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Candace D.

@diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social

740 followers 79 following 300 posts

Wife. Mother. Dog mom. Chronic illness advocate. 🥄♥️ #hEDS, #MCAS, #POTS, #foodallergies, #cornallergy, etc.

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · Nov 7

😅😅

She believe she could so she did and now she’s in a flare

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · 2d

Chronically ill people make Santa’s nice list by default—we literally don’t even have the energy to be naughty! 😈😂

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · 3d

The devil couldn’t reach me so he became my health insurance company…

Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · 4d

Have you heard of The Teal Pumpkin Project?

Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · 9d

It’s October. Welcome to “October slide” if it hasn’t already started for you… 🫠

Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · 9d

✨Hocus Pocus✨brain fog makes it harder to focus

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · 15d

She’s a 10 but on the pain scale.

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · 17d

At what age do you stop searching for an adultier adult? 😀

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · 18d

"So this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be."

Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · 21d

Being diagnosed with ehlers-danlos syndrome later in life has felt like watching a movie all over again except this time you notice all the foreshadowing.

Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · 23d

A gorgeous hummingbird picture from my dad to break up your feed! He said they’ve been coming to his feeder a lot more lately.

A hummingbird sitting on the edge of the red feeder.

Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · 26d

I wish I could at least take weekends off from my chronic illnesses.

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · 28d

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome be like:

Ok so…✍️ your symptoms are everything you can possibly think of and a few extra that you’ve never heard of!

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · 28d

My body is like a junk drawer full of diagnoses just rattling around

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · Sep 10

I hope they listen to you and help you!

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · Sep 10

Good luck with your appointment!

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · Sep 10

Doctors believing and treating their patients is a form of suicide prevention.

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · Sep 10

As a chronically ill person when I’m burnt out it’s actually more like completely charred.

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · Sep 7

I be like “IDC” or “IDGAF”

And then run fake scenarios in my head for years for how I could’ve responded differently

Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · Sep 6

Remember when BBL meant “be back later”?

Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · Sep 3

=^.^=

Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · Sep 1

“It could be worse”

It also could be better. So what’s your point?

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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · Aug 31

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oh, you finally got diagnosed? Congratudolences!!

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · Sep 1

🖤🖤🖤

Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · Aug 21

Apparently the “tired girl” look is trending among celebrities right now. I have been preparing for this my whole life!!!

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Candace D. @diaryofasickgrl.bsky.social · Aug 21

Forgive me for what I said when I was overstimulated