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Chronic Illness Humor Funny<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/americanhealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#americanhealthcare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ushealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ushealthcare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcaresystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcaresystem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heatlhcarehumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#heatlhcarehumor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcarememes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcarememes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ushealthcarememes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ushealthcarememes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/americanhealthcarememes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#americanhealthcarememes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthinsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthinsurance</a>

Aya“You might be a hypochondriac!” 😑 “That isn’t pain, it’s just sensation!” 🙃 “We won’t treat your pain, or we might not know what’s causing it!” 🤡 Medical professionals, I’m begging you, make it make sense. Luna, like so many of us, has dealt with every variation of medical gaslighting. Doctors dismissing pain, questioning reality, and prescribing a whole lot of nothing—while ordering tests that don’t even make sense. If you’ve ever had a doctor make you question your own body, you are not alone. 💬 Drop the worst medical advice you’ve ever received in the comments. (Or just scream in solidarity, that’s valid too.) 🫠🫂 <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/MedicalGaslighting?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedicalGaslighting</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ChronicIllness?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChronicIllness</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/DisabilityAwareness?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DisabilityAwareness</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/PainIsReal?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PainIsReal</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ButYouDontLookSick?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ButYouDontLookSick</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/HealthcareStruggles?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HealthcareStruggles</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/MedicalTrauma?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MedicalTrauma</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/HealthCareSystem?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HealthCareSystem</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TrustPatients?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrustPatients</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ADayInTheLuna?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADayInTheLuna</a>

CookieCatAnother friend posted on Facebook the other day that they haven't been able to sleep past 4/5 am ever since they contracted <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Covid</a> for the first time a little over a month ago. The thread was similar to the one I saw today with multiple people talking about their struggles to sleep after contracting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Covid19</a>. This person knew about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LongCovid</a> , but many people in the comments didn't. They were just living with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PostCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PostCovid</a> conditions and like - kind of knowing it was related (because it came after their infection), but not knowing it had a name or that these symptoms could be signs that they have other things going on that should be addressed. This person is also back east but in a completely different state than my other friend. How many people are living with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LongCovid</a> and don't even know what that is? It's got to be in the hundreds of thousands. That's not even counting the people who DO know and are being dismissed by their medical teams or can not access medical treatment. We are truly living in a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FailedState" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FailedState</a> in the U.S. with a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HealthCareSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HealthCareSystem</a> (if you could even call it that pre <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Pandemic</a> ) in collapse.

CookieCat🧵 My job offers what many would consider "outstanding" benefits - and compared to a lot of jobs out there, it does. Example: We are closed between Xmas eve and new years day with pay. Thats cool. Another example: my job offers 5 days of bereavement leave. Problem is, it only covers family. Granted, it covers lots of extended family, in laws, aunts, uncles, even "parent like figures".One of my closest friends died a week ago after having cancer for 2 years. She had been unable to get her age appropriate check ups when our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HealthcareSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HealthcareSystem</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Collapsed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Collapsed</a> during <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#COVID</a> and 1.5 years later she had <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Cancer</a>. It was diagnosed in 2021 - stage 4. She lived okay on chemo for almost 2 years after her diagnosis, but when she went downhill, it happened fast. I was out of town. I couldn't be there. I was her 2nd power of attorney and also one of the people closest to the situation. I inherited a huge amount of things from her (I agreed to take this on before she passed) and have to pack and move that stuff, plus I know I need to help plan her celebration of life. All during the holidays, when I was on a break from work after a lot of stress.

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