It's my birthday! Birthdays are fun, because it's a chance to celebrate another year of life, and you get to eat cake and open presents, and who wouldn't want to do that? I love getting gifts that can help me improve my fitness because it's hard to exercise when you are disabled, and I will … Continue reading Fitness Gifts Not To Get Me For My Birthday
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
Hip replacement surgery is necessary for some people to get relief from pain, but it's something that you want to avoid if you can. In 2020, I started having significant hip pain in my right hip and had hip replacement surgery to get relief, and there was nothing I could have done to get rid … Continue reading Questions To Ask Yourself Before Having Hip Replacement Surgery
Non-disabled people sometimes think that disabled people are living the dream and have nothing to stress about because we don't have to work and they will say to us, "You are so lucky you don't have to work, and you have nothing to stress about." As a disabled person, I don't have work stress since … Continue reading Do I Have A Stress-Free Life?
When you have Spina Bifida, going to the bathroom often is difficult because sometimes your bladder and bowel muscles do not work. There are ways to manage these issues and stay out of the hospital, but often it can take hours to go to the bathroom. I am able to go to the bathroom independently … Continue reading What To Do If You Are Stuck In The Bathroom For A While
Families with disabled children know a lot about their child's disability, but knowing a disabled person does not make you an expert, and the only true disability experts are disabled people. Parents of disabled children do their best to teach their kids the right values, but sometimes families are ableist and do things that disabled … Continue reading What Disabled People Want Their Families To Know
When you have Spina Bifida, going to the bathroom can be difficult because, a lot of the time, your bladder and bowel muscles do not work in the way they are supposed to. There are surgeries that can help make going to the bathroom a little easier, but they are not cures by any means … Continue reading Lessons I Have Learned From Living With A Stoma
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
Non-disabled people sometimes think that the hardest part of a disability is the lack of cures and accepting the reality that you are not getting better. Disability acceptance is hard, but the lack of cures is not the hardest part of my disability, and as a matter of fact, I don't think about cures very … Continue reading Hardest Parts Of Being Disabled
Kids look up to their parents and the adult figures in their lives, and what we do in front of kids can either positively influence them or make them engage in bad behavior. I am not a parent, nor will I ever be, but I am an aunt to three nieces, and I do try … Continue reading Four Things I Will Never Say In Front Of Children
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