I did not choose Crohn’s disease.
I did not choose fibromyalgia.
And I did not choose to be childless.
Read moreA Cloak of Invisibility
I will always like JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series because first she accurately described my own depression as she wrote of the dementors who guarded Azkaban prison, and secondly she wrote of one of the deathly hallows being a cloak of invisibility.
Read moreWould I?
What life could I have had, as a childless not by choice person, if I didn't have chronic illness and disability?
Read moreThe Question “DO YOU HAVE KIDS?” Is Ableist
I once lived in a healthy body. But when my invisible illness introduced herself to me, I became acquainted with some serious limitations.
Read moreSomethings wrong? But you always look so well?
Yes something is very wrong, I have an invisible chronic lifelong illness called Endometriosis that has resulted in childlessness, reduced earnings, stalled my career progress, caused damage to personal relationships and taken me to the darkest places I have ever known.
Read moreLayers
Endometriosis
The Cross of a Permanently Childless Twenty-Something
Learning in my early twenties that I would be permanently childless and chronically ill was an agonizing experience I will never forget.
Read moreForced Choice
I faced tough questions when I was diagnosed with lupus.
Read moreThe Clubs No One Wants To Belong To
I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2019 and a few months ago I found out that I am legally protected in the workplace for the rest of my life because cancer is classified as a disability.
Read moreProof of Life
The Only Body I Have
Choose your own - series of unfortunate events
This was inspired by my favourite books series as a child 'Choose your own adventure' and a film (based on a book) I watched as an adult 'A series of unfortunate events'.
Read moreThe Chronic Gardener
As I move through my second year of Long Covid, with its attendant very low energy levels, I’m having to take a hard look at how much my idea of myself and my identity is tied to productivity.
Read moreThe Archived Body
There are two questions raised in the topic description that resonated with me..
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