When you have endometriosis, it is not uncommon for your body to change because often times it causes you to lose or gain weight. People often praise weight loss because it is often believed to always be good, and criticize weight gain. As a disabled person, I never make body comments even if I know … Continue reading How To Cope With Body Changes With Endometriosis
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How To Support Someone With Chronic Pain
When you live with chronic pain, it can often feel isolating because chronic pain is often invisible, and sometimes you don't feel supported. People without chronic pain often do not understand how it affects everything you do, because when you live with pain, you get good at faking being well and don't look like you … Continue reading How To Support Someone With Chronic Pain
Are You Burnt Out From Blogging?
When you are a blogger, you have to work a lot to build your blog because most of the time you don't have people doing things for you and have to do everything yourself. I enjoy blogging, and it doesn't feel like work to me, but you can do too much of a good thing … Continue reading Are You Burnt Out From Blogging?
Activities That Are Not The Same For Me
Non-disabled people often think that disability prevents you from being able to do anything for yourself, but that couldn’t be any further from the truth, and your disability only prevents you from doing some things. As a physically disabled person, I struggle with a lot of tasks and sometimes have to ask for help on … Continue reading Activities That Are Not The Same For Me
How To Support Someone Struggling With Incontinence
When you are disabled and have limited mobility, sometimes it can be more difficult to go to the bathroom because you can't exercise to the extent a non-disabled person can to prevent constipation. Incontinence is something that many people with Spina Bifida struggle with because often your bowels are impacted, and you can't go to … Continue reading How To Support Someone Struggling With Incontinence
Why Does It Take Years To Get Diagnosed With Endometriosis?
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. Endometriosis is a very painful condition when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows in places where it does not belong. Endometriosis is not rare and affects about ten percent of people with a uterus worldwide, but it is often misunderstood in the medical community as just a … Continue reading Why Does It Take Years To Get Diagnosed With Endometriosis?
How To Recover After A Hard Workout
Regular exercise will improve your physical health, and everyone who is able should be exercising because improved fitness will make your life easier. It is hard to improve your physical health, especially if you are disabled, because you can't exercise to the extent a non-disabled person can, and fitness is not always accessible, making it … Continue reading How To Recover After A Hard Workout
How Endometriosis Pain Affects My Everyday Life
Endometriosis is a very difficult and frustrating medical condition to live with because most people don't see how it affects every aspect of your life and think that it's just a bad period. Some people with endometriosis have less pain than others, but there is no cure, and people with endometriosis spend their whole lives … Continue reading How Endometriosis Pain Affects My Everyday Life
Social Media Posts That Make Me Unfollow You
Social media makes it easy to share information online and make a little money if you become popular enough. I have a lot of respect for creators who put their lives online and talk about personal health issues to help others because it's not always easy to be vulnerable. Social media has a lot of … Continue reading Social Media Posts That Make Me Unfollow You
How To Improve Your Heart Health
Disclaimer: In this post, I am sharing how I improve heart health as a patient. I am not a doctor, and it is to be used for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. If you take any actions from the content of this post, you are doing so at … Continue reading How To Improve Your Heart Health