Applying for GRE accommodations
I realized rather late that I would need accommodations for the GRE. I hadn’t thought about it much, because I hadn’t needed accommodations for high school exams or during normal college exams. But 4 hours of testing with only a single 10-minute break really wasn’t going to work for my arthritis or my bladder. On bad arthritis days, my joints start to ache and even burn within a half hour of sitting down. And on bad bladder days, I have to use the bathroom every half hour. Since I didn’t have a urologist at the time that I was applying, though, I went through the process of getting extra breaks…
Pants for pelvic pain, spring 2019
My post on pants for arthritis and bladder pain is still pretty popular, but at this point it’s probably a little outdated. I went shopping for spring clothes recently, so I can share what I found at Kohl’s! Unlike my other post, this post is only about women’s pants. It can be really hard to go shopping and find pants as someone with pelvic pain, whether it’s from arthritis, interstitial cystitis, endometriosis, or something else. Stiff, low waistbands are sure to make my hips ache and send pangs through my bladder. I don’t just want to wear leggings all the time, though! I actually had a bit of a crisis…
Pants for interstitial cystitis or hip pain
Finding pants I can wear when my IC is bad—the project that started this blog. I was at work recently when I had a bit of a crisis. I had basically been living in basketball shorts and leggings (and sweatpants when no one could see me). Now, I have no problem wearing these things sometimes. Sometimes I’m feeling those kinds of looks. But as someone who used to almost exclusively wear jeans, it was really getting to me. And especially for more professional situations, the workout look wasn’t sustainable. The number of pants I owned that I was able to wear was already cut down a couple of years ago…
