Raw. Real. Relatable.
I don't trust my body - not even a little bit. I don't know how I'm going to feel at any given moment. It's unpredictable, to say the least. Now, you might be thinking, "isn't that the same for everyone?" To some extent yes, but not like this. I'm sick every single day to some [...]
Six years we've been together. Six years of ups and downs for both of us, separately and together. Through all of it, you've remained my best friend, the one who makes me laugh all day and who constantly inspires me to better myself. I wouldn't be who I am today if I didn't have you. [...]
Yesterday I was babysitting my niece (1) and nephew (3) all day. I loved hanging out with them, but I got a new insight into what it's like to have kids when you have a chronic illness. Children never stop. Ever. They're little balls of energy, addictive and adorable, but oh so exhausting after a [...]
This is entirely my fault. For two years I have been suffering with health issues and chronic widespread pain, spending thousands of dollars on appointments, tests, medications, hospital visits and surgery. Unable to work full time or have a normal social life. And apparantly unable to let my own family in on this huge life [...]
By Tara Van Neilson “I don’t deserve diabetes!” is all I remember saying to myself as I lay in the hospital bed. I was a young, relatively fit, and healthy 19-year-old. No family history of diabetes and my whole life ahead of me. I was broken and hysterical - I needed a sedative as I [...]
For most people with a chronic illness, there comes with it a care plan that includes multiple specialists. One of these specialists is a psychologist. This makes complete sense, given the toll it takes on the person, body and mind. However, I hadn't really been thinking much about it lately, just going along with the [...]
I don't like complaining, and I don't want to complain anymore. I really don't. I don't like seeing the looks on people's faces thinking "she's complaining yet again." Seeing the looks of frustration and simply being 'over' hearing about my health issues. But guess what, feeling sick every day has become my life at the [...]
For lack of a better way to describe this, let me tell you about the time my body tried to give birth to a Mirena. That's right, I was suffering contractions for 2 months because of this apparant magical Mirena that was supposed to 'solve' my Endometriosis for the next 5 years. Winning, right? I'll [...]
"I truly believe that if you gain 3 kilos, all your problems will go away." That's not something I EVER expected to hear from a doctor. Especially a very experienced professor in Endocrinology, highly recommended by a few of my other specialists. Especially after I had explained in detail over the course of an hour [...]
