Coping with invisible illness and chronic pain
The grief cycle, as in following the death of a loved one, is something that we are probably all familiar with. The same thing happens when we are hit with a diagnosis that changes our lives, and my life changed drastically when the chronic illness diagnoses started rolling in and in the years previously when no …
Hi! My name is Dena and I have hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, or hEDS. There are several different forms of EDS. The most common types are hypermobile, classic, & vascular. There are several other forms that are fairly uncommon and quite severe. The one thing all EDS patients have in common is our collagen is malformed …
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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It was a windy day, but so beautiful out on Lake Michigan. However, I really tested my body’s ability to move that day. First, I want to tell you a little bit about myself. I have been diagnosed with multiple disorders, two of which can cause chronic pain and two others are definitive. Therefore, I …
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Types of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Hypermobility: Hypermobility EDS is the most common type of EDS, affecting one in 10,000 to 15,000 people. Loose, unstable joints and chronic joint pain mainly characterize it. The loose joints increase the sufferer’s risk of dislocating or straining the joint. Specific …
One of the hardest things about living with chronic illness(es) is that it’s exactly that: chronic. You know it’s never going to go away, and while you may have periods of time where you feel slightly better, eventually it gets worse again. There is no break, no pause button, let alone a cure. Sometimes those …
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Below you can find a list of topics that we have articles on. If a disease is missing, that means we do not have articles on that subject yet. If you want to contribute by writing an article please contact us at contact (at) theunchargeablea (dot) com Topics Starting With “A” Autism Spectrum Addison’s disease …
A Chargie’s Poetic Journey Through The Great Depression Trigger warning: Depression and suicidal ideation Music Therapy Takes Form as Track by Track Album Review On August 10, 2018 UK pop-punk band As It Is released their third full length album, The Great Depression. Expectations were high before this album’s release, seeing how it was supposed …
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CHARGIE GOES WARPED PART 1 “I couldn’t wait for the Summer and the Warped Tour!” The infamous phrase from Blink-182’s “The Rock Show” brought out the excitement for every emo kid across America. For 24 summers The Vans Warped Tour presented by Journeys was an escape from reality for a single day. For just one …
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Chronic illness isn’t a topic that seems to heavily feature in television shows and movies. At least, that was what I thought before I started research for this article. It turns out there are shows, movies and documentaries out there featuring chronic illness, and I was keen to see how accurately it was represented in …
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