That RA Life

Living the good life with rheumatoid arthritis, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, and chronic migraines.

[astraldemise]

oh to be a fat little seal on a rock enjoying life at my own pace

[astraldemise]

serene

[ahkswiftie200721]

Mhmm

[squirble]

oof ouch i have bones

[crapchronicles]

Me: *trying to accomplish basic tasks*

My body: *banging pots and pans together* Something is wrONG!!!!

[kendallandherstuff]

When a new body part starts hurting and you're like guess this is the new normal

[solstice-snakes]

i think im funny.

[dankmemeuniversity]

[likeaustralianotcrosby]

PSA

If you’ve ever wondered if a person is faking their illness, don’t worry! They have also worried about that at least 1 million times already.

[chronicallyc]

A chronic illness phenomenon

I think there’s this weird phenomenon in life, specifically in the chronic illness community. It’s a place some of us get stuck in - the in between. A place where you’re too sick to function in the “able world” but at the same time you seem to healthy for the chronic illness world. You almost faint but you don’t. You’re always in pain but it’s relatively tolerable. You’re not bad enough to qualify for surgery even though you’d benefit. You forget everything but you don’t lose time. Your heart rate is too high to be normal but not high enough to be critical. Your BP is low but not THAT low. You try to find answers but seem relatively okay to doctors so they don’t want to run more tests. You’re stuck in a place where you almost wish you were sicker so you could get helpful treatment.

[chronicallyugh]

The Twilight Zone of health, complete with gremlins no one else can see.

[andremichaux]

#mood

[ladyshinga]

“Yeah but am I hurting enough to take a painkiller?”

- everyone with chronic pain ever

[chronicmigraines]

can you pin a post to the top of your blog??

[ramblingandpie]

Gettin' real sick of waking up in pain when I haven't even done anything yet for the day.

[bluehairedspidey]

me being generally bad at existing: why am i like this

me later reading about a disorder that i literally Have: aw fuck thats right i got symptoms syndrome

[miseducatedmelanicmuse]

[weed-breath]

Wow just call out my whole life

[abutterflyobsession]

me: I will do things when I am less tired

me: *never becomes less tired*

me: oh no

[baaulp]

My life is just a constant journey to seek warmth. No metaphor. I mean like coats and jackets. Getting under the sheets and standing under heat lamps. Soup.

[catchymemes]