by Sara | Mar 31, 2016 | Anxiety/Depression, Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Disability, Self-Care
Another blogger with chronic illness, Ness over at The Girl With Five Lads, has challenged the online community of people living with chronic illness to take a minute to remind themselves (and their readers, if they blog) who they truly are. I am grateful to Ness...
by Sara | Mar 30, 2016 | Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Disability
I have heard before that when some people find out that a person living with invisible illness does not work, or works less than others, they think “Oh how lucky!” If you have ever thought this, or if you wonder what it is we do with all of our time, here...
by Sara | Mar 28, 2016 | Anxiety/Depression, Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Self-Care, Zebra Hacks
It’s been a little serious around here lately, so I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there to tell you…wait, where was I? (If you didn’t catch that last one, you are clearly not a child of the 90s. It saddens me, but I forgive you!) For...
by Sara | Mar 25, 2016 | Chronic Illness, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Migraine
The first time I heard the word hypermobile, I was inpatient in a specialty Headpain Unit at a hospital in Michigan. I was sitting in a group session lead by a physical therapist (PT) about how to care for your neck. She asked “how many of you are hypermobile?” One...
by Sara | Mar 23, 2016 | Chronic Pain, Disability, Migraine
Yesterday I had a routine medical procedure. Today I’m still recovering, because that’s what those of with a chronic illness do. We need a little extra time, a little extra love. In the spirit of no longer pretending I’m giving you all something I...