NaNo with chronic illness/disability

I just remembered what I always (try) to forget happens every Nov, as well as NaNo.

I have psoriatic arthritis (kind of combo of rheumotoid and lupus, the autoimmune inflammatory diseases that affect whole system) and WHAM! as soon as weather starts to chill, my fingers swell up, redden, stiffen, and skin peels and crack so every tip stays excruciatingly painful for months.

Typing is bloody (not to pun) painful and stays so!!!

Not to mention the disease fatigue which is a whole other topic and consumes several hours of my life daily despite some pretty hard core drugs (legal ones......)

does anyone else work and write with disabilities?

Because I hurry to add, I DO write anyway. Just as I DO work and live and mush around in general, anyway. I'm 53, and not about to sit and stare at the walls ((though the depression t hat can kick in with chronic illnesses would love for me to do that.)

Just wondering....

I guess I can say I sort of do... I have deep rooted depression and anxiety and it reared it's ugly head today and halted my progress for a while. It was the first day it has happened, though, so I hope if I don't forget to medicate then I'll be fine for the rest of the month. hehe

I have heard that some people with trouble with their wrists use a voice program, but it has to be trained beforehand and I don't think I could ever work with a computer it would hate my accent lol!

I have an undiagnosed connecitive tissue disease as well as bipolar disorder that just started getting treated about two weeks ago (after four years of unsuccessful depression treatment). These have contributed to making my wordcount embarrassingly low.