{"id":301,"date":"2019-05-09T16:58:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T16:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fatzebratheory.com\/?p=301"},"modified":"2019-05-09T16:58:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T16:58:17","slug":"seen-in-a-new-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatzebratheory.com\/wp\/2019\/05\/09\/seen-in-a-new-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Seen in a New Light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve been busy writing for the book lately, so I thought I&#8217;d take a moment for a bit of a fun post.  Before I was diagnosed with hEDS, I heard from others that the diagnosis can sometimes trigger a deeper understanding of one&#8217;s past medical history OR the realization that one is subluxing much more than they thought. Both, in fact, happened for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that every day I remember some long forgotten injury that I now realize is likely related to EDS (poor proprioception, hypermobility, etc).  So here is a running list of the bizarre, unglamorous, and downright weird ways I have injured myself as a zebra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Falling <strong><em>up<\/em><\/strong> the stairs (poor proprioception, easy bruising)<\/li><li>Falling down a <strong><em>single <\/em><\/strong>stair (poor proprioception, ankle hypermobility) <\/li><li>Skipping the last step, somehow  (poor proprioception) <\/li><li>Falling getting into the shower (poor proprioception, easy bruising) <\/li><li>Stepping on a sidewalk crack  (poor proprioception, foot subluxation) <\/li><li>Getting out of the pool via the ladder (poor proprioception, knee\/hip subluxation) <\/li><li>Slipping on ice, slipping on ice again, slipping on ice again  (poor proprioception, hypermobility, knee subluxation) <\/li><li>Jamming my finger on the steering wheel (poor proprioception, pinkie subluxation) <\/li><li>Jamming my finger on a basketball  (poor proprioception, finger subluxation)  <\/li><li>Walking barefoot on the beach (poor proprioception, ankle hypermobility)  <\/li><li>Arm wrestling with a friend (shoulder subluxation)<\/li><li>Going down a water slide (knee subluxation)<\/li><li>Wearing a modest heal (broken toe)<\/li><li>Stretching in bed (shoulder\/knee subluxation, cramping)<\/li><li>Sleeping (shoulder subluxation)<\/li><li>Standing up <em><strong>after <\/strong><\/em>falling while skiing (knee subluxation)<\/li><li>Vacuuming (knee subluxation) <\/li><li>Slipping on a rug in the house (knee subluxation) <\/li><li>Juicing lemons (wrist\/hand hypermobility)<\/li><li>Walking the dogs (wrist hypermoblity)<\/li><li>Extending my arm (elbow subluxation)<\/li><li>Putting on my bra (shoulder subluxation)<\/li><li>Typing too much (wrist\/hand hypermobiltiy)<\/li><li>Slamming my finger in the car door, slamming my finger in the car door again.  (Poor proprioception)<\/li><li>Building furniture (wrist hypermobility) <\/li><li>Sneezing too hard (neck?? subluxation? Something hurts like hell and radiates down my arms)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I am CERTAIN there are many more.  It is just amazing to me all the strange ways I have hurt myself.  And, so many times, I&#8217;ve felt the pop, gone to the doctor, only to be told it is nothing. I started to believe it was nothing, so I kind of stop paying attention to it.  Now, I feel like I have permission to take injuries seriously, to make accommodations to my home\/work, and to be EXTRA careful.  Being careful is not being dramatic, but being sensible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been busy writing for the book lately, so I thought I&#8217;d take a moment for a bit of a fun post. Before I was diagnosed with hEDS, I heard from others that the diagnosis can sometimes trigger a deeper understanding of one&#8217;s past medical history OR the realization that one is subluxing much more than they thought. Both, in fact, happened for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"I've been busy writing for the book lately, so I thought I'd take a moment for a bit of a fun post. 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