...But You Don't Look Sick

Published by Dianne Foley — 03-28-2017 01:03:33 PM


Yes, and some of us were raised with such poor self-images your words hurt and we even begin to wonder if we are just crazy.

Now don't get me wrong, there is something wrong as the cramps I have been having in all my muscles in my legs, arms, hips, and now my face. I would trade places with anyone who thinks MS is fun or nonexistent because I look fine. I was even let go from my 21-year career, because I couldn't get better in their six-month time frame.

Injections from weekly to every other day and if you know me, you know how much I despise injections...when I was younger it took 2 nurses, 1 doctor and my dad to catch and hold me down to get an injection.  God does have a sense of humor.

How about this for a sense of humor...I suffered from claustrophobia until my Stage III cancer. It was in my lymph nodes and at the base of my tongue on the right side.

To treat it, I had to have my head bolted to the radiation table and my hands and feet tied down...When they were making the headgear for my treatment, they just put me on a fake table and placed this material over my face and head. No warning or explanation, this was almost the straw that broke the camel’s back. I wasn't going back, there was no way I was going to wear this headgear. I couldn't move and would be in this contraption for an hour 35 consecutive days (7 weeks M-F).

Then enter St Jude's Hospital, a young child strapped to the table like I would be. This youngster was hardly old enough to understand anything that was going on. That was when I decided if that child could do it, then this 50-year-old could surely overcome her fears and learn to live my life with more time for those who were "more" important than my work family who when I couldn't meet their 6 month get well and return to work policy, kicked me to the curb.

I was salary and put in well over 40 hours (closer to 60 to 80 hours per week) ask my family they will attest to that. And if I were to take my vacation it was nothing for me to work from 8 am to midnight the week before vacation just to make sure my work load was covered.

No matter how many people told me the company thought I was a number, I just didn't believe them...

Now I make less than 1/3 of my take home pay then...and the insurance SUCKS. Everyone told me the corporate insurance was bad, but I never had to pay the copay's I pay now. And I still have all the same expenses and because my 17-year-old car finally failed me, now I have a car payment.

These are the reasons I have started my trek on the work from home path. I was taken in by a "mentor" who neglected to tell me that everything he proposed was not the next best thing. He instead took the $49K I took from my 401K to fund my DREAM.

Now I have to be thrifty and every careful with how I get my business funding, this is something I never had to do before. So now I am trying to start a home business with NO MONEY. And I have finally learned that NO MONEY mean more time than when I was a corporate employee.

So, my point is NEVER think you know what I am going through or I have even gone through. You don't have a clue, so if you think your words are going to help me, take a minute instead and give you the amount of money you think those words are worth. I can use that money more than those idle words...because I have the doctor’s reports, unpaid expenses and prescription expenses to prove it. And there is no FAKING involved.

So, all the challenges that you are facing as an entrepreneur, mine are even more challenging. Like the past 2 days I was so very tired I could not even get out of bed. Or how about the muscle spasms that are so back that my face is twisted and my big toes almost touch my shins and my hips, there is no way to explain those...

I still give it my all but these are some of the reasons I am not available every day, but know that I try...and I will NEVER do to you what was done to me. My goal is to show you how to start and run your business with as little as possible in money, time and the mistakes that I made.

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About Dianne Foley

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I am a 50ish woman who really doesn't care about the numbers, this way my "about me" will be current for a few more years. I have an auto immune disease that I battle every day although I am told I will not die from it...I am also a cancer survivor. I am a mother of 2 grown children Jaki and Jake, and a Grammy to a beautiful boy Colton and another that is due in August 2017. I am in a 18 year relationship with my soul mate, Jim. After being terminated from my 21-year corporate career of process writer for a medical manufacturing company in 2012, I set on a journey to become an online entrepreneur. I believe that the internet can provide a valuable means of support for all who want and need to make money. You see when you get social security disability way before you are ready takes your way of life from living to surviving. I must move slow as I am now bringing in less than 1/3 of what my corporate salary was. The thing is even though I lost that income, I didn't lose my expenses. After taking 1/2 of my retirement savings to fund my business adventure, I learned the hard way there are wolves in this business that are only interested in taking your money. I am determined to find a good mentor to follow and a source that is economical so that people who are in the same or a similar situation can also make a lucrative living on line. My goal is to help anyone and everyone to never must decide to pay bills, eat, or buy medications in other words be able to provide for themselves and never have to depend on anyone or any entity for their standard of living... Standard of living and FREEDOM should be an individual choice and not determined by how much money you are allotted to live on...