Another major focus of this website is on topics related to disability — covering accessibility, accommodations, mobility aids, stigma, life experiences, patient perspectives, societal issues and more.
From 10 to 15 Different Types of Doctors on My Healthcare Team
I was reading this post the other day, and realised that I had originally written it 10 years ago. Back then, I was 'only' seeing around 10 different types of doctors on a regular basis.
Now,
Dating with Chronic Illness – A Thorny Topic
Dating with chronic illness is no easy, straightforward feat for either party. Questions like this are all over Quora and Reddit: “Would you date or marry a person with chronic illness?”. So I thought I’d share my perspective, as a person who’
Two New Diagnoses - Epiphrenic Esophageal Diverticulum & Mitral Valve Stenosis
Whilst I haven’t heard much good news in a long time, I did not expect 2025 to be a harbinger of such terrible news. It seems like I will need to get two major surgeries done, one for
Why am I Writing About the Rare Disease, Esophageal Diverticulum?
The short answer is because I was recently diagnosed with it, although symptoms have been accumulating for some time now. I had simply assumed that all the regurgitation and vomiting, even in the middle of the night, were due to
Darkness Needs Lightness for Balance...
All of my recent posts have been extremely ‘heavy’, so to speak. First, there were the two knee injury series - one on resources for post knee surgery, and the other on things you can do whilst bed bound. Then, there was the Antiphospholipid Syndrome
This post is part of a series on my knee surgery and recovery journey, and how I coped with all that down time. I spent a good part of a year bed bound, in pain, and also bored. Afternoons were the toughest, as it felt like a state of limbo,
This post is part of a series on my recovery journey from a spontaneous bilateral patellar tendon rupture, which left me bed bound for nearly a year. In this article, I will share some uplifting activities to do while recovering in bed. You can also find more tips, resources and
This post is part of a series where I share my recovery journey from a spontaneous bilateral patellar tendon rupture. Both my knees were broken, and I was bed bound for almost a year, with the first 6 weeks spent trying to keep my legs as flat as I could
Apart from the immense pain and lack of mobility, being stuck in bed after any major surgery can leave you bored to tears. I personally suffered from a spontaneous bilateral patellar tendon rupture due to Lupus, and the steroid therapy that I'm on. Being bed bound for an
Travelling with Chronic Illness and Disability — Why I Do It Anyway
Travelling is one of my biggest passions in life, and I'd like to share my top tips for travelling with chronic illness and disability in this post. Whilst we all travel for various reasons and find pleasure
In the previous series all about knees, I shared resources for my recovery journey after a major knee surgery. In this new series, I will be sharing things you can do to help keep boredom at bay, because the recovery process for any major surgery can be a long, painful
Physiotherapy after knee operation is the most crucial part of the recovery process. It needs to be taken seriously, because doing something wrongly, or too early, or too late, can all have devastating long-term impacts on your ability to walk properly again.
I was bed bound for months after my
