October is Spina Bifida Awareness Month. When you have a physical disability, such as Spina Bifida, everything in life is hard because when your spine is damaged, it often affects your entire body. People with Spina Bifida often use assistive devices and learn ways to accommodate their disabilities because you have to in order to … Continue reading Some Of The Most Frustrating Things About My Disability
When you have a physical disability, everything in life is hard, and sometimes you get angry and frustrated with things that a non-disabled person wouldn't struggle with. Non-disabled people often expect disabled people to be happy all the time, and when we show any kind of frustration, they tell us that we should be more … Continue reading What I Do When My Disability Makes Me Angry And Frustrated
October is Spina Bifida Awareness Month. I live with a lot of health challenges, but my main disability is Spina Bifida, which is a neurological neural tube birth defect that occurs when the spinal cord does not close properly during pregnancy. There are many different forms of Spina Bifida, and some people have more health … Continue reading What I Would Tell Someone Newly Diagnosed With Spina Bifida
When you are disabled, sometimes it can be difficult to find activities to do with your friends because we live in an inaccessible world, and you have limitations that a non-disabled person would not have. Non-disabled people often want to include their disabled friends, but sometimes they don't know how because non-disabled people aren't accessibility … Continue reading Six Things You Can Do With Your Disabled Friends
If you don't already know, September is Pain Awareness Month. When you live with chronic pain, sometimes it can be difficult to take care of yourself because pain often prevents you from being able to take care of your basic self-care needs. I have lived with chronic pain for several years, and it has affected … Continue reading Self-care Tips For People In Pain
Disclaimer: This post was written to share my opinion on why I think people with endometriosis gain weight. I am not a doctor, and it is to be used for informational use only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. When you have endometriosis or any type of chronic illness, it often changes … Continue reading Why Does Endometriosis Cause Weight Gain?
Hip replacement surgery can improve the lives of people experiencing significant hip pain that cannot be improved with physical therapy. I had hip replacement surgery about five years ago because I was experiencing a lot of pain, and it was the only way to get out of my pain. Hip replacement surgery is a more … Continue reading Things I Miss About Life Before Hip Replacement Surgery
When I started my blog, I always knew that I was going to write about my disability because I live with a disability and know a lot about that, but I didn't think that I would be writing about chronic pain. Chronic pain is not something that I have always experienced, and not everyone with … Continue reading Why I Write About Pain
Regular exercise has a lot of health benefits and will make your life easier, but it is not easy to get in shape. Most people who have committed to exercise want to get results because there is nothing worse than putting in so much work and not seeing any change. I have been exercising regularly … Continue reading Fitness Reminders For When You Feel Like Quitting
Non-disabled people often will view disability as something bad that needs to be fixed and will say things to disabled people that are ableist that you should have kept to yourself. Disability has negatives, and it's important that we talk about them because people will never have any understanding of the struggles of a disability … Continue reading What Not To Say To Say To A Disabled Person (Part 2)
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