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RE: Walk Like a Normal Person - a short short about living with ankylosing spondylitis.

in #life7 years ago

Hey @veckinon, it is so cool to have you here in the Steemit community. I'm glad you decided to take @dflo up on getting a blog started here.

I didn't know the name of this condition before reading your post, so I must say it was informative, especially being shared by the person who has been living to share the narrative.

I respect the bravery it requires of a person to live and share openly about what they have endured. I live with a permanent disability, myself, due to a sternal reconstruction from post-cancer recovery and I seriously applaud your willingness to allow us to know this side of yourself.

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Thanks for checking it out. It is great to know that I am raising awareness around this condition. It is also great when I can learn a bit more about others. Sternal reconstruction, that sounds pretty intense. I bet it really sucks in winter time. Was that the site of the cancer or was it due to necrosis or something? If you don't mind me asking.

I'm pretty sure I have seen you in the rms discord. I imagine we will run into each other again. Best wishes.

Hey man, my pleasure, and I'm happy I got to learn more from you. It's so much more fulfilling to be aware of the people in our midst. I've come from people who would rather shove others away or shove the truth under the rug. It's caused me a great deal of healing to be reversy about what I was taught, in those regards.

Yeah, the sternal stuff has been intense. Barometric pressure is ughhh at times. lol But yeah, it was removed because of the spread. Fortunately, I'm doing very well and have been exceptionally lucky to have become a yogic practitioner on the way to this having occurred. It has given me a certain grace in mobility that is unprecedented for the actual "condition" I am in.

Yes, I'm in RMS and am happy we're connected there as well. Look forward to following your feed, my friend.