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 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
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
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
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
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?
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 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
Disabled and chronically ill people often have to go to the doctor more often than non-disabled people because we have complex health issues that require multiple doctor's visits. Doctor's appointments are stressful for anyone, but they can be even more stressful for disabled people because sometimes non-disabled doctors assume we are unable to advocate for … Continue reading Why Disabled Voices Matter In Healthcare
Ableism negatively affects disabled people, but it's everywhere and is impossible to escape because anyone can be ableist, even disabled people. Most people are ableist, and a vast majority of the time, I don't think it's intentional, and they don't know what ableism is or realize how ableist they are. What is ableism? It is … Continue reading Some Of The Most Common Ableist Comments Disabled People Receive
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