In January, 2023, TLLC partnered with Lichen Sclerosus Support Network (LSSN). This means my new 2023 blog posts will be published on LSSN’s page. For full details on what the partnership entails, watch this video.
In the latest installment of The Grief Project, Denise bears their soul and opens up about their diagnosis story and the grief lichen sclerosus led to.
Today, I will continue my journey into weeks three and four. I also document how this journey impacted my mental health. Specifically, I highlight mental struggles and some wins throughout the two weeks. It is important to me to be transparent and open about my journey with you.
This post will be part of a four-part series on my journey with dilators. I will detail my experience each week, in a quasi-journal entry format. I am sharing my journey in the hopes that it will help you in your journey. This series will be a vulnerable and honest journaling of what I did and how I felt mentally on my dilator journey.
Without further ado, let me introduce you to our latest warrior. Anonymous is a beautiful and generous soul living in the UK. I first met her in the lichen sclerosus virtual support meetups. She was also so wise, compassionate, and full of empathy for others in the group.
One day, I received an email from anonymous. I opened up two beautiful poems on her experience with grief for The Grief Project. When I read her poetry, I cried. I was completely moved and taken aback, by her talent to convey such a challenging and complex experience as the grief that accompanies lichen sclerosus.
yours, there are many other reasons you may want to work with them that do not involve penetrative sex. In this post, you will learn all of the various ways dilators can be helpful to your lichen sclerosus journey in addition to helping with painful sex.
Since you were diagnosed with Lichen Sclerosus, have you ever given yourself a timeline to get better? Perhaps you gave yourself timelines concerning seeing relief from your medication, getting out of a flare, to getting into remission? Have you given yourself timelines and expectations for when you will be able to have sex again? Have these timelines caused you mental distress? Did you feel even more depressed and discouraged than you were when you initially set the timeline? If so, this post is for you!
Introduction A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of sitting down and interviewing an amazingly brave soul. We had a great conversation about
Are you worried about the effects of stress on your body and your Lichen Sclerosus? Do you feel caught in a vicious circle of knowing stress can flare your symptoms, flaring, stressing about the flare, etc.? If yes, you are not alone. Keep on reading for the secret of stress reduction and lichen sclerosus.
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of (virtually) sitting down with a friend and fellow LS warrior, Megan to discuss her journey with Lichen Sclerosus and grief. We had this conversation interview style, and what follows is a transcription of our talk. Megan is an incredibly brave, intelligent, and strong LS warrior whom I have had the pleasure of getting to know over the last year. She’s come a long way on her difficult LS journey, and I’m so proud of her.
In this post, I continue on the topic of mental health and Lichen Sclerosus, but instead of focusing on a particular emotion, I will discuss how writing in a gratitude journal can make your journey with Lichen Sclerosus a little bit lighter. I begin by discussing the events that led to my hitting rock bottom, why I started to write in a gratitude journal, and how it can help you when processing living with Lichen Sclerosus.
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