Being 23 years old and a Guinea Pig… Or a lab rat, whichever you prefer… I’ve come up with a list of 10 things that Doctors don’t tell you about living through Chronic Pain. Okay. This is one that was already in the intro… Feeling Like a Lab Rat. Living with these conditions you will…
Tag: Osteoarthritis
Cycle of Eating Disorder Relapse
Summer is in full swing. Normally I should feel good right? Wrong. Something has been feeling off lately. And I finally placed what the “off” part was. For those who have been following my posts, you know I suffer from a binge eating disorder. If not, you can click here. At the end of the…
Mandatory Vacation
Work, School, Skating, Social Life…A body can only take a tight schedule for so long before it starts breaking down. Once the break-down starts, good luck getting back to “normal”. …I know it has been a while since my last post. But I broke my body with over-scheduling and even though I am better, I…
Adrenaline addiction resulting in temporary pain relief
Being an athlete is not always easy. Every sport is hard in their own way, however I can only talk as a figure skater since that is the only sport I have continued to do for 18 years and counting, (done: ballet/dance, swimming, field hockey, track and field-but none ever stuck). As you know from…
Gym training with a broken body
Last week, I wrote an article: Skating my way through pain. Which gave an outline of how I am able to skate and compete with Fibromyalgia (and my other long list of illnesses). Well, this article focuses on gym training. I will explain my most recent gym day and then give tips on the gym…
Reward of setting goals with an illness
Blank Pain Stare? Do you know what that is? When you are in so much pain you cannot laugh or cry. All you can do is stare blankly at nothing and wait for the pain to pass…whether it takes hours or weeks. Sometimes sleep temporarily helps, other times nothing..and I mean nothing helps. Sometimes when…
Figure Skating saved my life
Life started dramatically changing in 2014. I was on the ice on a daily basis. Yet, I was no longer able to achieve the goals I had been aiming for since I started when I was five years old. I started to have full body pain and was severely exhausted. it felt like my body was…
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