It's my birthday! Birthdays are fun, because it's a chance to celebrate another year of life, and you get to eat cake and open presents, and who wouldn't want to do that? I love getting gifts that can help me improve my fitness because it's hard to exercise when you are disabled, and I will … Continue reading Fitness Gifts Not To Get Me For My Birthday
When you are living with a lot of health issues, it is stressful, and people want to help but sometimes you aren't being as supportive as you think you are. People sometimes will say things with good intentions because they are trying to help and don't understand the mental toll chronic health issues have on … Continue reading Things I Would Never Say To Someone Struggling With Their Health
Disabled people sometimes have people in their family who are also disabled because once you have one disabled child, it's not unlikely for your second child to also be disabled. I am not an only child and have four sisters, but I am the only one in my family with Spina Bifida, and none of … Continue reading What Is It Like Having Four Non-Disabled Sisters
Hip replacement surgery is necessary for some people to get relief from pain, but it's something that you want to avoid if you can. In 2020, I started having significant hip pain in my right hip and had hip replacement surgery to get relief, and there was nothing I could have done to get rid … Continue reading Questions To Ask Yourself Before Having Hip Replacement Surgery
Blogging can open a lot of opportunities that you would not have had without your blog, and it can be very rewarding to be able to help people in the comfort of your own home. Everyone is starting a blog or YouTube channel these days because people don't truly understand what it takes to build … Continue reading Realities Of Blogging No One Talks About
Pain changes a person, and you are not the same person you were before pain, because it affects every aspect of your life and changes the way you view the world. You spend so much time trying to figure out what triggers your pain because there is nothing worse than being stuck in bed because … Continue reading Things You Will Never See Me Do Because Of Pain
Non-disabled people sometimes think that disabled people are living the dream and have nothing to stress about because we don't have to work and they will say to us, "You are so lucky you don't have to work, and you have nothing to stress about." As a disabled person, I don't have work stress since … Continue reading Do I Have A Stress-Free Life?
When you have Spina Bifida, going to the bathroom often is difficult because sometimes your bladder and bowel muscles do not work. There are ways to manage these issues and stay out of the hospital, but often it can take hours to go to the bathroom. I am able to go to the bathroom independently … Continue reading What To Do If You Are Stuck In The Bathroom For A While
Families with disabled children know a lot about their child's disability, but knowing a disabled person does not make you an expert, and the only true disability experts are disabled people. Parents of disabled children do their best to teach their kids the right values, but sometimes families are ableist and do things that disabled … Continue reading What Disabled People Want Their Families To Know
When you have Spina Bifida, going to the bathroom can be difficult because, a lot of the time, your bladder and bowel muscles do not work in the way they are supposed to. There are surgeries that can help make going to the bathroom a little easier, but they are not cures by any means … Continue reading Lessons I Have Learned From Living With A Stoma
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