Sorry to keep ranting but like. Days like these really hit so hard
I feel like I need to grieve. For a life I know that I can’t have anymore. Because I woke up with the flu one morning and my entire life was changed, probably forever. I want to grieve. I need to grieve for it, because it’s a life I no longer have. But there’s so many things that keep giving me false hope, that keep telling me “you’ll get better, you Have to get better” and I don’t.
I just don’t know anymore
If anyone who has chronic illness that’s been in a similar sounding position.. I would. Really appreciate just some general words of… comfort I guess? I don’t expect anything of strangers, as it’s obviously not your job, but it anyone’s willing. I’d really appreciate it.
18 notes
·
View notes
I need a better skeletal system
3 notes
·
View notes
chronic pain
16 notes
·
View notes
For all my oof and ouchie brethren out there
5 notes
·
View notes
yes, doctors suck, but also "the medical ethics and patient interaction training doctors receive reinforces ableism" and "the hyper competitive medical school application process roots out the poor, the disabled, and those who would diversify the field" and "anti-establishment sentiment gets applications rejected and promotions requests denied, weeding out the doctors on our side" and "the gruesome nature of the job and the complete lack of mental health support for medical practitioners breeds apathy towards patients" and "insurance companies often define treatment solely on a cost-analysis basis" and "doctors take on such overwhelming student loan debt they have no choice but to pursue high paying jobs at the expense of their morals" are all also true
none of this absolves doctors of the truly horrendous things they say and do to patients, but it's important to acknowledge that rather than every doctor being coincidentally a bad person, there is something specific about this field and career path that gives rise to such high prevalence of ableist attitudes
and I WILL elaborate happily
19K notes
·
View notes
0 notes
wishing everyone a low pain and manageable symptom day youve got this.
15K notes
·
View notes
So sick of people seeing "silly" gadgets in videos and claiming whoever uses them are lazy.
Disabled people exist.
Most of those "silly" gadgets are for us.
Just because you don't have use for it doesn't mean it's not important for someone. You may find it stupid but it may give someone freedom in a way they haven't had for who knows how long.
"Why don't you just (task that's hard for disabled people to do)!" Why don't you shut the fuck up.
Stop making fun of gadgets that are for disabled people.
3K notes
·
View notes
I dont think it should coast 100$ or more to get like an MRI or EEG, and various other test...
I also don't think it should take literal YEARS to find out whats wrong with a person....but hey that's just me....
1 note
·
View note
Sometimes u just need to sob and scream and cry and bitch about ur disability
I think a lot of people feel like they need to be at completely at peace with their disability
And you don’t!
Be mad be sad be pissed off!
3K notes
·
View notes
they should invent walking that doesn't make you feel like you're going to keel over and die
3K notes
·
View notes
the thing that drives me crazy about fibromyalgia is trying to explain it to people. yes i am in pain all the time. no i didn't do anything to get hurt. no it will almost definitely never go away entirely. no i don't know what caused it.
"so you're just going to be on pills your whole life" if the pills keep working, yeah, probably! i don't like being in pain!
1K notes
·
View notes
shoutout to every disabled person who has to spend a lot or most of their time in bed, on the couch, or laying down. here's to everyone with any kind of mental illnesses or neurodivergence that can cause depressive episodes, migraines and sleep disruption, here's to everyone with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, here's to everyone with chronic pain, fibromyalgia, lupus, arthritis and multiple sclerosis, here's to everyone with bad backs, here's to everyone with chronic gastrointestinal issues, here's to everyone with chronic reproductive health problems. many of us have to spend most of our waking hours resting and we're not here by choice, but we're making the best of things. here's to us bedbound bitches
12K notes
·
View notes
Friendly reminder that if you support reproductive rights and bodily autonomy but say that disabled people shouldn't have children because they'll pass down their genes which is "cruel" or "abusive", you do not support reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. Reproductive rights do not only concern abortion for cis white abled women.
7K notes
·
View notes
Why do I feel like self destruction is the answer to every bad feeling I have? Any negative thoughts, go on...destroy yourself, you'll feel so much better.
4K notes
·
View notes