Advertisements When you have chronic pain or are expecting to have a surgery that requires a lot of rest often you spend a lot of time in bed. Surgery recovereries sometimes can leave you bed bound for weeks and although tv marathons are a good...
Tag: chronic pain
Chronic Pain Myths You Need To Stop Believing
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
April 23, 2022
Advertisements When you live with a disability or chronic pain there will always be myths that people go around saying that they believe is true but is totally false. Chronic pain has myths like any disability but I think it can have even more stigma...
What You Should Be Telling Disabled People
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
April 6, 2022
Advertisements In my last post, I talked about a few things that you should never say to a disabled person and there is so much that you should never say that the list could go on forever. There is no shortness of things you shouldn’t...
How Chronic Sleep Deprivation Affects My Everyday Life
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
March 22, 2022
Advertisements When you live with chronic or acute pain getting a good night’s sleep can be a struggle. I don’t sleep a lot and on most days I am sleeping around four to five hours. At some point, you do get used to having very...
How To Accept Your Disability And Chronic Pain
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
February 1, 2022
Advertisements When you live with a disability or chronic pain life is hard because everything you do has challenges that you can’t escape. Most disabilities have no cure and disabled people have to learn to live with it and accept their disabilities. Some people never...
What I Wish People Understood About My Chronic Migraines
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
September 9, 2021
Advertisements People with chronic pain often face more stigma than some people with visible disabilities because you can’t see pain so people assume that it’s easy to manage. Living with migraines can be hard because they often are misunderstood as a bad headache even by...
Is It Easier To Get A Job When You Have Invisible Disability?
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
September 2, 2021
Advertisements When you have an invisible disability people often assume that finding employment is easier than if you had a visible disability because you don’t have to disclose your disability like you do with a visible disability. Finding a job when you have a visible...
Advertisements When you are disabled sometimes your disability does not limit how much you can travel but sometimes it does and you’re not able to travel far. I am fortunate that I am able to travel as long as I bring the necessary equipment and...
Advertisements Sleep is important for your overall health and some people only occasionally have trouble sleeping but when you have chronic pain more often than not sleep troubles are a pretty regular thing because of your pain. People without chronic pain only have to worry...
Why New Doctors Can Be Stressful For Disabled People
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
May 23, 2021
Advertisements When you are disabled often you have to go to the doctor more than abled people because your on more medications than them and it’s the only way you can continue to get your meds. When you have a good doctor you have been...