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chronic pain and final exams at the same time isn't fun
why is chronic illness so difficult to understand for healthy people?
like "yes, i am ill everyday"
"no, i will not be getting better soon"
me: "i'm so fatigued and my brain fog is pretty bad"
healthy person: "stop complaining, i'm tired too"
your "tired" is not the same as my fatigued! sleep won't cure me, this is not how it works!
my back pain is so bad today idk how i'm supposed to do things or even sleep!
i'm already doing physio therapy so idk what else to do about it at this point
really tired but making sure to stay awake until the point of exhaustion so i hopefully actually fall asleep
recovering from a simple cold really takes incredibly long when you have a chronic illness...
like please i wanna be able to do at least some things again
any tips for what helps with insomnia?
having insomnia when having a chronic illness sucks!
my chronic illness flares up cause i don't get enough sleep, but i don't get enough sleep cause of my chronic illness
"omg do you have a hangover?"
nope, just a chronic illness
had to cancel so many plans with my friends recently...
do they seem mad? -nope
did they say that they are mad? -nope
do i still think that they are mad? -absolutely
please if you're sick stay at home if possible or at least wear a mask!
... even if it's just a cold some people don't have the best immune system and i am tired of being sick on top of my chronic illness every other week
barely having symptoms for a few days made me think i was cured... turns out that isn't the case
how are you supposed to tell people who you recently became friends with that you sometimes need to use a mobility aid?
is there even a way to make it not awkward? because it shouldn't be awkward
there are things i need to do, but i can't cause i'm sick
had a low fever for almost a week now, but am refusing to see a doctor cause "not like they would do much"
and that's on doctors constantly dismissing people with chronic illness
having to wait a long time for a doctors appointment sucks, because until i got proof i am not getting any accomodations from my school and it's affecting my health even more
shout out to everyone who doesn't have a chronic illness!
How does it it feel to not be terrified of having to stand for longer than a couple minutes?
i feel like i only really developed something similar to health anxiety after a chronic illness...
because what if this is just a new thing now?
normal people sick in addition to chronic illness really sucks...
everyone that has a chronic illness already shouldn't get sick in addition to that
i'm tired of being scared of how i feel
started doing physical therapy again and my chronic pain got worse... really debating just quitting rn
someone told me that they would end themselves if they had even half of my health issues... idk what to do with that information...
i'm in too much pain to sleep and i have to get up in a few hours cause it's a busy day
i am lucky if i get to close my eyes for a few minutes and it sucks
fighting the occasional urge to scream, because being chronically ill feels unfair and it really is all too much sometimes
despite going to the doctor way too often there are still so many things wrong that i don't even know where to start
(the list of things i should probably get checked is loooong)
i feel like i wasted all my healthy years with being sad
my mom told me she doesn't know what to do anymore with all the different health issues i got... which is like fair enough, but i wonder if she realizes how i feel and how draining it is to actually go to all the different doctors appointments
i'm so tired of feeling sick all the time
i don't want to be miserable... i wanna worry about things that other people my age worry about and not how to manage doctor appointments... i want a doctor to actually help... i wanna feel okay and not be scared of dying
they CANCELLED the cardiologist appointment i was waiting for for OVER HALF A YEAR!
i was waiting for over an hour just to have someone come up to me to tell me they have to cancel and that i should call in 3 weeks to make a new appointment
the medical system is fucking bullshit and neglectful
i need people to understand that when i say i can't do something it means that i can't do something, it is not up for discussion