When you are in pain, often people go to the doctor to get relief because no one wants to live in pain if there is a way to get out of it. Doctors often look for visible signs of pain, such as tears, and if you don't look like you are in pain, it can … Continue reading What Chronic Pain Patients Wish Their Doctors Understood About Pain
Disability affects relationships; sometimes it brings you closer to your friends, while other times, people pity your disability, and it drives you apart. As a disabled person, I don't have many real-life friends because I have always struggled to find friends who see me as a person, not my disability. I haven't had the best … Continue reading How To Be A Good Friend To Someone With Chronic Pain
Healthy people pray that their routine scans are going to be normal, but when you are in pain, normal scans can feel devastating. Doctors don't investigate normal imaging, and you remain in pain, but even though your doctor can see nothing wrong, that doesn't mean your pain is not real. I talk a lot about … Continue reading Thoughts You Have When You Live With Chronic Pain
When you have endometriosis, it is not uncommon for your body to change because often times it causes bloating and you may gain weight or you'll have no apetite and lose weight. People often will praise weight loss because it is often believed to good and criticize weight gain. As a disabled person, I never … Continue reading How To Cope With Body Changes With Endometriosis
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
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
If you have ever gone to the doctor with pain, sometimes it can be difficult to get effective pain management because of the opioid crisis. Doctors often believe that everyone gets addicted to their meds and are very hesitant to prescribe anything stronger than Tylenol. I live with chronic pain and am all about treating … Continue reading My Thoughts On The Opioid Crisis
Merry Christmas! Holidays are stressful for everyone because there is so much that needs to get done for Christmas Day, and only so much time to get it all done. It can be even more stressful for people with chronic pain because you have to do the same things to prepare for the holidays that … Continue reading Why The Holidays Are More Difficult For People With Chronic Pain
When you have endometriosis, sometimes it is painless, and you don't know you have it until you try to get pregnant and are unable to, but unfortunately, severe, debilitating pain that significantly affects your quality of life is a common struggle for many people with endometriosis because it's not just a bad period. I live … Continue reading How I Accommodate My Life For Increased Pain
When you live with pain, you often want to do a lot of things with your friends, but live in a body that has limited energy and doesn't want to do anything except sit on your couch and watch TV. We are approaching the holiday season, which means a lot of people are running around … Continue reading How To Make The Holidays Easier With Chronic Pain
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