Thank you Kelly. As a covid conscious person who has also seen her friend list dwindle and felt her family pull away because I won’t be quiet and just pretend covid is “over” and everything “is fine now” I felt this deeply.

So having a chronic illness is educational. For one thing, you learn how dismissive people can be.

“Someone with a penis in the women’s locker room — that’s not ok.”

But she’s all in for this guy:

amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2016...

My article in @healthydebate.bsky.social is a plea to maskless healthcare workers from vulnerable patients.

“Mask friendly” environments that force patients to ASK staff to mask aren’t the answer. The imbalance of power & airborne nature of COVID leaves us exposed

Mask up proactively - don’t wait:

i still do! protect yourself and protect others!

Many disabled & chronically ill people rely on twitter for mutual aid/crowdfunding. It’s a literal lifeline for those who’ve been abandoned by their families and the system.

They’re worried they won’t receive the same support here.

Could we do a mutual aid feed? Is that an option?

I feel like I'm being excessively talkative rn, but also, who's here from disability Twitter? I was on Twitter ages ago, and I really miss the community there. Hoping I can find some fellow chronically ill and disabled people here! ♿️

I guess my news is that I have to see an endocrinologist about possibly having a rare illness. Not going to say more than that in case I jinx it, since I'm not formally diagnosed yet.

I don't know how much time I even have to devote to another social media site, tbh. I work and I'm in school (Madison College, represent)! And being chronically ill is its own full time job. But I'm curious to see what Bluesky has to offer!

Hello! :o I may switch to not having an account with my real name and photo, but for now, I'm looking for more people I know offline

FIBROMYALGIA FUCKING SUCKS!!!!!

Those of us who write newsletters about chronic illness, disability and covid have been getting a number of unsubscribes for being “political”

Healthcare IS political. Disability IS political.

Our survival depends on access to safe healthcare, policies that determine cost of meds /1

disability justice needs less "disabled people can bring just as much profit to your endeavor" and more "dignity and comfort not should be based on productivity"

Filling out online medical form:

"Please list all your medications."

Me: OH NO. *looks at watch* There goes my afternoon.

#chronicillness #disability