1/🧵 True Medicine #LongCOVID
In #COVID & beyond, TRUE medicine, which is to say true healing ❤️🩹, adapts itself to each suffering patient.
It’s the opposite of #gaslighting someone because her disease doesn't “fit” our model when she (eg) fails POTS criteria.
Instead…
2/ Our healing must have the character of MERCY, which means we #doctors & #nurses will bend our love to fit the shape of each suffering patient.
Only then can we lift her up.
It may means admitting we don't know what to do now other than listen more.
#Medtwitter #NurseTwitter
3/ I am drawn in by my patient's weakness, perhaps because I see even greater weakness in myself.
The person in front of me needs the help I can provide by mustering #compassion, the same compassion I seek from others for MY foibles, deficits & inabilities.
4/ My chief ERRORS at the bedside stem from pride, impatience, and from thinking I know “enough” and don't need to listen more.
Acknowledging the limitations of my ability to see the entire person forces me to ask more questions so that I can hear and see what is needed of me.
5/ fin
No more depersonalization chambers!👇
In #LongCOVID, what I hear so often from @CIBScenter survivors is that they feel depersonalized.
They are told it's all in their heads.
No.
Let’s work to create a system of #LongCOVID clinics & support groups for the millions.
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