She hides behind her smile, But she can only keep it up a while, The pain gets to be too much sometimes, Leaving her only able to reminisce on the fun times, Before her injury and illness, When how she looked was no one’s business, When her body obeyed every command, And every lesson didn’t …
Going back to school can be stressful enough, let alone if you have a chronic illness or chronic pain condition to manage on top of that. I wanted to help make back to school season less daunting, but as I have only been sick for 1.5 years and I spent a year of that off …
I was diagnosed with a chronic pain disorder called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome at the end of my grade 10 year. At the time, I thought chronic pain was for old people and that it would go away. I was terribly wrong. Over the past year and a half, I’ve become a person that I …
This past year I’ve had one main thing on my mind, finding an answer to what was causing my pain/illness. I wanted a diagnosis more than anything, as I felt as if I was constantly flying blind! I was trying every possible thing I could do to feel better. Fodmap diet, paleo, vegetarian and allergy …
Firstly I just wanted to say a huge thank you for all the support I received on my Tips For Living With A Chronic Illness post. It was probably the scariest post I have ever written, as I usually don’t like people knowing that I am sick. But I wanted to be able to help …
Some of you already know, but for those who don’t, I have been living with a chronic illness for the past 11 months. Some days are more normal and I can still do day to day things that most Teenagers do. But other days I am stuck in bed or on the couch. I have …