Chronically Hopeful for a life without pain.
Hello, my name is Joanne and I am 34 years old. I am married to my amazing husband Ryan and we have our beautiful dog Missy girl. My intention and hope for this blog is to tell my story in the hope it can work towards raising awareness of Chronic Pain and how it impacts sufferers lives. My journey through diagnoses has included Perthes disease as a young child, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Osteoarthritis. Many of these conditions are often labelled as ‘old people illness’ which is absolutely not the case. There are many misconceptions of conditions that cause chronic pain and the impacts it has on people’s entire life, as well as the lives of their families, friends or other support network.
I hope that I can add my voice to the many other already sharing their stories in the hope that we can make more people aware of just how debilitating it feels, especially when trying to get medical help.
One thing I love is a good quote, some of them I live by and have in prints on my walls at home. I’m going to share my favourites here and maybe you can take some inspiration from them too.
Quotes I love…
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I’m possible”
Audrey Hepburn
“But you know, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
Albus Dumbledore
Chronically Hopeful 