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For those out their with heds that use mobility devices, what device do you use and what was the point that made it a need ? I’m so tired and I’m pain on the daily in either my hips, knees or ankles (and that’s only below the waist)

I’m dependent on my parents for getting care and they are relatively supportive as disability is common in our family but my mom seems reluctant to even discuss the possibility that I may need an aid.

Any advice?

(Also going to the doctor this week to ask about symptoms of pots I’ve been having for years and stomach problems)

I solved my issue of joint pain after baking for about an hour!!! My mom finally let me get ankle braces after I had a very intense pain day. So I wore my ankle braces with my house crocs. I used to just wear crocs so my feet weren’t straight up on the tile, but crocs have zero arch support so my ankles would by over-pronating for over an hour with almost zero relief. But my ankles braces hold my arches up while supporting my ankles as well so they didn’t over-pronate. I for once was not in pain when I was finished baking!!!

Total win!!!

"Electrodes embedded in the brains of four people have captured a detailed and precise portrait of chronic pain."

The team found that a section of the brain just behind the forehead lighted up with a low hum of electrical activity when the study participants were feeling chronic pain. But when participants touched a hot probe, another region of the brain was active, indicating that fleeting pain from an injury operates differently from chronic pain.

“Chronic pain is actually its own separate disease that is not simply an extension of pain in general,” said study author Dr. Prasad Shirvalkar, a pain physician and neurologist at University of California San Francisco Medical Center.

The study is a step toward an objective, universal measure of pain in a patient, Shirvalkar said, to augment the current method available to doctors: asking patients to rank their discomfort on a scale.

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Anyone else with chronic pain perpetually curious about what a physically healthy person would do if they suddenly had to deal with your body

Like I'm imagining one of those annoying preppy white girls having to deal with my ankle flare ups (which sometimes feel like my lower legs are getting run over by a train)

It's very amusing and honestly a bit empowering? I mean it makes me feel like an asshole* but I am a strong asshole so HAH

*to be fair that kind of girl is very easy to laugh at especially since they're often horrible to anyone who isn't exactly like them so eh I don't feel too bad about it

and go to hell

My favorite LGBTQIA+ TV moment!

My by far favorite lgbt moment on TV would have to be the Ruby and Sapphire wedding on Steven Universe! It was so precious and the entire episode was sooooo good!!!

This rings true in so many ways

it's okay to use things that are typically associated with young children. diapers, bibs, pacifers, sippy cups, velcro shoes, onesies, stuffed animals, toys, etc. there's no shame in finding joy and comfort in these things, or using them as disability and neurodivergence aids. it's your life. it's your happiness. it's your wellbeing. that's all that should matter - not what people who don't have your best interest in mind think.

dear people who think "how could you even function if you *actually* had all that" somehow disproves a person's everyday struggles, kindly shut the fuck up <3