Not the best of days, but not the worst of days either...
It's always unnerving as a woman when more than two people in one day ask you if you feel okay because you look "tired" or in this particular case, I looked as I felt--in pain. It was a bad pain day. I have a chronic pain and joint instability condition called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
What does this have to do with this week's task? After a long morning, and anticipating a longer afternoon awaiting a particular meeting, I walk to the printer and a colleague asks if I'm okay. I say "Sorta. Not feeling too well today." She says, "Well, you look like you're in pain." So I tell her, "Yes, I'm in pain, quite a bit today, more than normal. By the way, I have a chronic pain condition, yadda, yadda, etc." I promptly return to my office and send her the link to the national foundation for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. It just so happens to be Awareness Month.
So although I did not read and respond to an editor of a paper or journal, I responded to a colleague with a link to educate her about a condition I live with every moment of every day. In the spirit of sharing, below is the link to the
Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation and a link explaining the condition I have. Thankfully, I have the least life-threatening of the six subtypes of EDS.
Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation
EDS--Hypermobile Type Definition
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