Author Archives: lexibee515

When you have a rare pain condition, you tend to get passed on between medical professionals. If they can’t fix you or have an exact treatment plan, they assume you are the “broken” one. Not that they just lack knowledge. Since I’ve had CRPS for so long, I have been passed around quite a bit.Continue reading “Please, Don’t Give Up on Me.”

If you personally know me, you know that ever since I could talk I’ve wanted to be a part of the best security agency in the world: the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Now many people have that phase of wanting to be some secret agent and save the world after watching Criminal Minds or anyContinue reading “Things May Not Go As Planned”

We all have friends-right? I mean no matter what you say, there is always some kind of support person. Chronic Illness has a bad habit of making its victim long for a strong support system and people who care no matter what. It is usually difficult to find the support necessary when your pain/illness isContinue reading “Invisibly Visible”

Most of us go through our lives with some type of self confidence issues. That is just the reality of the world we live in. We are used to seeing women on the front of magazines and on shows perfectly designed and without a flaw or blemish. We see men who have 6-pack abs andContinue reading “I Am Perfectly Imperfect”

Who are you? That’s a question that gets asked of us our whole life. We go to a new place- the first time we talk is to tell about ourselves. This happens in every block of life: school, college, work, extracurriculars, etc. Typically it is a very easy and simple question- as humans we loveContinue reading “Hi- I’m Alexis”

People who have chronic pain get asked a lot of questions from day-to-day. Apparently we are very interesting to the general public. I mean other than being badasses, I’m not sure what’s so special. It is hard to find someone who is in the thick of early adulthood and willing to speak out about whatContinue reading ““You Shouldn’t Date Me””

Trigger Warning: There will be discussion of anxiety and PTSD related to surgical aftercare. Please take care of yourself first. This is a blog that I have to write over the course of several days. I am making sure I am ok and that my mental health can remain normal while I tell this story.Continue reading “Anyone But Me”

I get a lot of questions about Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Some are difficult, some are simple, and some are just plain ignorant. These questions happen throughout the day, every day. Ignorant questions typically come from strangers who are CLEARLY uneducated assholes. If you are reading this and thinking to yourself, “what type of questionContinue reading “The Key to it All: Doing”

We all want to be happy. That’s a given. But what if you have a feeling that everything in the universe is trying to stop you from finding that true bliss? Would you continue to fight against that, or would it completely prevent you from ever reaching it? We all go through highs and lowsContinue reading “Finding Pure Happiness Among the Fire”

This is such an incredibly hard blog to write. Religion can be a very touchy subject to a lot of people. You don’t have to be my religion (or any) to read this and understand where my journey was and came to. So I would like to preface this by saying these are entirely myContinue reading “My Religious Journey”