When you start to experience pain, sometimes people will Google their symptoms before going to the doctor because the Internet makes it easy to get information on anything. If you have a new diagnosis and want to learn more about it, I think the Internet is great for that because doctors don't tell you everything. … Continue reading Why I Don’t Google My Disability Or Any Of It’s Symptoms
Hip replacement surgery can help lessen hip pain and improve your quality of life, but until you significantly improve your hip strength, life gets harder before it gets easier. When I had hip replacement surgery, I lost a significant amount of mobility and have had to change the way I do everything because I struggle … Continue reading Lessons I Have Learned From My Mobility Loss
Happy New Year! At the beginning of the year, a lot of people set new goals and love that people want to challenge themselves, but unfortunately, most people will fail by next week because they set goals that are completely ridiculous and impossible to achieve. I love that people are setting goals for themselves because … Continue reading Realistic New Years Resolutions That Are Actually Achievable
If you are disabled, it is likely that you have had a conversation with a non-disabled person about cures because a lot of the time non-disabled people struggle to see how anyone could be happy with disability and think we need one. As a disabled person, I have been very vocal about my opinion on … Continue reading Am I Against Cures?
If you are disabled, it is likely that you have been approached by a non-disabled person and told that you were inspiring for absolutely no reason at all. Some disabled people are inspiring, but telling a disabled person that their existence is inspiring is ableist and not the compliment people think it it. In today's … Continue reading Are All Disabled People Inspiring?
Migraine disease can be a very difficult disease to manage and depending on the frequency of your attacks, sometimes you can spend quite a bit of time managing pain because medication can only do so much. Christmas is next week, which means a lot of people are getting their last minute shopping done if you … Continue reading What To Get A Migraineur For Christmas
Disclaimer- I am not a doctor, and everything written in this post is to be used for informational use only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Any actions you take from the content of this post, you are doing so at your own risk, and I am not responsible for any negative … Continue reading How To Protect Your Joints As You Age
When people don't know you are disabled, people often will treat you normally, but as soon as people know you are disabled, you are isolated and treated differently than everyone else. If you have an invisible disability and don't want people to know that you have a disability, you could decide not to tell people, … Continue reading Common Myths About Physical Disabilities
Christmas is around the corner, which means a lot of us are running out to different stores to try and get our holiday shopping done. I love celebrating the holidays because I get to hang out with my family, whom I don't get to see a lot of during the year, since we all have … Continue reading How To Manage Stress During The Holidays
When you have been disabled your whole life, disability is everything you have ever known, and it is a little easier to adapt because you have been doing it your whole life. It is a little more difficult when you are newly disabled because you haven't been disabled as long and have to relearn how … Continue reading Everything That A Newly Disabled Person Needs To Know
