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I highly recommend @bennessb’s #NEISvoid to anyone who is chronically ill. It’s a bit like #Nightingales, but way more successful! @judithheumann told me the disability rights movement started, in essence, with disabled people telling each other their stories (See: @cripcampfilm)
And that in telling each other their stories, and in taking the time to deeply listen, they were able to forge a community of people with diverse disabilities and experiences, forge a common movement identity, and share those stories with the wider world. #neisvoid
So, blind people learned how to tell the stories of autistic people, people with cerebral palsy learned how to tell the stories of deaf people, and so on. Perhaps through storytelling, people with diverse chronic illnesses can start to do the same? #NEISVoid
This study looked at 270 people with #fibro, a condition that receives even less funding than #mecfs and is still ridiculed by many MDs. 46% had spinal stenosis and 20% had Chiari malformation!! #Nightingales link.springer.com/article/10.100…
The authors conclude: “We recommend detailed neurological evaluation of patients with #fibromyalgia in order to exclude cervical myelopathy, a potentially treatable condition.” #Nightingales
There is a strong case right here that medicine is massively failing these patients by denying access to diagnosis and care *that it is already quite capable of providing.* #Nightingales
👋🏼 just wanted to share with you a new diagnosis. As suspected, I have craniocervical instability. My skull is compressing my brainstem causing my breathing + other problems. I’m having surgery later this month to stabilize my skull + neck. Learn more: medium.com/@jenbrea/a-new…
Craniocervical instability and atlantoaxial instability are a common complication of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, especially #hEDS. I don’t meet the criteria but it’s clear hypermobility is an important part of my clinical picture. #Nightingales
A handful of other #pwme have also been diagnosed with CCI/AAI in the past year including @jeff_says_that who, at one year post-surgery, considers himself in remission from both #POTS and PEM: mechanicalbasis.org
I’m starting a new hashtag, #Nightingales, specifically to connect people with #EDS #hEDS #MECFS #POTS #MCAS #FIBRO. However, all are welcome!
Why these diagnoses? The thesis is that they share either an underlying biological relationship (genetic, environmental, pathophysiological or otherwise) OR a nosological one: they are actually different but often confused for each other. #Nightingales
It’s my hope that by communicating across community, we can all become better informed advocates and allies; help each other find more accurate diagnosis and effective treatment; and discuss science + clinical approaches from an interdisciplinary perspective. #Nightingales
