The Brutal Reality Check that is a Week and a Half of Normal Activity

What happens when someone with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and a whole host of other invisible ailments tries to keep up with normal humans for a week and a half? Let’s find out!

Eleven Months of Hell has Finally Ended

Living on disability comes with the added stress of knowing you may be ripped off of it at any point for any reason – completely vulnerable to the whims of someone you’ve never met.

The Dilemma of Gender Inclusion and Preferred Names on Medical Forms

How can preferred pronouns hurt you when your medical records are shared?

How Living on Disability in the US is like being in a Toxic Relationship

How what started as a social welfare net turned into a punishment.

My Overly Adventurous Struggle to Submit Paperwork

Well if you’ve been following this blog you know that a few months ago I was told I was being thrown off disability when they determined I’d “improved enough to have gainful employment.” So since the end of October I

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More Weird New Symptoms and Finding the Silver Lining Under Chronic Illness

Just because life isn’t what you expect doesn’t mean that it isn’t what it is supposed to be. A messed up foot brings on more epiphanies.

Learning to Balance Intellectual Intensity with my Flaky Health

What happens when your mind burns with the intensity of the sun while your body plods along like it’s slogging through cold molasses? Well it’s not easy!