I used to make a lot of statements about things I thought I couldn’t do. I thought I couldn’t run overnight, so I couldn’t attempt to run 100 miles. I could never run 200 mile races the way other people did. Etc. Yet last year I found myself training for and attempting 100 miles (I…| DIYPS.org
A new autoimmune disease is exhausting and foreign, until it becomes exhausting and familiar. Exhausting is such a good word for it. Sometimes, it’s the disease process itself that is exhausting and causes fatigue physically. Other times, it’s the coping and figuring out how to wrangle your life into a pretzel around it that is…| DIYPS.org
#WeAreNotWaiting to make the world a better place| DIYPS.org
When dealing with chronic illnesses, it sometimes feels like you have less energy or time in the day to work with than someone without chronic diseases. The “spoon theory” is a helpful analogy to illustrate this. In spoon theory, each person has a certain number of “spoons” representing their daily energy available for tasks including…| DIYPS.org
I do a lot of things most people don’t want to do themselves - and I get that. (For example, recording macronutrients while running? Running for up to 16 or 25 hours? Let alone other choices like building DIY and making open source automated insulin delivery systems not only for myself but more widely available…| DIYPS.org
