#flareups – @aph-japan on Tumblr

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yesornopolls

Anonymous asked:

Can you smell when it’s going to rain?

I’ve recently discovered that not everyone can and I’m curious.

yesornopolls answered:

#actuallychronicpain #a: yes and no #a: yes #poll #answered poll #rain #smell #sensory #sensory overload #senses #weather #florida relevant #florida weather #southern us #southern us weather #southern weather #just tropical area things #storms #scattered storms #flareups #chronic pain #just chronic pain things #(If I literally 'smell' it or not depends on which way the air from the ocean is blowing {but ive definitely smelled strong ocean air})#({More recently and frequently apparently my chronic pain flareups can '''predict''' it now})#({about a week ago} 30 to 45 min before a bad lightning storm came by my body suddenly began reacting badly out of nowhere)#(immediately after the storm it began settling down again {but it definitely doesnt always} {'settle' that fast})#(Ive '''predicted''' them this way numerous times before including as recently as few nights ago but it never fails to make me laugh)#({Few days ago} had really bad storm too&I pretty much knew it was coming via outside but YEA I could Tell a Flareup was Also Happening)

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lastoneout

crippledpunks

i hate that bad backs aren't viewed as a disability. i hate that "Every back is a bad back" mentality. i hate minimizing back pain by encouraging people to "just take a tylenol". i hate that people who throw out their backs regularly are told to "just sleep it off" or even worse "just exercise, it loosens things up." i hate when people say "my mom has a bad back and she just powers through it."

let people with bad backs be disabled and talk about how much pain we are in, and how much of a disability living with a weak, broken, eroded, degenerative, or paralyzed spine is. let us talk about the horrors and dangers of spinal surgeries. listen to us when we talk about the limited options for pain management and how it is an absolute nightmare to get treated for back pain and receive medication that actually works.

having a bad back is a disability. being in back pain all the time is not trivial. having back pain so bad you can't sit or stand is serious. feeling shooting pain into your legs is a big deal. feeling like no matter how much you stretch or take medicine your back never seems to feel better is a genuine medical issue. listen to disabled people and stop dismissing our pain.

#important #actuallychronicpain #actuallybackpain #actuallysidespain #(???)#chronic pain #disability #disability issues #back pain #bad backs #backs #sides #spine #spine issues #posture issues #ableism #societal ableism #im really tired of explaining all this too #(Its been really rainy here again lately)#flareups #chronic pain flareups #just tropical area things #(even today I woke up with my sides really achy+stiff&my knee has been cramping up again too {also at random times opposite upper thigh??})#(99.99 percent of the time though its not my sides and is in fact my back)#if someone had told me 10~ years ago id actually have been dealing with back pain in the modern era #im not even middle aged yet #stop telling me im too young or have too many things going on to have it too #i didnt ask for this #(since Drafting this post I yet again woke up with pain at 6AM thats likely going to spread to back today so I am probs taking tylenol But)#what they said