Content warning: chronic pain, medical negligence I limp down to my regular spot by the school canteen as my friend Michelle comes bounding over to me. "You missed P.E AGAIN today!" She exclaimed. "Everything ok?" "Yeah, I just rolled my ankle again." I say, with a defeated sigh. "Again!? Wow, you’ve been so unlucky this…
Misconceptions About Cortisol That Keep Me up at Night
Content warning: potentially distressing descriptions of medical procedures and symptoms, medical negligence. You may or may not have already read that I used to suffer from a condition called "Hypoadrenalism," an illness which prevents your adrenal glands from properly producing the hormone cortisol. This can have many different causes which we will discuss in greater…