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  1. please stop #assuming #people with chronic #pain, chronic #fatigue, and chronic #illnesses are faking it to get out of doing things. they would love to be doing as much as everyone else but are unable due to how their #minds and/or #bodies function. give them grace.

  2. LIVE, Dammit Bluesky Blog

    #YESquote: The Collected #Schizophrenias/ Esmé Weijun Wang - "No one ever says that a person is cancer, or that they have become cancer, but they do say that a person is #manic-depressive or #schizophrenic, once those #illnesses have taken hold.” #PersonFirst #LanguageMatters bit.ly/45cmDbd

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  3. Over five years after the #COVID19 outbreak, #Honduras has reinstated mandatory #mask wearing in public spaces amid a spike in respiratory #illnesses and as a variant of the #virus spreads through the Central American country: www.reuters.com/business/hea... #health #masks

    Honduras mandates face masks a...

  4. CW: How much chronical illnesses screw you over, especially in a broken health system, mention of digestive stuff

    I wish more able-bodied people would understand what it really means to have a chronic illness, how it impacts your life beyond the obvious, because sooner or later many illnesses come with comorbidities. (Or life happens and you get more stuff because your body is already weakened. Or you simply fucked up birth lottery and your DNA includes many surprises.)

    So here's my most recent struggle, written half-asleep but too awake to sleep again, to give you an example.

    A few months ago I got the illness lipoedema diagnosed. I got treatment, but the treatment is fairly expensive when you cannot have a regular 9 to 5 job thanks to your disabilities. (Insurance pays most of it but not the full fee.) Now, there is a way to put a cap on extra medical expenses, you can agree on with your insurance, but your doctor needs to confirm you have regular visits for at least a year and are in fact chronically ill, to get better conditions for calculating the specific threshold. Because the diagnosis is new, I cannot have that doctor fill out the form.

    However, I also have epilepsy and have regular visits at a neurologist's office. He might be able to vouch for ne being ill. And my regular appointment was supposed today, I have been very much looking forward to it.

    Sadly, I also have food allergies or IBS or a combination thereof. (I did a lot of tests with inconclusive results but cannot find a doctor to dig further, they aren't accepting new patients.) And yesterday evening I had issues with that, to put it mildly, out of the blue. I made sure not to eat or drink anything straining, and yet here we are. I had meds to help me with that, but the neurologist appointment was early in the morning, so I couldn't sleep it over and decide next morning if I am stable enough.

    So I had to make a decision.

    I ended up writing an e-mail that I have to postpone the appointment due to digestive stuff, mentioned when I am going to ve available, apologized for the inconvenience and all. And just got send the new appointment: End of September. (Because guess what, all specialists are crowded af.)

    Thanks to one super random thing I cannot really control, I missed an appointment for one illness and an opportunity for helping me financially with another illness.
    I also have to get a new prescription for the special treatment soon... I am going to ask the neurologist's office soon if they can hand me the paperwork without having to have spoken with the doctors, but atm I am still too frustrated and tired for this.

    When a disabled person says they miss out on a lot due to their disability, of course this also means they miss out on birthdays or vacations or so, or can't visit specific locations, yes. But it might also mean it hinders them in taking care of themselves, depending on the illness(es) in question.

    #disability #disabled #illnesses

  5. Only 5 hours until this #Clinician roundtable! Registration link below 👇

    ✅️ Today! March 14 #Clinician's webinar with Tania Dempsey, MD. Join us for a 45-minute lecture on #vector borne #illnesses often seen with #MECFS and #longCovid, followed by a 15-minute Q&A.

    us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

    #webinar #lyme #bartonella #iaci #clinicians #MD #nurse #caregiver

  6. "Already, more than 1,000 #children die each day from #illnesses related to a lack of safe drinking #water, and more than half of the #world’s #food production takes place in areas where water supplies are expected to decrease in the coming years."

    climateandcapitalism.com/2025/

  7. Here's a picture I took today of my main doctor in full Contagion gear. He's seen every Covid patient on the mountain where I live for the past 4 years. He said he only got Covid once and it was from a cruise. The irony is that he's willing to wear this at the office but not on the ship. 🛳️

    #Covid #Contagion #RSV #H15N #COVID19 #Heath #Science #CovidTest #Negative #ThrowBackThursday #Thursday #TBT #Contagion2011 #ContagionFilm #ContagionMovie #Illnesses #SarsCoV2 #Hazmat #Humor #Humour #Yellow

  8. Here's a picture I took today of my main doctor in full Contagion gear. He's seen every Covid patient on the mountain where I live for the past 4 years. He said he only got Covid once and it was from a cruise. The irony is that he's willing to wear this at the office but not on the ship. 🛳️

    #Covid #Contagion #RSV #H15N #COVID19 #Heath #Science #CovidTest #Negative #ThrowBackThursday #Thursday #TBT #Contagion2011 #ContagionFilm #ContagionMovie #Illnesses #SarsCoV2 #Hazmat #Humor #Humour #Yellow

  9. Here's a picture I took today of my main doctor in full Contagion gear. He's seen every Covid patient on the mountain where I live for the past 4 years. He said he only got Covid once and it was from a cruise. The irony is that he's willing to wear this at the office but not on the ship. 🛳️

    #Covid #Contagion #RSV #H15N #COVID19 #Heath #Science #CovidTest #Negative #ThrowBackThursday #Thursday #TBT #Contagion2011 #ContagionFilm #ContagionMovie #Illnesses #SarsCoV2 #Hazmat #Humor #Humour #Yellow

  10. Here's a picture I took today of my main doctor in full Contagion gear. He's seen every Covid patient on the mountain where I live for the past 4 years. He said he only got Covid once and it was from a cruise. The irony is that he's willing to wear this at the office but not on the ship. 🛳️

    #Covid #Contagion #RSV #H15N #COVID19 #Heath #Science #CovidTest #Negative #ThrowBackThursday #Thursday #TBT #Contagion2011 #ContagionFilm #ContagionMovie #Illnesses #SarsCoV2 #Hazmat #Humor #Humour #Yellow

  11. Here's a picture I took today of my main doctor in full Contagion gear. He's seen every Covid patient on the mountain where I live for the past 4 years. He said he only got Covid once and it was from a cruise. The irony is that he's willing to wear this at the office but not on the ship. 🛳️

    #Covid #Contagion #RSV #H15N #COVID19 #Heath #Science #CovidTest #Negative #ThrowBackThursday #Thursday #TBT #Contagion2011 #ContagionFilm #ContagionMovie #Illnesses #SarsCoV2 #Hazmat #Humor #Humour #Yellow

  12. Drones just collected something significant from the breath of these rare #orcas.

    What they found could have profound implications on the future of this small population of #whales off the west coast of North America.

    Researchers are urgently trying to learn more about the #health of the species so they can diagnose and treat any #illnesses as early as possible.

    discoverwildlife.com/animal-fa

  13. One of the vicious cycles of #poverty: Those on already lower incomes are more likely to suffer #depression, anxiety and other mental #illnesses than those with the highest incomes, locking them into poverty... srpoverty.org/2024/10/01/the-b #health #inequality

  14. Microdosing candies finally recalled after psychoactive muscimol found - Enlarge (credit: Diamond Shruumz)

    After weeks of reports of se... - arstechnica.com/?p=2034470 #neurotransmitter #diamondshruumz #illnesses #poisoning #muscimol #mushroom #science #health #recall #cdc #fda

  15. #Wisconsin #Republicans block #PFAS cleanup until #polluters are granted immunity
    #GOP-controlled committee thwarting distribution of $125m budgeted by legislature until #polluter immunity approved
    PFAS chemicals used across dozens of industries to make products water-, stain- and heat-resistant. Compounds are linked to #cancer, decreased immunity, #thyroid problems, #birthdefects, #kidney and #liver problems and a range of other serious #illnesses.
    theguardian.com/us-news/articl
    Why protect polluters?

  16. #Wisconsin #Republicans block #PFAS cleanup until #polluters are granted immunity
    #GOP-controlled committee thwarting distribution of $125m budgeted by legislature until #polluter immunity approved
    PFAS chemicals used across dozens of industries to make products water-, stain- and heat-resistant. Compounds are linked to #cancer, decreased immunity, #thyroid problems, #birthdefects, #kidney and #liver problems and a range of other serious #illnesses.
    theguardian.com/us-news/articl
    Why protect polluters?

  17. block cleanup until are granted immunity
    -controlled committee thwarting distribution of $125m budgeted by legislature until immunity approved
    PFAS chemicals used across dozens of industries to make products water-, stain- and heat-resistant. Compounds are linked to , decreased immunity, problems, , and problems and a range of other serious .
    theguardian.com/us-news/articl
    Why protect polluters?

  18. #Wisconsin #Republicans block #PFAS cleanup until #polluters are granted immunity
    #GOP-controlled committee thwarting distribution of $125m budgeted by legislature until #polluter immunity approved
    PFAS chemicals used across dozens of industries to make products water-, stain- and heat-resistant. Compounds are linked to #cancer, decreased immunity, #thyroid problems, #birthdefects, #kidney and #liver problems and a range of other serious #illnesses.
    theguardian.com/us-news/articl
    Why protect polluters?

  19. #Wisconsin #Republicans block #PFAS cleanup until #polluters are granted immunity
    #GOP-controlled committee thwarting distribution of $125m budgeted by legislature until #polluter immunity approved
    PFAS chemicals used across dozens of industries to make products water-, stain- and heat-resistant. Compounds are linked to #cancer, decreased immunity, #thyroid problems, #birthdefects, #kidney and #liver problems and a range of other serious #illnesses.
    theguardian.com/us-news/articl
    Why protect polluters?

  20. People are seizing, being intubated after eating microdose chocolates - Enlarge / A Diamond Shruumz chocolate bar, which come in a variety of f... - arstechnica.com/?p=2029953 #outbreakinvestigation #poisoncontrolcenters #microdosing #chocolate #illnesses #outbreak #science #health #toxin #cdc #fda

  21. People are seizing, being intubated after eating microdose chocolates - Enlarge / A Diamond Shruumz chocolate bar, which come in a variety of f... - arstechnica.com/?p=2029953 #outbreakinvestigation #poisoncontrolcenters #microdosing #chocolate #illnesses #outbreak #science #health #toxin #cdc #fda

  22. People are seizing, being intubated after eating microdose chocolates - Enlarge / A Diamond Shruumz chocolate bar, which come in a variety of f... - arstechnica.com/?p=2029953 #outbreakinvestigation #poisoncontrolcenters #microdosing #chocolate #illnesses #outbreak #science #health #toxin #cdc #fda

  23. People are seizing, being intubated after eating microdose chocolates - Enlarge / A Diamond Shruumz chocolate bar, which come in a variety of f... - arstechnica.com/?p=2029953 #outbreakinvestigation #poisoncontrolcenters #microdosing #chocolate #illnesses #outbreak #science #health #toxin #cdc #fda

  24. "More than 6 million people in the United States have Alzheimer’s, and about two-thirds of them are women." washingtonpost.com/wellness/20 (gifted)
    To those #politicians who voted against providing assistance to #caregivers in the #Biden legislation that would have helped those caring for loved ones with #dementia and other #illnesses, read this and confront what your lack of #empathy means. #EndAlz

  25. It was 85 degrees F yesterday and today and it's going to be 31-34 degrees F overnight Saturday, Sunday and Monday where I live.

    Rough #weather swings on the bodies of people with #neurological #illnesses and #disabilities.