#chronicillnesswarrior

• Stop asking us if we're better yet.

• Please READ the definition of the word chronic.

• Stop pushing your "miracle cures" on us.

• STOP, for the love of fuck, telling us to do more Yoga.

• And if one more person tells me I'm not trying hard enough and to think positively, I will fling them so deep into the sun that they will start fusing hydrogen in their assholes!!!

BE YOUR OWN MEDICAL DETECTIVE

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✨Drs want to see INVESTED INTEREST. Patients need to be prepared for appointments and lab results WILL show if youre not putting in effort. Patterns are established, diagnoses can be made. That including drinking and drug use. Be a trusted patient. Trust has to go both ways. Don't trust your doctor? Switch!!

✨Be ASSERTIVE-PERSISTANT-AND POLITE

✨Pharmacists DO have favorite patients who call in and they will do favors usually for those who are consistently polite! Treat others how you want to be treated

✨If your dr is resistant, enlist a friend or family member. Call in charge nurse. Enlist Social workers!! Don't forget about RISK MANAGEMENT. You have a right to make FORMAL COMPLAINTS.

"Please comply with me within my care"

✨It IS unethical AND impossible for doctors to know all. Remain patient, self research.

✨Have ALL medical records. Keep a binder with a medical ID card. Dont forget to include latest prescriptions!

✨WRITE DOWN WHO YOU SPEAK TO.

If needed, you can always call local med association and state board US department of Health and Human Services!! You must know your rights as a patient!

✨Cant make an appointment? Are they busy? Ask for Practice Manager! Remember to ask for cancellation list!

✨If you dont recognize the generic FDA approved medication name or identical bioequivilant brand name? ASK.

✨Shape, Size, & Color of pills can change within MONTHS

✨Medical errors are higher on WKNDS, NIGHTS, & HOLIDAYS.

✨Ask if your procedures are necessary!! Sometimes its just for Financial Motivation to run tests, procedures and surgeries!

I hope you guys find this helpful!

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My friends and those who may still need to get the point, pain is relative. What hurts one person may not hurt another and vice versa. BUT they are still in pain and that should be respected; not this “I suffer with [insert condition] and I’m 90, man up,” or “oh, it can’t hurt that much,” or “when I was your age, I broke my ankle while hayin’ and I still finished, stop being lazy,” etc, etc, etc. That also goes for mental illnesses. Why shame us? What’s the point? I understand that the older generations may have been raised with a “toughen up” attitude, but that no longer flies; these are real people with real conditions who need help or an understanding of their limits.

I was mortified to learn that my family thought I was just lying and being lazy when I backed off of doing all these various things because I couldn’t identify what was wrong with me, and what and why I was feeling what I did. Still, even with a way to explain it, some still think I’m just lazy and/or lying.

The impact of not being believed or being brushed off by people close to you hurts on a level I can’t explain, and I’m sorry to anyone else who has gone through this; you deserve better.

4/5/21

To those suffering: I see you; I support you; I love you.