What alphabet do you use? The medical abbreviations that are common in the lives of a person with a chronic illness? You know, the do-re-mi-eds-pots-mcad-ocd medical dictionary? Do they define [...]
Hypermobility is a stealer. It steals so much from those who live with it, making it feel like the label should more appropriately be “Hypermobility: The condition that takes away more than [...]
Relief. Reassurance. Validation. Shock. Denial. Anger. Grief. Acceptance. Peace. Self-respect. These emotions all stem from finally getting a diagnosis. I’m 44 and live in the UK. I [...]
When you live every day with a chronic condition, it’s easy to forget that you are not your diagnosis. Your diagnosis does not define you. It’s very easy to get caught [...]
Working out who, what, why and when to share your hypermobility diagnosis can be very confusing, and the cause of a lot of anxiety for some people. So let’s run through the whos, whats [...]