#thisiswhatchronicillnesslookslik

[gothiecoffee]

Vibe check: *all of my joints dislocate and my cane goes flying*

[mcmomo91woot]

I’ve lost a bunch of weight and probably weigh about the same as ten years ago. The big difference is my stomach size. Ha. Need to work on that. When you ask how I lost the weight it’s not a great inspirational story, I had surgery, 85% of my pancreas is gone along with my spleen. I can’t eat how I used to and I’ve had to change my diet. Sometimes I get really sick from food and my body rejects it violently. #chronicdisease #mypancreassucks #mypancreashatesme #diabetessucks #thisiswhatchronicillnesslookslike #naturalhair #purpleafro #houndstooth #fashion #weightloss https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvy43SWD-nT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17b6j5w9tqhf3

[tortuga-verde]

#ThisIsWhatChronicPainLooksLike #ThisIsWhatChronicIllnessLooksLike https://www.instagram.com/p/B6N3TjXFFi4/?igshid=15wh8gy8chfyt

[feminanecans]

My bedtime snack... #thisiswhatchronicillnesslookslike #notalldisabilitiesarevisible #depression #hrt https://www.instagram.com/p/B2xLbgwHjrr/?igshid=16i5bzwxru0zo

[soeflow-blog1]

She’s so lazy, they declare. It’s all inside her head. Just get up and live your life. Stop spending it in bed! Get a real job. Exercise. It’s easy, we all do it. I just wish they’d just understand, my illness is named ‘chronic’. I would do anything to live a life not feeling like a drain. To go back to the days without the fatigue, fog and pain. Please stop telling me I ‘must take heed’. It’s understanding, not advice I need. I just need you to have a little empathy. I don’t want you to feel sorry for me. I long for my health, I long to work. My chores and family I hate to shirk! If you could, please understand. I’m 34, this is not the life I planned! For four years now, not a single day has passed me. That I have not cried out with a desperate plea. Pain please stop, leave, go away. Fatigue, not you, I had plans today! Symptoms I could take an age to name. But the list’s so long I must refrain! For you see, I’d give almost anything. To have my life with good health once again! #chronicillness #chronicfatigue #chronicpainwarrior #chronicpain #thispainsucks #thisshithurt #thisiswhatchronicillnesslookslike #invisiblepainwarrior #chronicallyill #poems #pain #tryingtofight

[judymarie43]

Armed with my positive attitude & inherent stubborn nature, I keep my mind focused & my life moving forward. I stop to rest, pout, and even cry sometimes, but always I get back up. Life is giving me this challenge and I will plow through it, my heart racing and out of breath if I have to. #thisiswhatchronicillnesslookslik #MSwarrior #fightingtofindacure #appreciatingthechancetoliveeveryday #threetimecomasurvivor #allLivesmatter #lovewholovesyouback #brokenbutblessed #TBIsurvivor #survivor