My physical therapist recommended a lotion for my pathetic thumbs, so I bought some. It's actually meant for arthritis, but it helped the tenosynovitis a little. I'll take it! 🖐️ 🤘 (Diclofenac)
Sherbert allowed me to clean her cage again today. She just watched the whole time! My little angel-face! 👼 🦜
It's been cloudy and raining intermittently all day, didn't get above 70° (21°C). A perfect day for me!
Sur un autre sujet : un article bien réfléchi sur la douleur chronique chez les jeunes trans, dans une perspective biopsychosociale. Rien de révolutionnaire et puis un peu déprimant, mais si les jeunes trans (et les trans en général) souffrent plus de douleurs chroniques que les autres, c'est notamment en raison de la ✨ transphobie systémique ✨.
L'article aborde plusieurs thèmes et exemples de comment ça se manifeste et par quels mécanismes précisément. Ça implique aussi des pistes pour améliorer la situation (protections légales, luttes contre les discriminations, actions en faveur de l'accès au soins : de transition mais aussi de PEC de la douleur, facteurs de résilience au stress minoritaire, etc.).
Bonus il est assez court et abordable.
J'en profite pour partager cette super revue systématique[2] sur les effets biologiques du stress minoritaire chez les minorités sexuelles et de genre, je joins 2 graphiques qui synthétisent les résultats
[1] : Chronic pain in transgender and gender-diverse youth: a biopsychosocial perspective. Han GT et al., 2026. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2025.1709268
[2] : Minority stress in relation to biological outcomes among sexual and gender minority people: a systematic review and update. Flentje A et al., 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-024-00539-6
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That’s what people say when they’ve never lived it.
What you don’t see:
The nights without sleep
The pain that doesn’t switch off
The energy it takes just to look “normal”
The breakdowns that happen in silence
You’re seeing 5% of the reality.
The other 95% ?
It’s hidden — because no one makes space for it.
Before you judge someone’s pain… understand that survival often looks like “fine.”
Some days, getting out of bed is the biggest thing I accomplish.
I’m trying to learn that it still counts.
For those of us living with chronic pain, fatigue, or invisible illness, surviving the day can take more strength than people realize.
Do you celebrate those days or beat yourself up for them? 😴
#ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #Spoonie #Fatigue #Disability #selfcompassion
"Medical gaslighting is serious, harmful, and out of control: I’ve been working through what medical gaslighting is, how we should talk about it, and how it should be dealt with. Here’s where I’m at." by K. Johnstone
https://mecfs.substack.com/p/medical-gaslighting-is-serious-harmful
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