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Hello!! October 26th is Intersex Awareness Day and I made a poster about it. Feel free to use, share, and print (but please follow canva’s guidelines). No credit or permission required! Link

(With a special thank you to @dhddmods for help with wording and accuracy)

witcheshollow

If you feel the need to gift your chronically ill friends things for whatever reason, here is my "starter pack/gift guide"

A pack of their favorite gateorade flavor, great for hydration, tastes good, easy and quick. Body armor, prime, etc are also good options if they dont like gateorade

Some of their favorite powder electrolytes. Liquid IV and drip drop are some good options. There are also the generic brand electrolyte packets at Walmart, I think they taste good. There is also bouy if they like the squeezy ones, i dont but if they do bouy has an unflavored one as well as like 30 different options

Kt tape. Regular, extreme strength, cooling, heating, literally any type of kt tape. They can probably find a use for it. Most ((not all but most)) chronically ill people, at least the ones I know, suffer from some type of joint issues and kt tape is a life saver. On this vein, I would stray away from braces unless you know what joints/muscles specifically give them the most trouble, kt tape is a bit more versatile

Compression socks, there are cute ones on Amazon, Walmart, many small business sell some nice ones. I would go for a higher compression, or at least upwards of 15 mmhg, for the best chance of them being worth it

Temperature devices, im putting these in the same bullet point bc it felt unnecessary to put ice packs and heating pads in different points. Ice packs are really nice for swelling and heating pads are really good for pain. Both are a good option ALWAYS. I will say, the reusable ice packs give you a better bang for your buck than the single use crack and use ones.

Their comfort foods. A bit of an ed tw for this bullet point, but i have noticed quite a few of my fellow chronic illness sufferers deal with an ed, and while it isnt all of us, those who do probably find it a bit extra hard to eat on rough days. So comfort foods/snacks

If they have to take their blood sugar for things, lancets. They usually come in like 100 packs for really cheap, like under 5 bucks cheap. Just check to see the brand of their lancing pen before you buy them tho

Batteries, it sounds weird but stay with me. Do you know how many medical devices I have that require batteries?? MANY. My hr monitor, my glucose monitor, my blood pressure monitor- like bro, a pack of triple a batteries will mean more than you think trust

A weighted blanket/stuffie. Stuffies are cute and easy to carry around, blankets are nice when you need some extra weight

If they have a service animal, an accessory for their vest/leash/collar could be nice

One of those reacher things that grab things for you. I want one of those. When your stuck in bed, cant move, ill, in pain and suddenly drop your mother fucking phone cord off the side of your bed and now you have to MOVE and grab it- 10/10 worst experience. One of those grabby things would be amazing

A migraine cap. I got mine from target but I have seen them at Walmart, on Amazon, weirdly one on depop, some on shein, some at places like tj maxx, etc. Migraine caps are especially wonderful for those days where your shut in your room, blinds drawn, fans off, three ice packs on you in constant rotation, barely mobile and for some gods forsaken reason your blinds wont close all the way so the light keeps catching your eyes and making you want to lose your ever loving shit bc you cant move to fuck with them. And more normal experiences Im sure lmao

If your short on funds, just being there with them, listening to them, watching a movie, body doubling so they can get some help with chores, running errands with them, literally anything so they remember their a human person with human feelings that you love and care abt. Who knows, it might help you feel better too

More than anything, listening to what they want and need is a bigger gift than most think

kadaverpuppy

Plssss if anyone knows me irl I would sooo appreciate these things:3

#chronic pain #elhers danlos syndrome #spoonie #heds

yearningforlove-again

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.

#my doctor keeps telling me to show them this #genuinely awful

High Pain Day

I'm in a lot of pain today and I really cant do much. Ive had one meal of chilli with toast and I cant really manage much else. I cant shower or clean or do my chores because my body hurts.

I have joint pain in my shoulders, hips, knees, feet, toes, fingers, and elbows. I have a headache and shin and forearm pain. It hurts to speak.

I should buy a shower seat because I think it'd make days like today easier, especially when I can't stand, and I do need to stay clean.

I want it to go away soon. im not sure what could have triggered this. I didn't walk for more than an hour yesterday but I did forget my cane.

Sad woof.

#i can literally feel every joint in my body and theyre all screaming #help me this is so painfull #chronic pain #chronic fatigue #hypermobile joints #spoon theory #heds #hypermobile eds #leg pain #disability #high pain day #pain day #aching #pain suffering agony

I will be taking a Level 3 Art and Design course next year because I couldn't continue with A-Levels. I'm really excited because it's a 4 day week and no sit-down hall exams, which I had an issue with. The stress of sir down exams made my body hurt more, and I couldn't do anything except study or sleep, and it was awful. I can't wait to draw and write, and it just sounds so good.

#a levels #alevelexams #uk education #art and design #art course #art class #education #school #no spoons #chronic pain #chronic fatigue #hypermobile joints #spoon theory #heds #hypermobile eds #leg pain #disability #pain suffering agony

status-quo-hater

This is what I mean when I say radical feminism is intersexist by the way

I've got a collection of awful shit TERFs and radfems have sent me, this one is just the most outwardly eugenicist.

deeptrospection

Hi, I'm not sure if this is something that others can relate to, but it feels like my childhood was sacrificed to make way for like nice physical things. My parents had no time to care for me outside of feeding, clothing, and housing me, and even now, it's all a relationship where they just throw money at me instead of helping me in a meaningfull way.

My parents didn't really play with me as a child, and when I was like 8, I was too old to do a lot of childish things. This is really upsetting to me.

#childhood #childhood trauma #emotional neglect

I STUDIED FOR 2 HOURS TODAY RAHHHHHHHHHHH

#a levels #a level maths #a level biology #chronic pain #chronic fatigue #hypermobile joints #spoon theory #heds #hypermobile eds #leg pain #disability

Day in my life: medium pain day

HELLOOO!!!! Today i did a bunch. I woke up at 7:30 and left the house after 8:30 to go to my dentist appointment. Because I had school after I decided not to go to my class as the dentists visit wouldve stressed me out already.

They cleaned my teeth with a Polish and scale and my teeth feel great!!! They were very nice and I filled out 1 page of info which wasn't too bad on my hands.

Next, i went to macdonalds, and my mum drove me. This helps me avoid long bus journeys and walking too far.

When we got home, I sat down at my desk and did 25 minutes of schoolwork. After that, I felt the effects of the day and decided not to carry on. My hips hurt, and I felt like I had brain fog, and it just hurt to study. So I decided to sit in bed.

In bed, i went online shopping for a bit before falling asleep at around 5 p.m., and I woke up at 8 p.m.

At 8 I had dinner with my parents. I did have some red meat, which might make me feel a bit weird later, but I also had a lot of veg.

Then I went back upstairs and called my partner!! :>

Today was a good day, and I only have a little bit of a headache.

#chronic pain #chronic fatigue #hypermobile joints #spoon theory #heds #hypermobile eds #disability #disabled #day in my life #what i do in a day #brain fog

thatthingwiththeguyattheplace

Happy First of May!!

Hello! May is EDS (Ehlers Danlos Syndrome) awareness month! As a person with suspected EDS and with chronic symptoms, this is a very important topic to me. EDS is hard to diagnose, and many patients fly under the radar of healthcare professionals which can cause them to suffer lack of treatment and forces them to live with their painful symptoms.

More Information about EDS and associated variations has been attached below and the infographs were originally found on an instagram account that I follow at the username the_chronic_chronicles