ME And My 'Friend'
When suffering from a Chronic Illness such as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), you soon find out who your real friends are.
When suffering from a Chronic Illness such as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), you soon find out who your real friends are.
I have multiple, debilitating chronic illnesses that I want to raise awareness about and just talk about in general. I love writing so why not write about the most important thing in my life-my health. This story will follow my journey with my chronic illnesses, how I cope, how I was diagnosed, my daily schedule and w...
Rants by a disabled person , mostly about things related to disability, but also my view as a disabled person on no-disabled topics and how I see the world.
Poems about my struggle with chronic illness and how chronic illness is approached by society.
You're diagnosed with a chronic illness. You tell your friends, and they do one of three things. Some of them forget after a little while; they don't ask about doctor's visits or medications. Some of them complain--when you're too tired to go out, they complain that you're lazy or depressed or wallowing in self-pity...
So many chronic illnesses are recognized around the world, but I feel as if Dysautonomia POTS is left out the loop. I hope this spreads awareness on this illness and helps people learn more about it.
This story is basically me talking about me having POTS, me ranting about having POTS, and talking about day to day struggles.
Idiopathic Hypersomnia is Latin for being super-tired and needing a lot of sleep for no known reason. This chronic illness is my disability. These writings all have to do with this sleeping disorder to spread awareness and show how debilitating something like this can be.
I want to make it clear that this isn't a story, but quotes that help me deal with my chronic illness. I have HMS, Hypermobility Syndrome. This causes chronic pain and luxations of my joints among other things. If you don't like it, don't read it. I'm not posting this for hateful comments.
Suffering with an invisible illness a little short story to give you a bit of knowledge of it, the inside scope of having the disease.
This is an insight into what my life is like with chronic pain. {Non-Fiction / Short Story}