Jen's Health Journeys

  So I have been working my 2 jobs for a couple weeks now and its going better than I expected. The only issues I have had is standing up has been far more painful to my feet than it has ever been in the past, like there's been 3 times as much pain as there should be from standing up for a shift at work. I discovered that this was because of the insoles in my shoes. I have custom orthotic insoles for my shoes from my chiropractor and they are great, but if I don't get the insoles out of my shoes that came in the shoes, its like having twice as much insole in the shoe, and the shoes I currently wear are Sketchers with the memory foam insoles which I didn't completely remove from my shoe when I put my custom insoles in. My heels and arches were killing me from having twice as much support under them as they needed.  I also worked with my rheumatologist to figure out why there was SO much pain in my feet all the time and why it lasts so long. We changed my medication so that I...

  I just got another job at a hotel front desk and I am trying to manage the fibro and working 2 jobs. It is hard going from having 3 days off from my first job to suddenly having the other job on those days. I am schedule for both of my jobs on Saturday and I am worried about how I will handle it. I have a really great boss at both my jobs, so I am able to make accommodations for the fibro at work. The job I have for my first job is the front desk of some condominiums, and I sit down for it. I have to get the packages when they are delivered for the condo owners and give them to them when they come to pick them up but nothing else is really hard there. The second job is hotel front desk and I will need to stand, however my boss there has told me that I am able to go into the office behind the front desk and sit down for 5 or so minutes when needed if I am hurting or something so that is very helpful and if I am ready for my lunch break soon I can just let someone know, hey I will ...