September 2017 – Damsel in a Dress

Month: September 2017

A New Hope: Lisa’s Inspirational* Botox Journey

*Hahaha jk THE BEFOREMATH As you are probably aware, I was diagnosed last December with gastroparesis after many months of extreme stomach and back pain, nausea, vomiting, and general feelings of an alien baby trying to rip itself out of my abdominal area. Gastroparesis is a condition that affects the movement of the muscles in […] Read more…

September 18, 2017 by damselinadress | 10 Comments

The Author

Hi, I'm Lisa and that's exactly what I look like when I type. I'm the author behind Damsel in a Dress, which is a personal blog about my experiences living life with hyper-mobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and a host of other conditions that accompany it. It took a long time to get that diagnosis though, so there's a lot of content on here about being undiagnosed and misdiagnosed. When I'm not writing I'm usually spending my time reading, doing jigsaw puzzles, playing Nintendo Switch or watching tv with my husband at our home in St. John's, NL.