Thread by @bennessb

[rant!]

everything about this last year has been so incredibly hard for so many people, including those of us with underdiagnosed & undertreated chronic illness.

and somehow it's like each new phase unlocks a chorus of new & distinct ableist dog whistles in media?

like at the beginning there was the thing where everyone acted like we were exaggerating the threat we faced. ugh.

and we've been missing from all risk assessments & plans, of course, because in all official sense we are Presumed Healthy, Despite Evidence To The Contrary. UGH.

and anyway I'm just thinking about how sometimes in order to survive with chronic illness you just... keep accepting that you've been let down by all these different people who were supposed to help you when you're sick. doctors & friends & family & colleagues.

and it's easy to start to feel like you're all alone in your haunted body which is Presumed Healthy, in the face of all that erasure.

and this year has just been wave after wave of that feeling.

(also thank you for this last year in community, void, what a powerful antidote 💗)

whenever HEALTHY 34 YOs are eligible for the vaccine, I can't wait to pursue in-person healthcare again for the bs spinal complications I've been casually living with for almost a year now!

anyway may the post-covid healthcare landscape exceed our wildest dreams, somehow.