I joke that my medical record is too thick for even my doctors to read.

Part of my EDS is Reynauld's syndrome at POTS. I also have athsma, allergies, chronic migraine, vertigo, and a whole battery of unrelated mental illness. I'm sick of being sick.

EDS? I have hypermobile type. 16 years to get a diagnosis. My mom started taking me to specialists when I was 11. After a hip dislocation and severe shoulder tendonitis, I have started rocking my cane unapologetically (on rough days) and finally got my power chair for long trips/really bad days.

Are you an EDSer as well?

We’re definitely lab rats for their faith. The last time some nutjob said I’d be healed if only I “gave (myself) to Christ, I replied, “Who the hell do you think made me this way in the first place?!” Seriously, I have a genetic condition, so by that reasoning, God hated me in the womb.

Just to say, the phrase “wheelchair bound” isn’t a very good way of phrasing. For those of us who use mobility aids, they’re a helpful tool and/or a normal part of our daily life, they’re not something we’re tragically “bound” to. Something like “uses a wheelchair” or “needs a wheelchair” would be better.

I 100% agree with seeking out better informed doctors in larger cities or specialists- that’s how I’ve received some of my diagnoses. But I disagree that a doctor can be trusted simply because they’re a woman (or more likely to listen than a man). I had an absolutely hellish experience with a female doctor that my…

The dog had a once in a lifetime experience, but now its life is the same as it ever was.

Filed to: SAME AS IT EVER WAS.

I wear big underpants. Started that long ago when I realized how much more comfortable it was having more skin covered against my outer clothes. I don’t care what anyone thinks. 

Apparently bonds were formed when Gwyneth reached out after Cameron’s father passed away. Obviously Drew and Cam became bff during Charlie’s Angels, and Cam and Nicole are family. I’m almost certain this squad has more fun after she goes home for the night, and that Richie snickers every Goopie mentions yoni eggs.

As a commenter who clicked on this, I feel I need to make clear that I clicked for Dirt Bag NOT because there was a Kardashian story in the headline.

let me direct your attention to the title of the show.  in all seriousness you don’t think they’ve become better people.  it’s a slow burn for sure but there’s progress.  

He was thinking he wouldn’t get caught. Which is just arrogance, not even stupidity.

Thank you for sharing that. I also had an early abortion and while I know I made the right decision the whole experience was traumatic and I continue to mourn to this day. Most abortion narratives describe early abortions of unexpected/unwanted pregnancies* as a relief, and I felt like a bad feminist for being so…

This is a beautifully written perspective. I too have gotten bad news at a 20 week scan, and had the tech leave only to bring back a doctor to confirm the news: there was no heartbeat. The world melts around you. Hearing the author write about the feeling of going back to being just one after 5 months puts feelings…

My wife and I went through a very similar experience, but we are in Ohio. Went in for a routine check up at 20 weeks. The doctor came in and told us they suspected he had bilateral renal agenesis, meaning he didn’t develop kidneys and likely wouldn’t be able to develop lungs. Told us they have only ever had one case…

THIS. Like “Him”. I would, like almost all the women I know, appreciate it greatly if most men, unless they are coming from a position of support would just be quiet about anything that has to do with abortion, at any stage. Particularly this harrowing, numbing, world & life altering decision that is nobody’s business…

All of this just sounds very young to me. One of my sons is in his twenties, and has never been in anything but a hetero relationship (including the current one, which is serious and long-term), but publicly identifies as bi. He’s not part of the queer community or anything — he’s making some statement about his inner…

I am so sorry for your loss, and thank you for sharing youe story. My early term abortion was so....permanently devastating that I cannot imagine what you have gone through. All I know is if you were here I would hold your hand and cry because there aren’t words for how any of this feels except a primal gasping…