she/they/any pronouns|| 21 || lesbian || disabled || chronic pain and hypermobility || POTS and LongCovid || autistic and adhd ||
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I Actually Finished And Turned In An Essay On Time Last Night. Thats The First Time Since High School
I actually finished and turned in an essay on time last night. That’s the first time since high school that I haven’t used an extension on an essay!!!
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Y’all. Forearm crutches are fucking amazing holy shit
POTS really gives you a skewed understanding of heart rate. Like when I sat up this morning my heart rate was at like 180 and finally (30 min later) it’s calmed down to 135 and I just said to myself “eh well that’s not too bad” keep in mind I’m still sitting. Some people I know (who don’t have POTS) would have trouble handling heart rates in the 120s- 130s and that’s just wild to me
Let this also serve as a reminder to take care of yourself and don’t push it on flare days please
There needs to be like...a pain scale+ for chronic pain peeps
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0 - has literally never happened
1 - did you just take morphine?
2 - miracle day
3 - evening of miracle day
4 - just took a hot bath
5 - a good day
6 - sort of achy but it's not too bad
7 - something is sore, a bit tired
8 - yeah ok it kind of hurts but I can still ignore it and get stuff done. Pretty normal day.
9 - taking it more easy today, still able to get some things done slowly. It probably rained and/or is cold out.
10 - brain is more foggy, can't really ignore pain anymore, it's present but I can still move around. Need to take frequent breaks.
11 - can't really go anywhere, need to take frequent naps, maybe get one thing done. Need to use a little pain relief and coping methods.
12 - stay in bed all day except for bare necessities for survival. Using coping and pain relief methods.
13 - need help with taking care of self, in bed all day, sleeping most of the time. Using lots of coping and pain relief methods.
14 - little hard to fall asleep due to pain and discomfort. Need to use coping and pain relief methods to sleep. Some crying. Can't move except for bathroom.
15 - coping and pain relief methods not very effective but do take the edge off. Can barely make it to the bathroom. Either sleep all day or lay in bed on phone. Might also have a little cold or something and need to take extra meds.
16 - coping and pain relief methods not working, need help going to bathroom, lots of crying, can barely sleep due to pain. Can barely type on phone.
17 - too much pain to cry, can barely talk, cannot move, even with help it's hard going to the bathroom, too tired to use pain relief and coping methods, cannot even use phone. Still you know all your pain is from your illness. The worst pain your illness can cause.
18 - feel like you're dying, Also are sick separate from illness. Require medical intervention. Call your doctor.
19 - you need to go to the doctor or hospital. You have an additional illness or injury. Something is very wrong.
20 - you got fucking shot, or your leg is snapped in two. The most unbearable pain imaginable. You need to go to the emergency room. Call 911
I’ve been at universal for 8 hours now and holy shit. Having both the accessibility pass and my crutches has been life changing!!! I haven’t had to wait super long standing in lines which, I haven’t needed to sit as much as I would otherwise, AND I’m in a lot less pain than I would be otherwise. This is fucking incredible