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Ahimsa @ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social
· 1mo ago
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"I look fine, but dealing with chronic illness is my full-time job" https://www.publicsource.org/pots-long-covid-navigating-invisible-illnesses/ "My illnesses don’t show up on lab tests, nor do they affect my appearance. Some people think this makes them less real, but a few strong supporters keep me going." @mecfs@fedigroups.social @longcovid@fedigroups.social#LongCovid #MEcfs #POTS #ChronicIllness #InvisibleIllness #Disabiliity
I look fine, but dealing with chronic illness is my full-time job
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I look fine, but dealing with chronic illness is my full-time job

Jennifer McCalla doesn't look sick, but living with long COVID and POTS is a full-time job. She writes about invisible illness and the fight to be believed.

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ContraindiKate @ContraindiKate@zeroes.ca
· 2mo ago
"When one neurologist told me I was “just depressed and anxious,” I finally said, “We’re going to stop the gaslighting right now.”" Kelly Sealey, a Black woman and advocate with Long COVID, suggests a straightforward way to communicate with gaslighting doctors about post-acute infectious sequelae. https://thesicktimes.org/2026/08/28/were-going-to-stop-the-gaslighting-right-now-how-im-fighting-back-as-a-black-woman-with-long-covid/ #MEcfs #LongCOVID #InvisibleIllness #COVID19 #COVIDIsNotOver #Disability #Gaslighting #Medicine
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