Alexia V 👩‍🦽📖🏳️‍🌈📝♾️♿

Y'all aren't any more special than the rest of us. You can experience joint issues and pain at any age. Stop gatekeeping pain. It isn't a generation thing, or an inherent age thing. Gatekeeping pain is just weird and makes you sound ignorant 🤷‍♀️

"Only 1996 and older can complain about being a senior citizen at knees and back."
Dear Millennials and older generations: stop assuming y'all have a monopoly on experiencing pain and joint issues and say that Gen Z can't because "we're too young".

But that has to do with their ages, not mobility aid use. They were too old before they needed aids 🤣

What does it matter if they use mobility aids or not? Those don't have an age requirement. I don't like any of those people either, but it has nothing to do with mobility aid use. FDR used a wheelchair. It's their policies that are the actual issue, not their ages or mobility aid use

It can run in families. Not everyone has a family history of arthritis though. OA has a genetic component to it, but so do autoimmune types. For example, I have family members with gout, RA, AS, JIA, and undiagnosed autoimmune arthritis. I hit the genetic jackpot and got juvenile arthritis ✌🏼

Same, but I'm 22. The arthritis started in infancy though 🤷‍♀️

'The Life of a Showgirl' track is literally just 'Cool' by the Jonas Brothers 💀 I just saw them in concert and obsessively listen to their music, I've heard TLOAS before

I was born with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (which back then was juvenile rheumatoid arthritis). I was sick a lot as a kid and missed a lot of school days.

This policy is ableist AF and cruel to chronically ill and disabled kids.

Just because it lasts doesn't mean it doesn't impact her.
As for Gale, he doesn't have to need a cane in order to be disabled. I have had chronic knee problems my whole life, but didn't use a cane until I was 20. It doesn't have to be visible to be a disability. It's still magic related technically

"Gale has chronic knee pain and fatigue due to the Netherese orb embedded in his chest.
Karlach's infernal engine, which is essentially a heart made of infernal iron, is slowly destroying her, causing constant pain and a need for constant maintenance." So yes! And you're welcome 😁

Yes. Things like magical injuries that can't be healed, for example

#MedicalSky #Injuries #DoctorSky #MedSky #NurseSky

This is a character who isn't athlete-level active. They're a prince. They have very few, if any, action scenes after this disability occurs. They use a cane full time for the remainder of the series after sustaining this injury/disability. (4/4)

I don't want an injury that'll lead to the character being able to do more than they should be able to. That said, I also don't want an injury that's so minor the level of disability wouldn't make sense. It has to affect their ability to walk. (3/4

I'm doing research for a novel and I'm trying to work out specifics. Surgery doesn't exist; it's a fantasy world. There are a lot of swords and weapons that commonly occur in fantasy novels. I'm considering an ACL tear, but I want to go through many options that would be realistic & possible. (2/4)

What are examples of injuries that could result in permanent physical disability, but someone would still be able to walk with a cane, albeit with some difficulty and chronic pain? So unable to walk unassisted, but able to walk assisted. With a symptom that might also include the knee buckling? (1/4

Trust me, if you don't have brain fog from your arthritis, you don't want it 💀

It's definitely rough 💀 I hope it doesn't affect too many of your joints. I personally have it in all of mine

Ugh, that sucks. I'm in the same boat, but I've been there since infancy 💀

Oh no 😱😱 That sucks. I have jaw arthritis, and it's not fun at all

It is. It's been proven to be a myth

Shoot, I'm only 21 and use a cane because of balance issues and chronic pain. It's none of her business who uses one 🙄

Gout is considered a disease, actually, just not a contagious one. Gout is considered a rheumatic disease, just like other forms of arthritis

What type? Osteo or some autoimmune version? I'm not 28, but I am 21, and I've been familiar with ankle arthritis (autoimmune variety) for the last 21, almost 22 years

Arthritis IS considered a disease. You can't "contract" arthritis, so that's inaccurate. But arthritis is a disease

Arthritis can be severe. I can't work because of arthritis and other health conditions. I have arthritis in every joint in my body. Because of it, I cannot squat without needing help getting up. Which means I cannot lift anything without risking injury. My hands are also not reliable.

This hurts me so much emotionally 😭 You aren't taking any mobility aids away from anyone who needs them because it sounds like YOU need them yourself. If it helps you, use it. Trust me, you're valid

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I personally have 21+ years of experience with chronic pain 😖 I honestly have a fear of getting old 😭😭 I've had autoimmune arthritis since infancy, and I'm very afraid of how damaged my joints will be in the future since they're already damaged.

Movies from the year I was born.

I'm not old, but the arthritis in my joints is telling me otherwise.