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No way I was ever a competitive gymnast

Anyone else sometimes forget the level of disabled they are because it's so normal to yourself?

Sometimes i'll remember something i used to do, something i was able to do and that i definitely wasn't thinking about and i'll have trouble believing it. I know i was walking up and down stairs multiple times a day everyday and oftentimes running them but. It just doesn't true. Like, what do you mean i used to walk a kilometre to school and back every day when i was only half my size?? That can't possibly be right? But somehow it is! I used to jump on those garden trampolines for hours on end. How???

The sarcasm here is fucking hilarious 💀 whenever I inevitably end up using mobility aids, imma just tell them my doctor told me to, bcs she did. Even if your doctor denies you a mobility aid, people get uncomfortable if you just say a doctor made you, so you could always just make stuff up.

You shouldn't get a wheelchair, walker, cane, shower chair, or any kind of assistive technology mobility aid because then you might become dependent on them. Just like how you also shouldn't get glasses if you have bad eyesight because then you might become dependent on those.

For instance, if you end up stuck using corrective eyewear, you could actually lose your ability to tell what things are even when they are extremely blurry! You need to get used to having migraines from seeing unclearly because if you wear glasses all the time, you are basically giving up!! You don't need to see things coming at you from far away! You just need to get good at dodging, and if you can't, then you have no one to blame but yourself!!

For example, I read a really heart-worming article recently about a girl who was stuck using glasses - just absolutely, tragically trapped in her eyewear from dawn to dusk, even though she was good and never ever complained; and I heard she trained herself to discern the blurry faces of her loved ones with 60% accuracy! - she was even able to walk down the aisle at her wedding WITHOUT forcing the discomfort of seeing a woman in glasses on all her guests!!

Sure, she had to give her vows with a splitting headache, and she couldn't see her husband's expression when he said "I do," but overall, SO inspi-ration-al!!! So up-lifting!!

(She didn't even have to use a seeing eye cane, which would have been the worst-case scenario, obviously, because she worked hard to make sure she looked LESS disabled, not MORE disabled!!! Everyone knows blind people exist solely to be a cautionary tale to sighted people!!)

Also, did you know some people get glasses when they only need them a little bit?? How selfish of them! Sure, there's not a shortage, and an increase in demand would result in overall increased accessibility to glasses--but emotionally it's like taking glasses away from someone who needs them more! After all, if everyone who needed glasses got them, then...... um...... more people would have glasses! Which is probably bad!!!!

I also had a friend who was trapped in glasses who saved up all her money for laser eye surgery, and I don't know why everyone doesn't just do that! Sure, some doctors say some people don't "qualify" and it "won't help" those people, but that's why you can't give up!! You don't want to be one of those people!

After all, what's the worse thing that could happen with an unnecessary laser surgery to the face that comes with crippling debt??? It's worth the risk to gain your FREEDOM back, and I'm so proud of my friend!!

Tragically, she did die later that year while driving Uber and squinting at street signs, but at least now I know my friend is finally free from the shackles of her terrible eyesight. #ripAshley #rippedAshley #justripit 😌😌😌❤😇😇😇

And that's why you shouldn't get used to using a mobility aid!! Because, like glasses, they are inherently embarrassing to be seen with; and - like glasses - it is more noble to silently suffer than to depend on unnatural technologies that force you to rely on them!!! (Besides, everyone else will be SO much more comfortable if you look normal!)

I hope you learned something today. 💖

current least favorite thing about my latest chronic illness flare up is how boring it is like I'm stuck lying down in bed and my brain won't let me do anything

like I was going okay I can't go into uni but I guess I can write my papers but nope not an option so then I was like well I can write fic but no also can't do that so then I was like okay let's watch the eras tour movie and I only got half way through that!!!

the point here is I'm bored and have most of the next chapter of my Tess lives story written but it's all disconnected scenes that I need to join up and I want it done and it's not :(

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)

Just Eddie😍

im not a doctor, im just also a mess of shitty cartilage, and this is my experience, so like, dont quote me or anything lol

neoprene knee braces and ankle brace work pretty well, but i can never sleep in them, its just very uncomfortable, it gets really sweaty and kind sore. ive not yet tried elbow/shoulder/wrist braces, but i imagine its a similar experience. they do limit joint movement to an extent, but that means it can also be hard to go about your business. i think id recommend full on braces for liek, exercising, and particularly wobbly days. on better days, flex tape works pretty well

hope this helps!

dumb question but do those joint braces keep your joints in place and could i use them for subluxations

Lets get this bread (not)

i hate it here but what can i do?

Live in the real world? i dont think so my friend.

sometimes I forget standing up isn’t painful and difficult for most people so I’ll be watching something like game changer and see the people standing behind their podiums the whole episode and think ‘wow don’t they need to sit down. how can they still think coherent thoughts’ and then I’m like oh. yeah. I have a disease

Reddie 2020

And my thoughts went from that poor saxophonist to look at that flexibility and strength. Oh wait, looking at the flexibility they might have had a type of EDS.

Still iconic and brilliant. Much wow.

The blessed time of Cab Calloway of his orchestra and his extraordinary dancers.

(Put on sound)

My diet is really wild

I won't eat anything but like a few pieces of fruit for several days

Balanced meals?

Hell no a whole dill pickle followed by a frozen Gogurt and

Several cups of ice

And like a plate of nachos???

No wonder I have weird dreama

Help

One of my fav richie tozier headcanons is that he’s just.. ridiculously good at things without trying. Lke it’s so low effort but he just picks things up and it frustrates the FUCK out of eddie because he’s working really hard at something (even something like a crossword or a Rubik’s cube) and richies like lol and does it without batting an eyelash

(click if poor quality)

bonus here’s what eddies drawing

sorry, bill

The Flirting is effective

if they make me listen to richie sob that “it’s too dark” and that eddie won’t like it when the losers try to make him leave eddie’s dead body behind in the sewers…. i’ll literally lose my mind like it’ll be gone

usually when cuddling richie will get in between eddie's legs and snuggle into his chest. eddie likes to pet his hair and stroke his back, giving him lil head kisses occasionally. once richie is that comfortable he usually will stay pretty quiet and fall asleep.

Richie’s the kind of person that will fall asleep when cuddled there’s no doubt about it. If he sleeps alone his arms are usually wrapped around the nearest pillow/blanket/human/appendage that he can hold onto, and once he’s got it, he doesn’t let go. It’s this suffocating, but comforting hold he locks people in as he dozes off sleeping and snoring peacefully 

did i rewatch IT 2017, watch IT 1990, and read all of stephen king’s IT within a month? you bet your fur

so… @a-mysterious-transfer-student and I were thinking… Grease AU….

LIKE PLEASE IMAGINE BILL IS A NICER KENICKIE, STAN IS SAVAGE RIZZO (look at me I’m eddie spaghetti~ *puts on fanny pack and uses inhaler* ), BEVERLY IS A COOLER FRENCHIE, BEN IS THE NICEST OF THE GREASERS AND IS BEVERLY’S BOYFRIEND, MIKE IS THE SMOOTHEST GREASER

I seriously am going to redraw the whole movie?? sorry??

they love each other, no printer fax only

eddie kaspbrak and richie tozier radiate the same energy as jenna marbles and julien solomita

choose for yourself who’s who

whenever reddie are compared to sitcom couples it’s always like… kelso and jackie or jake and amy and i appreciate the fact that we’re all aware that richie and eddie are basically the dumb bitch and bad bitch trope

okay so i have some strong headcanons on what a reddie au in which eddie is a merman would be like

okay so

eddie would be this super shielded merboy at the beginning

even though he lived in the ocean he was always told not to swim to far up so he was constantly at the bottom of the ocean

because he’d be killed by sharks, or captured by fisherman to be sold for food, or the tide would drift him to the shore where the evil mer-hating humans would kidnap him and put him in a museum

he also believed, due to his shielded lifestyle, that the only merpeople in that area of the ocean was himself and his mother, and that everyone else lived in more exotic areas

that was until one day when he was particulary entranced by a school of different coloured fish

and he saw three long, tails in the distance

he knew straight away that they were other mermen, and a blast of joy came over eddie

he swam faster than he ever had towards them, shouting greetings at them

they all seemed pretty confused at how enthusiastic he was about seeing them

he introduced himself with a wheeze, and learned that the other three were named stan, bill and ben

they spoke for a long time

and let’s just say

it was quite educational for eddie

he learned that, not only were sharks friendly towards merpeople, and there was no known evidence of an attack

and not only did fisherman not capture mermaids, whenever merpeople got caught on lines or in nets they were set free, because people weren’t as evil as eddie had been told

and also, even though the trio had never been above water on ‘eddie’s side’ of the ocean, they had met many humans were nice

eddie wanted to meet some of these humans

he said goodbye to his new found friends with a plan to meet up the next day

eddie darted home like a damn bullet

well, he darted past home

he could hear his mother screaming at him to turn around, but due to her being an older mermaid, she couldn’t keep up with her son’s speed

darting upwards towards the soft waves, a grin began to grow on eddie’s face

it looked so bright, and warm, and just

so happy

so there eddie is, just letting the waves pull him along as he stares at the sky

all of a sudden a beach is coming into view, and he can see a beautiful reef below him

the sun had only rose about 2 hours ago, so the beach was close to empty

except for a boy, who seemed to be around eddie’s age, sitting alone on the boating dock close to where eddie was

he swam towards the dock, and as he got closer to the boy he saw that, not only was he playing guitar and singing a song in arguably the most gorgeous voice eddie had ever seen

but he was also definitely more beautiful than anything he had seen before

so eddie swam even closer, wrapping his arms loosely around one of the wooden beams

he listened to the boys melodic voice for what felt like hours but was more likely closer to a few more minutes

until the boy put down his instrument and looked around the dock and the sky

eddie froze slightly, trying to decide between swimming out of sight or allowing the boy to see him

but oh, oh no

that decision was made for him when the boy’s head whipped down and their eyes met

both boys continued to just stare at each other for a few seconds longer

“h-hi”

the other boy’s confused look slowly turned into a deep smirk

“i’m richie, and what’s your name sweetcheeks?”

eddie felt a blush grow across his cheeks

and apparently he took a moment to long to answer

“what’s wrong darlin’? shark got your tongue?”

eddie’s blush only grew harsher and richie’s smirk only grew wider

it was safe to say that eddie almost missed his plans with his new friends that day

1990 Eddie and Richie are so fucking gay that there is no way that it was not on purpose