by admin | Apr 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
The doctors ask me “How severe is your pain from 1 – 10?” and I never really know how to answer that. Each time this questions is posed, I chuckle inside thinking, ‘How is my rating of 5 an accurate measure of how my pain impacts what I...
by admin | Apr 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
There’s a particular kind of frustration that comes with a recurring injury. It’s not the dramatic injury but just a stubborn, slightly visible foot injury that refuses to fully fade into the background. You can read this blog about my journey with this injury....
by admin | Apr 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
Since my stroke 20 years ago, I’ve focused my energy on learning how to adapt, pace myself and live with chronic conditions and still keep going. And yet it’s the small, unexpected things that hit me the hardest. Today was meant to be a day off. But instead, it...
by admin | Apr 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
Last year I booked tickets to the tennis for my nephew’s birthday without thinking too hard about how accessible it would be. I didn’t factor in wheelchairs or seating or how my body might cope. I just booked them like anyone else would. It wasn’t until later that the...
by admin | Apr 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
Sometimes I wish I could explain what it actually feels like to live in this body. I have the insight on this post-stroke, sometimes brilliant, sometimes exhausted version of myself, but I sometimes think it would be easier to pretend that I don’t. Having the...
