Hi, my name is Lisa, and I’m a storyteller. I am a Public Artist with ArtworxTO for The City of Toronto for 2021. I’ve worked as an actress, a filmmaker,
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My name is Lane Cooper. On October 23, 2016, I was stacking firewood with my uncle, when I went home I started urinating blood. I went to the ER and
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I am 54 years old. Last week I just got the diagnosis that I was begging, even crying out to find. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Sounds like a complicated name. Of course,
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From a young age, I had various injuries and health concerns. We knew I was hypermobile but this was never linked to any other concerns. I began rock climbing at
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I was diagnosed with EDS after two years of doctor visits and a lifetime of unrelated health problems. Originally, I was searching for the reason why my chronic pain syndrome
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After decades of dealing with quirky, what I thought were unrelated, health issues I was finally referred to a specialist in Boston. Last month, after a thorough evaluation and review
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I have always been hypermobile, had elastic skin, joint pain, and lots of other common symptoms of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. However, I was not diagnosed until I was almost 16 years
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I, like many working people, especially working mothers can do what I call ‘struggle with the juggle’ of everyday stress, demands, to-do lists, and overbooked calendars. Then add on chronic
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The first sign that something was wrong was my ankles. Anyone walking behind me could see that my feet wobbled as I walked. As a kid, I didn’t realize this
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