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Tag Archives: chronic pain

The Grand Unified Theory of Women’s Pain

Posted on December 8, 2015 by writehanded — 1 Comment ↓

‘The pain of women turns them into kittens and rabbits and sunsets and sordid red satin goddesses, pales them and bloodies them and starves them, delivers them to death camps Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Feminism, Mental health, Writing and books | Tagged chronic illness, chronic pain, disability, Feminism, Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain, Women | 1 Comment ↓

Medication Masterpost

Posted on December 6, 2015 by writehanded — Leave a reply

I get a lot of questions about the medications I am on, both for physical and mental health reasons, and the positive or negative side effects they might have. So Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Mental health | Tagged ankylosing spondylitis, autoimmune disorders, chronic illness, chronic pain, Humira, medication, spoonie | Leave a reply

Toxoplaswhat?

Posted on December 5, 2015 by writehanded

A couple of weeks ago I was diagnosed with toxoplasmosis. I’ve kind of been dealing with the news on my own, and I don’t know what’s going to happen next. Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Mental health | Tagged ankylosing spondylitis, chronic illness, chronic pain, Mental health

Chronic illness in cat gifs

Posted on November 23, 2015 by writehanded

It can be really hard to understand what chronic illness is like. While everyone has a different experience, there’s enough similarities for me to paint a picture… in cat gifs. Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness | Tagged cats, chronic illness, chronic pain, gifs, spoonie

‘Writers have lives, not careers’

Posted on November 26, 2014 by writehanded — Leave a reply

Here’s this week’s Nelson Mail column.

Posted in Writing and books | Tagged books, chronic pain, CreativeNZ, Literature, New Zealand, Stephanie De Montalk, writing | Leave a reply

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