Growth, Resilience & Grit

08/07/2025

07/16/2025

At least I was the first one of the day, no wait, and it was easy to relax in the scary tube 😂

04/30/2025

If I had a nickel (inflation) for every time a doc told me, “You’re too young for arthritis” … I’d be a rich cat lady by now!! 😂
I finally found providers that take me seriously…. Well, pretty much because the degeneration started showing up on imaging and they had to 🥴
It’s so important to advocate for yourself until you get someone to listen.

04/28/2025

👉🏻 Pro Tip…
When making my Doc appointments ~~ If the next available time is months out, I always get on the “cancellation list”!
I have had pretty good luck at getting in way sooner than my original appointment.
I made this appt last week and was scheduled for June but got in today, YAY…. Well, kinda yay… we will see how much yay I have this evening after 3 steroid injections and a 2 hr drive home 😂🥴

03/29/2025

My name is Andrea. I wear many “hats” on this life journey.

I also have several mental health and physical diagnoses. BUT… those are just small pieces that make up me.

🚫I don’t identify by a diagnosis. I don’t let them define who I am. I don’t let them define how I live my life.

🙌🏻 I do modify how I do things and live in order to make sure I’m doing what I can to manage them.

💜 I am so much more than my diagnosis, and so are YOU!

03/28/2025

The struggle is real!! Always a battle between my ADHD squirrel-brain and my body needing a rest.

Anyone else? 🐿️🐿️

03/19/2025

👍 Left CMC joint removal/replacement & pisiform bone removal - 3 month post-op, Everything is looking good…and finally feeling better!!
-It was a rough recovery. Even though it’s my non-dominant hand, it takes more of the grunt work than my dominant hand.
-Should be completely good to go at 6 months post-op. YAY!
-Got an injection in the right thumb also today, shots are still lasting for about 2 months so I’ll ride that out as long as possible.