on the kind of work.
After my WG onset I couldnt work at all for many months. I tried to be back to where I worked but it was too many hours so I quitted. I now work in my own office about 20 hours a week. Hardly enough to make a living but even those hours are not easy for me.

[drz]

It varies greatly. I remember some members who went back to work in jobs that involved heavy physical labor almost immediately. I think one was a lumberjack. Many others were disabled by their GPA and unable to work again in any meaningful manner. Most fall somewhere in between.

I retired before my diagnosis because as my health was failing from the GPA I didn't feel able to do my work correctly anymore. After my diagnosis and several months of in patient treatment and rehab, I knew I could never work again and was glad I was retired,otherwise i would have applied for disability.