What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? I love this question because when I ask it, the…
Kristiana Page
Kristiana Page is a passionate writer, jiujiteira, and lover of crunchy salt and vinegar chips. She lives in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. She was diagnosed with stage V lupus nephritis in 2016 at the age of 20. True to her personality, her writing is emotional, honest — sometimes blunt — and largely undeterred by what other people might think. For her, writing is equal parts therapy and the ultimate act of defiance against an invisible illness that thrived off her silence. She loves to use words to reduce stigma, shine a light on the realities of life with an invisible illness, and make the world feel a little smaller when it matters most.
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Articles by Kristiana Page
You’d be surprised how many times I tell the story of my tumultuous diagnosis, only to have someone ask, “Then…
If asked about the one thing that’s necessary when living with lupus, I’d answer “resilience” without skipping a beat. Strength,…
When I’m in the depths of struggle, only the people closest to me know about it. I need to go…
I’m an all-or-nothing kind of person. If you asked me to describe my life in one phrase, it’d be,…
Love is a complicated subject when you’re chronically ill. When I was first diagnosed, I had a…
If you had the chance to sit down with yourself just after your diagnosis, what would you want to…
I don’t trust doctors easily. The team of specialists at my nephrology unit who have overseen my treatment for…
It doesn’t matter how little I work or how much I might sleep, there is no way for my body to…
I love my body. It’s far from perfect — in fact, it’s imperfect in more ways than I can bring…