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My Totally Original & Unpredictable Chronic Illness Memoir

Prepare to be inspired!

Mar 30, 2024 • Natalie Mead

I Ship Mattress Pads Like They're Postcards

And other embarrassing confessions of traveling with chronic pain

3 hrs ago • Natalie Mead

Natalie's billboard reads: Dependence: Pass it On

"There’s a lot to be learned from having no choice but to accept help and to accept love from the people around you."

Published on Unfixed • Dec 7, 2025

Crap, I Missed the Honey Bucket Selfie Challenge

And a summer summary photo montage

Oct 25, 2025 • Natalie Mead

Remission Impossible

In which I do all my own stunts.

Sep 27, 2025 • Natalie Mead

Most Popular

Moderately Important Health Update

Aug 16, 2025 • Natalie Mead

I Flew 2,500 Miles for a Second Opinion and All I Lost was My Hope in Humanity

Dec 14, 2024 • Natalie Mead

I'm Not Disabled, I'm Just Too Sick to Do Anything

Oct 19, 2024 • Natalie Mead

Just Stress Less!

Aug 31, 2024 • Natalie Mead

Essays

I Ship Mattress Pads Like They're Postcards

And other embarrassing confessions of traveling with chronic pain

3 hrs ago • Natalie Mead

Crap, I Missed the Honey Bucket Selfie Challenge

And a summer summary photo montage

Oct 25, 2025 • Natalie Mead

Remission Impossible

In which I do all my own stunts.

Sep 27, 2025 • Natalie Mead

Moderately Important Health Update

I started Oops, My Brain in 2023 as an act of acceptance. You won't believe what happened next!

Aug 16, 2025 • Natalie Mead

Fortune Favors the Bold, Unless if You Have Chronic Illness, Then It All Sort of Cancels Out

Confessions from my past life in Big Tech

Jul 12, 2025 • Natalie Mead

Drawings

AND a giveaway!

Jun 7, 2025 • Natalie Mead and Ian Goldstein

The Problem With Empathy

Would someone please validate this feeling?

Feb 1, 2025 • Natalie Mead

Should you give me medical advice? (A flowchart)

The answer isn't what you think.

Nov 9, 2024 • Natalie Mead

Anxiety Turtle Flies United Economy

A quick update from the anxiety turtle.

Sep 28, 2024 • Natalie Mead

Just Stress Less!

It's the solution to everything.

Aug 31, 2024 • Natalie Mead

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