Lori says employers can be unsupportive because people with HF may need flexibility.
Transcript
I know there are employers out there that are not supportive of people and a lot of people with heart failure end up leaving their jobs and doing stuff on their own. They become freelancers or something because they need [unintelligible] – you know in the morning like for me, in the morning I am so exhausted I can barely get up and function sometimes and other times I’m good, and vice versa with the afternoon, so you never know when you’re going to have enough energy for your mind to be working properly for work.
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