#HEdS

[chronically-izzzzle]

[snuggle-bug]

IT IS NOT “QUEER WRATH MONTH”

IT IS DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH.

YOU WILL NOT GLOSS OVER THAT FACT.

FOR FUCKS SAKE LET US HAVE ONE THING.

[chronicallydragons]

anyone else ever wish they could lie down harder? Like, I'm already horizontal, but I need more horizontal. I need to be absorbed by the floor. I think that would fix me

[itsnotacarepackage]

You know what's not fun? Having imposter syndrome but when it comes to how much pain am I actually in? Am I being dramatic? Am I weak? What am I doing wrong? Why can't I just get on with it?

[pinkdovess]

this meme is so niche

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

sometimes when chronically ill/disabled/neurodivergent people say “I can’t do this thing” they really mean “I can technically do this thing I guess, but not without pretty significant repercussions” and I really need more fully-abled people to understand the validity of that

[bats-bones]

Being disabled is literally like. Oh the weather is Hot so that means I'll die immediately if I go outside. Oh the weather stopped being Hot? Great, bad news, my bones and my muscles have all simultaneously collapsed in on themselves. The treatment i have for (some of) the pain? Yeah idk dude it like stopped working for no reason and the only other thing I have is PT which takes forever to give me any benefits. How am I surviving? Thats a question for the gods dude idfk.

[bunnyboyzyon]

[overqualifieddog]

[ID: a mock caution sign. The illustration, done in bold black, shows a set of hyper mobile hands stretching the thumb to reach their forearm, and lightning bolts float above the wrist. The text on the sign reads “Warning Just because you can bend that way doesn’t mean you should.” /end ID]

Happy EDS awareness month.

[im-traumatised]

Living with chronic pain.

[hazycola]

Being chronically ill is like having a curse where every 4 hours you get a random status effect, and most of which are debuffs.

Also you only have 1 action per day and long rests heal 2 hp. You're cooked.

[chronicallydragons]

Anyone else with chronic pain ever get really absorbed in a project and dissociate from your body while you're working but then you finish and you come back to your body and you're just like AAAAAAAHHH! WHAT'S WRONG?? oh yeah. The horrors. Never mind

[forflightlessbirds]

daily reminder that if you do not provide the same amount of care, respect and support to people with gi issues, to people who have to use the toilet a lot due to their disablility, to people who are incontinent, to people who vomit a lot, to people who have ibs, to people with chronic nausea, to people with bladder or bowel control issues, to people who use diapers, to people who cannot control their bodily functions, to people who drool, to people who smell bad due to an aspect of their disability, and to people who have any "gross" aspect to their disability that you do to those who have more "conventional" disabilities then you are not an ally.

[bbcphile]

It’s May, which means it’s Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month!

Since it’s massively underdiagnosed, I figured this would be a great occasion to share some of my favorite infographics about this condition. (And for any of you who have been wondering why my personal posts here are basically all about medical mishaps and weird injuries: it’s because of hEDS and comorbidities.)

To any of my fellow zebras out there, we will make it through this!

[800-dick-pics]

Black History Month Isn't Over Just Yet, Help Me Get a Wheelchair!!!

I am a Black Chronically ill/Disabled Lesbian. I have been a mobility aid user for over a decade, and with my most recent illness flare and health set back, I desperately need a wheelchair. I have put off getting a wheelchair for years but my health is to a point where I need a wheelchair to function outside the house or I cant leave my house at all. Being stuck inside my house has done a toll on my mentally, and has prevented me from having consistent meaningful employment.

I have been saving for a wheelchair but I am nowhere close enough to buy the wheelchair I need, new adaptive tech, and the 2 ramps I need for my home. I am hoping to cr*wdfund for just the price of the chair not the ramps or adaptive tech. I need 1,120 to cover the cost of the chair.

CA: $sleepyhen

VN: wildwotko

DM: for PayPl

If you can help I would deeply appreciate it! Getting this chair would mean that I can leave my home safely, regain meaningful employment and see some of my aging elders again!