Hello! I'm a chronically ill student nerd with more dreams than spoons. I would especially love to meet other disabled/chronically ill nerd fighters to share my journey with!
A bit about me:
I'm a final year vet student living in the UK
I love to read, draw, paint and write. I'm a lover of sci-fi, video games and true-crime podcasts (my latest obsession)
I suffer from Joint Hypermobility Syndrome, which causes me chronic pain and weakness in most of my joints, and chronic fatigue, which is just unneccessary
I'm also a mental illness warrior
I'm currently very deconditioned due to recent worsening fatigue which has left me unable to consistently exercise, but I'm working with a wonderful personal trainer to very slowly build back up to regular exercise
I'm a vegetarian with food aversions and an unfortunate dislike for a lot of healthy food (ouch)
Goals!
My short term goals are to improve my diet (less sugar, more veg) and build back up to a consistent, manageable, varied and enjoyable exercise routine
Medium term goals include building up my muscle strength again to where everyday activities are not so hard on my body, and reintroducing running
Long term I want to build tons of muscle, get really strong, take up all the other sports and exercises that I either used to love or want to try, and be able to handle and lift my heaviest patients without damaging myself. That's pretty much just for starters!
I'd love to meet some new people, find an accountability buddy if possible (someone else with similar health issues and/or goals would be wonderful) and if anyone has any tips for me I'd very much appreciate it!
And I think that's everything I wanted to say...
