chronic fatigue

A photo of a bedroom. On the bed is a neck brace. Next to the bed is a wheelchair, a crutch, and a nightstand with some medications and beverage containers.

A difficult life is not less.

The bed in that photo is mine. It’s where I spend most of my time. It’s where I’ve spent most of my time for the last 6 years or so. Well, we’ve gotten a new bed since then, but I just swapped one memory foam surface for another and carried on like before. I lay […] Read more…

March 13, 2022 by damselinadress | 9 Comments

Guest Posts, Health

10 Tips for Surviving Christmas With Chronic Fatigue

Contributed by Fibro Geek: Christmas is a wonderful time of the year. It’s a bit of time out to spend with your loved ones and it’s the one day of the year where everyone practices gratitude. Not to mention the amazingness that is Christmas dinner! The downside is that the run up can be a […] Read more…

December 6, 2014 by damselinadress | 4 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.