Disclaimer: This post was written to share my experiences with chronic back pain. I am not a doctor, and it is to be used for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Any actions you take from the content of this post, you are doing so at your own risk, … Continue reading How To Manage Chronic Back Pain
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
Summer is here, which means a lot of people are going on vacation and traveling to visit friends and family. Vacations can be fun, but when you live with chronic pain, it can also be a little stressful because you may not be able to manage your pain as effectively on vacation like you would … Continue reading How To Travel With Chronic Pain
When you live with chronic pain, doctors often recommend you exercise regularly because movement can help prevent more pain. It is not as easy to be consistent with exercise as people make it sound, because sometimes exercise triggers more pain, and it's the last thing you want to do. Most people feel better when they … Continue reading How I Became Consistent With Exercise While Living With Chronic Pain
When you live with chronic pain, sometimes it is frustrating because people don't see your pain since it is often invisible and expect you to function at the same level that people without pain do. People in pain often experience a lot of stigma because it is often believed that everyone in pain cries endlessly, … Continue reading What Not To Say To Someone In Pain
When you live with chronic pain, it is hard because most people never truly have no pain and are expected to do things at the same capacity as someone without pain. I never have days where my pain is zero and I don't even remember what it feels like to not wake up in pain … Continue reading What I Do On Good Pain Days
Chronic pain takes so much from you, and most people with chronic pain are in pain constantly, but you are not stuck in bed with severe pain every single day. Most people with chronic pain are never pain-free, but you have good days and bad pain days. On good days, you are able to do … Continue reading What I Do On A Bad Pain Day
Disabled and chronically ill people often spend more time in bed than someone who is not disabled, because sometimes we need a lot of surgeries to manage our health or live with chronic pain, and are in a flare. Non-disabled people sometimes wish they could watch TV all day, and think people who are able … Continue reading What To Do When You Are Stuck In Bed
Chronic pain changes your life and impacts everything you do because people with pain have to think before doing the simplest task in order to prevent the pain from getting worse. Some people with Spina Bifida have chronic pain, but in my experience, most people who I have met with my disability do not live … Continue reading Five Things I Took For Granted Before Pain
When you are diagnosed with a chronic illness such as endometriosis it can be a tough diagnosis to accept because a lot of the time people don't understand the complexities of the disease and think it's just a bad period. Endometriosis is a chronic full-body disease that affects many women which occurs when the tissue … Continue reading Invisible Challenges Of Endometriosis That You Don’t See
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