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
When you are disabled, sometimes there are tasks that your disability prevents you from being able to do, and someone has to do them for you. Disability doesn't prevent you from doing everything, and there are some tasks that you technically can do, but it's not easy. As a physically disabled person, I struggle with … Continue reading Tasks That I Ask For Help On That I Technically Can Do
Disability advocacy is important because anyone can become disabled, and a more accessible world benefits everyone, not just disabled people. As a disabled person, I have been advocating for my needs my entire life because I have had no choice but, within the last seven and a half years, I decided to take my advocacy … Continue reading Lessons I Have Learned With Years Of Online Advocacy
Happy New Year! It is that time of year when people make new goals and reflect on the things that they achieved this year, so you can try to do better next year. Non-disabled people often will have big accomplishments, but when you are disabled, you often can't achieve the things non-disabled people can and … Continue reading My Reflections Of 2025
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 are disabled, sometimes you may need to have multiple surgeries to maintain good health. Some people with Spina Bifida have had a lot of surgeries, but not everyone with Spina Bifida needs multiple surgeries, and it depends on what form you have, because milder forms will need fewer surgeries than severe forms. I … Continue reading Lessons I Learned From Multiple Surgeries
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