Tag Archive: parenting
Often I find it a struggle to open a gallon of milk, I need help opening jars, and yes, I have become a person who has even taken a knife to a juice carton. My body is just plain weak, and it’s getting weaker. But it’s in this weakness where I find my strength. I’ve View page
I have periodontal Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (pEDS). It took 30 years to get that diagnosis. I had good dental care growing up, but had early-onset periodontal disease with bleeding and receding gum tissue. At 24, I lost a lower front tooth. Despite attempts to surgically repair the surrounding tissue to try to save the tooth, my View page
Myself and my husband have our beautiful daughter, Effie. At one month old Effie started to vomit and sleep all day: we took her to the GP and hospital 17 times within the first 3 months of her life. One morning, 3am Effie woke up screaming, she had a seizure and turned stiff: we called View page
This zebra’s name is Baya. She is passionate, strong and confident and and does amazing things. She is a swimmer, although you can imagine with hypermobile EDS the worry is there that something will happen. While she is super flexible, acid reflux is her huge hurdle. She has struggled since she was born with reflux. View page
My name is Reavie and I am 16 months old. My mom and dad had never heard of EDS before they had me, although it turns out my mom has it too. We knew something was up when at 6 months, before I was crawling or even rolling around, my arms were covered in bruises. View page
My name is Rachel and I have classical EDS (cEDS). I’ve never been open to anyone about my insecurities about having EDS. I’ve told others that I have it, and explained what it is in a very objective way, but I never dwelt deeper than that. Searching ‘EDS’ in Instagram was shocking to find so View page
I have dedicated my life to EDS awareness, educating doctors and medical personnel at every turn about EDS and vEDS. We must stop that phone call in the middle of the night. View page
