Erica North

🌻 Voicing the important things that often go unspoken 🌻

MD Graduate living with multiple chronic illnesses (Ankylosing Spondylitis, POTS, EDS)

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

Literally how am I here already 🥹 time is flying by a little too fast

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

STOP THE COUNT!!

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Shout-out to the unsung crisis workers of the holiday season: the lovely folks down at Sally Beauty

P.S. if you guys were open at 3 AM you would see your profits triple easily

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@CraftyMissB As an AuDHD person with EDS, my kneecaps were my original fidget toys

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

This diva 🐞

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

A living ladybug found in someone’s transverse colon during a colonoscopy

📸American College of Gatroenterology

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

@alysmd The casual "and hello Oprah" is just so funny to me I don't even know why

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

I hate when older folks stare you down, taking it all in, then just say, "this is our future".

Like, umm??? Madam? Is that a good or a bad thing??

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

I was half kidding but OH MY GOD they did do it in Paris

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

In 2028, I'd really like to see voguing at the Olympics please and thank you

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

Day 85 of me politely inquiring whether someone intends to match my freak

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

@alysmd Calling it creative control - what?

So freaking creative to be a bigot I guess

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

@MaxMcAdams We're making chicken, hummus, and sundried tomato wraps with it! ❤️❤️ Miss you!

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

Wishing bestie @MaxMcAdams was here so I could share my homemade hummus and tortillas with them

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

When it comes to making my point known to my school regarding my chronic illnesses, I will die on any hill.

They need to know that, chronically ill or not, I know what I am capable of; they don't get to say what I can or can't do.

When I graduate, it will be in spite of them.

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

These days, my immune system is about as reliable as a politician's promises

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

I wake up drenched in sweat, tangled in sheets soaked with pain. The world moves on, but I'm stuck in this prison of relentless suffering. This is my reality, my existence defined by torment.

I don't want pity, just awareness.

#ChronicIllness #InvisibleBattle #SufferingUnseen

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

I wear a smile, but behind it lies a battlefield of pain and tears. My body betrays me daily, stealing my energy, dreams, and even my sense of self. Society sees strength, but beneath the surface, I'm crumbling.

I fight for survival, not sympathy.

#ChronicPain #ChronicIllness

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

@alysmd Lmao great minds think alike

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

This is a biologic stan account

#AnkylosingSpondylitis #ASAwareness #Spoonie

[Sarah Bellum @tamsully12]

WITHOUT GOOGLING
Name a famous historic battle.

[Erica North @ericaldanyluk]

In a level 10/10 pain

It's so bad that my heart rate immediately goes to 188 upon standing, and I'm having heart palpitations just trying to remain upright.

I have one week left in my term. Can my body please just give me 5 more business days before continuing to fall apart?