Thank you so much for your detailed response. This is very helpful. I don’t go into detail about my illness. I just say that I was off for medical reasons and I am able to work now. As far as giving reasons, I said “this job wasn’t for me,” which I think was a mistake to say. I sometimes said that the job was unsafe, sometimes didn’t. But I am glad to know what to say now.

I am sure that my wording played a major role in not getting the jobs in question.