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rowanf posted about Invisible Illness Awareness week.

Most of you know I have a spine injury. Actually, that's just the most pressing of a bunch of car accident related injuries - lots of scar tissue in the muscles of my back and shoulders, damage to ligaments (fairly severe in the case of my right SI joint, and possibly other places). A collection of nerve impingements, many transitory. The spine injury involves a herniated disk with a lot of nerve irritation - probably both mechanical and chemical. Some of these issues are compounded by my hypermobility. (Though I'm not sure I entirely buy into the "pathological hypermobility" bit. The hypermobility itself isn't a problem for me as long as I maintain adequate muscle tone, which I do. It may have made me more susceptible to certain injuries... but hey, it may have made me less susceptible to others.)( Read more... )