Candace D.
@diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social
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Wife. Mother. Dog mom. Chronic illness advocate. 🥄♥️ #hEDS, #MCAS, #POTS, #foodallergies, #cornallergy, etc.
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I spent a lot of today thinking it was Thursday
Reposted by Candace D.
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Chronically ill people make Santa’s nice list by default—we literally don’t even have the energy to be naughty! 😈😂
The devil couldn’t reach me so he became my health insurance company…
Have you heard of The Teal Pumpkin Project?
It’s October. Welcome to “October slide” if it hasn’t already started for you… 🫠
✨Hocus Pocus✨brain fog makes it harder to focus
She’s a 10 but on the pain scale.
At what age do you stop searching for an adultier adult? 😀
"So this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be."
Being diagnosed with ehlers-danlos syndrome later in life has felt like watching a movie all over again except this time you notice all the foreshadowing.
A gorgeous hummingbird picture from my dad to break up your feed! He said they’ve been coming to his feeder a lot more lately.
A hummingbird sitting on the edge of the red feeder.
I wish I could at least take weekends off from my chronic illnesses.
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome be like:

Ok so…✍️ your symptoms are everything you can possibly think of and a few extra that you’ve never heard of!
My body is like a junk drawer full of diagnoses just rattling around
I hope they listen to you and help you!
Good luck with your appointment!
Doctors believing and treating their patients is a form of suicide prevention.
As a chronically ill person when I’m burnt out it’s actually more like completely charred.
I be like “IDC” or “IDGAF”

And then run fake scenarios in my head for years for how I could’ve responded differently
Remember when BBL meant “be back later”?
“It could be worse”

It also could be better. So what’s your point?