“ #AxSpA patients have a high risk for #CardiovascularDisease, not only because this type of #arthritis attacks your #ImmuneSystem, but because it creates systemic #inflammation that is extremely hard on your heart.”: buff.ly/9qOxglY
by @@carriekellenberger.bsky.social
#ChronicIllness #disability
"My #body moves in ways I can’t #control —or it refuses to move at all. It aches quietly, collapses without warning & spasms for no reason. It hides things from me, keeps its secrets & exposes me in the worst ways.": buff.ly/0JmxzTJ
by @serenebutterfly.bsky.social
#ChronicIllness #FND #disability
"But what happens if, like the #cancer #patients, [these #aging adults] change their #minds? What if their younger selves had failed to foresee how their older selves might cling to, even enjoy, whatever life was left?": buff.ly/AjWJjpE
via @knowablemag.bsky.social
#LifeJourney #health #perspective
"It’s easy to think of ourselves & others in such absolute terms..The internet is awash with quizzes that seek to satisfy this need to put ourselves in boxes..But I’ve recently learned the distinction btwn #personality types & #traits.": buff.ly/12S5tEI
via @psyche.co
#SelfAwareness #perspective
"I also love how everything is so #peaceful & unhurried during these [early #morning hrs] & how the air is so #calm & cool. But let me repeat, it’s rare that I even wake at those hours, & if I am, it’s more likely that I couldn’t #sleep due to #pain.": buff.ly/zQB2b1b
#ChronicIllness #painsomnia
"Jz like #bankers, #pastoralists specialise in managing #variability. They hv to because they live in some of the harshest #environments on the #planet, whether the savannah rangelands of Africa, the mountain pastures & steppes of Asia, [etc]": buff.ly/N91yZ2W
via @aeon.co
#survival #WayOfLife
" #ChronicIllness makes u #disappear. Not because you do not care, but because #caring costs energy you do not always have. You cancel plans. You forget birthdays. You leave messages unanswered..& the #guilt is ferocious.": buff.ly/44OgOom
by @unremarkableme.bsky.social
#awareness #ChronicPain
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via @brailleinstitute.bsky.social
#design #disability #disabled
"Here’s what Part 2 looks like.. #Pain like a bag of nails under the skin. Invisible, so people assume it’s “just anxiety.” No, Mildred, it’s #neuropathy. My #NervousSystem is staging a revolution.": buff.ly/6GywFys
by goblinbloggeruk
#MultipleSclerosis #ChronicPain #InvisibleIllness #MS #NEisVoid
"We may be #disabled and our #ChronicIllnesses may be unpredictable. But one thing is for certain – we all have our #strengths. We need only find a #sustainable way to maximise them.": buff.ly/XwHRpWN
#career #working #spoonie #DynamicDisabilities #ChronicPain #disability #awareness #inclusion
A Chronic Voice
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