Coping with invisible illness and chronic pain
Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is one of several conditions in the family of rheumatic diseases that primarily impact the spine. It is an inflammatory condition that can lead to bone spurs or joints in the vertebrae fusing. In severe cases the inflammation, pain, and stiffness also impact hips and shoulders. Cartilage, tendons, the eyes, or even …
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T.J.) ‘Hello’ Ms. Bloom. Thank you for agreeing to answer my Fast Five questions for our Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) awareness month article. Our community at The Unchargeables is made up of people with chronic illnesses, many of which are rare or rarely discussed. Many suffer with chronic pain with or without known causes. And many …
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As a new feature, we’re going to start a regular blog highlighting some of the rarer diseases in our community. For our first post, we’ll be talking about Chiari malformation. By Monica Roberts Chiari malformation is a condition in which the brain tissue (specifically the cerebellum) extends past the skull into the spinal area, resulting …
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You can not see I am ill. From the outside I look fine. I want to explain the fatigue that comes with being chronically ill. Fatigue in chronic illness explained aka “The Battery Analogy” Watch fatigue in chronic illness explained in video format. The article has been updated after the making of this video. Read …
Welcome to The Unchargeables, the online community for coping with invisible illness, chronic pain and mental illness. We strive to be a positive community who inform and help each other. To give each other extra energy. We use the battery analogy to explain our fatigue to others. Read the original article here. You may think, …
The spoon theory explains how to cope with chronic illness using spoons as a metaphor for our limited energy supply. It was originally written by Christine Miserandino. You can find the original article here. People who could relate to the spoon theory started to refer to themselves as spoonies. A spoonie is a person with …
Living with hyperhidrosis can be challenging. The contents of this article may seem like too much personal information about bodily functions for some people, however, I feel that hyperhidrosis is something that is not talked about a lot in the chronic illness community. We need to delve into the TMI (too much information) realm to …
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