I share #ChronicIllness, #ChronicPain & #disability info fr VARIOUS #perspectives. #Lupus #Sjogrens #AntiphospholipidSyndrome #epilepsy #MentalHealth
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Don't forget to check out the revamped #website, and visit our #AboutPage for more info and resources. My aim is and always will be to raise #awareness about lifelong #illnesses from VARIOUS #perspectives. Context matters. 👉 buff.ly/TKHRkRo
#ChronicIllness #disability
ALT About "A Chronic Voice" — Articulating Lifelong Illness Through Various Perspectives. www. a chronic voice .com
"It is a silly & #ViciousCycle, because it isn’t my #fault & beating myself up about it is only going to turn the #BadDay into a worse one. It also sets up the framework of how I will be approaching the rest of my day..": buff.ly/IrodPIx
#MondayBlogs #ChronicPain
ALT How to be a Positive Thinker: Without the Unicorns and Rainbows
"I usually try to pick loose-fitting #clothing like dresses, but my outfit choice depends on what type of #surgery I am having because what I wear after an #abdominal surgery may be different than what I’d wear after a #shunt surgery.": buff.ly/qyu4LU6 by @sarahlynn358
"The researchers found that.. #TaxiDrivers had measurably more #GrayMatter in the posterior #hippocampus, a brain area tied to storing large-scale #spatial maps..The longer someone had driven, the larger that part of the #brain.": buff.ly/kYKraE8 via @_TCGlobal
"#Patients may take several #medications that contribute to #dryness. They may also use #antihistamines, decongestants, or over-the-counter sleep aids without mentioning them during a routine #medication review.": buff.ly/VksH0xR via @kevinmd
#DryMouth #MedTwitter
Sheryl Chan asked 40 chronically ill people what hurts more than the physical pain.
The answer, again and again: 𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Friends who drift away. Family who don't understand. A career that ends. A body you can't plan around.
Read it:
:#ChronicPain #WorstPart #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness
achronicvoice.com/worst-part…
"Because I’ve found more #peace with all of this #pain, I realize that the abundance of baking, decorating & cleaning have to be toned way down..My #family ..definitely don't want me to spend days in pain": buff.ly/3jSZjAY by @ehrmanlisa1
#ChronicPain #WritingPrompts
"When we mention #VitaminD, we tend to think of sunshine & milk. When we mention #VitaminK..people often go, ‘what does that #vitamin do again?’..here's how they work together synergistically for optimal #health & #wellbeing": buff.ly/5IN0ew8 @SpectraSpray
#MondayBlogs
ALT Vitamin D and Vitamin K2 - Why They Belong with Each Other
"Rather than directly instructing participants to sit in a particular way, the team altered the environment so that #posture changed without the participants knowing why..helped address a major criticism of earlier "#PowerPose" research": buff.ly/mN2uxGg via @sciencedaily
"That voice telling u that you just might be wasting your only life, and that you are failing at everything. That vicious little voice that’s born out of #ableism and societal pressure to ‘hustle’. – Gwen": buff.ly/ypqqeg6 #HustleCulture #MondayBlogs #ChronicPain #spoonie
ALT Sometimes, Physical Pain Isn’t the Worst Part About Chronic Illness. Read the post on: A Chronic Voice .com
"The #ego, or #mind, is very uncomfortable w #waiting. This is the part of u that..screams, “Do something! Anything is better than nothing!”..bcos we r a very ego-driven society, you’ll find plenty of external voices that back up that msg": buff.ly/ZKeLf9S via @tinybuddha
"So u try harder. U set the alarm earlier, add the tracker, tell a friend for #accountability ..For a while it works, which is the cruelest part, because it teaches u that #effort is the answer & that the collapse was a #character prob.": buff.ly/niho0fU via @lifehackorg
"Stronger #muscles equals more stable #joints. More stable joints can result in less pain. A strong core can reduce #BackPain. Better strength and more stable joints may improve balance and make doing daily activities easier": buff.ly/wbMtLH4
#ChronicPain
"If u live with #ChronicIllness too, you’d know that it’s next to impossible to leap out of bed & immediately go on a 9h #search under the sun with little sustenance & rest. But that was what I did & I thank my body for giving me that shot of #adrenaline": buff.ly/YNkEhS9
ALT "It was way too late. And way too late is often just a few seconds short." READ: A CAR ACCIDENT & A SONG GONE SILENT on A Chronic Voice .com
"If there’s 1 small problem I hv with them, it’s that I also suffer from #TMD due to #bruxism. I often have problems opening my mouth too wide, so sometimes it takes me a while to stick the #OralSpray into my mouth": buff.ly/nSqkHkB @SpectraSpray #supplements #ChronicPain
ALT Oral Spray Vitamins: A Quick & Easy Way to Get Your Nutrients with Chronic Illness
"None of my #doctors have a clue & have been passing the baton around..Whilst my #neurologist doesn’t think that these symptoms have anything to do with my latest #seizure, my partner noted that the behavioural changes began only after": buff.ly/lACyH5d #depression
ALT A String of Bad Days (and What Happened When That Good Day Finally Came Along)
"The #doctor then proceeded to tell me, “Madam, u r #allergic to the entire plant kingdom. As long as u refrain from touching, breathing, or eating..you’ll be alright.” I found his attitude to be #unprofessional &..histrionic.": buff.ly/kBLlLdP @sararussellntp #healthcare
ALT Life with Chronic Illness in Italy. Invisible in Florence, Featuring: Sara Russell. Read the interview on: A Chronic Voice .com