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13 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
I hope all profs realize that your chronically ill students are not doing well right now. My hospital is so focused on vaccination and COVID that important tests (one to measure if I'm digesting food, the other to see if I'm getting proper blood flow to my brain) 1/4
Have been scheduled for July. So I'm finishing my dissertation while pretty sick without some vital organs working. And my meds for these issues have been on prior authorization for over a month bc the pharmacy is also trying to figure out vaccination and bc insurance sucks. 2/4
Your chronically ill students aren't getting their normal care. And some may not be able to afford their normal care routines right now bc of the pandemic. The healthcare crisis extends far beyond COVID-19 itself. 3/4
Please keep in mind that students are dealing with this along with all the extra stress of the current moment. And please for the love of God recognize that graduating students are floundering knowing that they're going out into a decimated economy. 4/4 #AcademicChatter

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I can't begin to explain the amount of anxiety and backtracking that I have experienced when I moved for grad school and I lost a whole team of doctors. Doctors who had helped me make sense of my comorbid conditions for 8 years. 1/10
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I mentioned I was looking into DEI jobs and a colleague told me "burn out in those jobs is like two years."

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This year is a good reminder that some students don't return to spring semester "refreshed" or ready to go. For students with complex chronic illnesses and disabilities, winter break is often a time to play catch up with their medical team or a time to try to secure a dx. 1/9
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