Very Sick AS IN COOL

given that fibro got that study about autoimmune roots, that Should (in theory) make us eligible for free flu jabs under the nhs site's guidelines without having to jump through hoops talking to doctors about it, under the long-term health condition: weakened immunity reason

i know i haven't been 100% certain i could get it free previously even asking a pharmacist who had them available (and i got a minor learning disability on top of the fibro even), but hopefully with this we might be able to get somewhere?

i definitely will see for myself if i can get it with that justification, i just got to. uh. recover from maybe-a-cold-maybe-the-flu first, ironically enough. (side note, anyone got any idea how we're meant to tell the difference? 'flu makes you feel exhausted and unable to carry on as normal' like bruh i'm always exhausted. if an ablebodied person dealt with what we do on a regular basis THEY would be unable to carry on as normal that isn't a good benchline. all i know is it's not covid because i'm actually able to write comprehensibly unlike Last Time

I'm disabled, and as a result, I can't work, especially now with the pandemic, as I'm also immuno-compromised. I do art, but that's also a struggle most days, as my health has tanked recently. In order to survive, I sell my plasma, which also makes me feel ill, which makes my health worse... you see the issue I'm having. anyway, I'm asking for help. Anything at all helps me, and I'm just trying my best to get by. If y'all have a few dollars you could throw my way, or even if you could just reblog this, I'd appreciate it.

Whenever I have a migraine, my mom believes that I should be unmoving, and curled up in a dark, cold room, and attempt to fall asleep. As someone who doesn’t want to go to bed at 3pm, I’m not going to do that!

If I have nothing important to do (or not enough spoons to do it) I’m going to do something I enjoy! That doesn’t mean I’m not in pain, or “feeling better.” (In fact, doing things I enjoy helps me!)

Our energy comes and goes, and it takes a while and a lot of practice to find a perfect balance. Take time to recharge yourself without feeling guilty for it!

I just wanted to share some tips and tricks that help me through one of those awful, life-ruining Disease of The Week panic spirals. (With that said, if you are having any weird symptoms, still go to the dr because that’s what we all have to do!) I’d love it if people could reblog with what works for them. Keep in mind I’m talking specifically about health anxiety, and not general anxiety disorder. Anyway here are mine:

– My teacher in massage school told us one day: Cancer doesn’t come and go. Pain from it can come and go in waves, but you’re not usually getting *better* on and off.

–You thought you had the scariest disease, like ALS (one I’m always afraid of,) like five years ago. Or something else aggressive. And now you think you have it again. If you had it 5 years ago, would you still be here? This, too, shall pass.

–You knew or were acquainted with someone who died of this particular thing, and now you have a symptom that is similar to how theirs started. But what are the odds that you would both have the same thing?

–As my doctor once told me: When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras. In other words, there’s probably a super common reason for that pain or symptom. Back pain? Think bulging disc and not tumors. Headache? Think migraine or sinusitis and not tumors. Neck pain? Think bulging disc or tension, not meningitis. The most common reasons are also the most benign ones.

ABLED PERSON: Do it anyway. It will be fine.