Ketra Wooding

Ex-yachtie turned registered counsellor & health advocate, passionate about empowering others. Navigating disabilities & advocating for ME/CFS. (she/her). ⚓️ 💛

[shelley-lee waller @shellchat]

This is an excellent, succinct overview.

[Candace D. @DiaryofaSickGrl]

I’m chronically ill and I don’t work. I’m not on “vacation” and I’m not bored. I’m quite busy struggling to survive every day. I gave up most of my socializing and most of my hobbies. Not by choice. Because my body decided for me. Please don’t call me lucky or try to fill my time

[Ketra Wooding @KetraKet]

@AutonomicBrad Can we have neurologists please? A specialist is desperately needed by this patient community #mecfs #longcovid

[Ketra Wooding @KetraKet]

@fionangreg Its ridiculous, a ridiculous disabling illness. I'm so sorry you can't do both.

[Ketra Wooding @KetraKet]

@FairlieHall Thanks lovely. I appreciate your advice and wisdom.

[Ketra Wooding @KetraKet]

Hey everyone! 🌟 Are you a person with MECFS or a disability who's found a fulfilling career working from home? I'm an ACA registered counsellor eager to connect with fellow individuals who've managed to balance disability & starting something new. #MECFS #PWD #LongCovid

[Ketra Wooding @KetraKet]

@FranceyME Thanks :) I'm sure you'd make a great counsellor if you chose to pursue that. ❤️. It's something I wanted to do pre-mecfs so I feel very lucky to be able to do it now.

[Ketra Wooding @KetraKet]

@FranceyME I visited your linktree & ME work/Etsy store . <3 It's such a good idea. - I've been having trouble reconciling my online ME advocacy work and my new role as a counsellor. I want to keep them separate but not hidden from each other. - If that makes sense.

[Tom Kindlon @TomKindlon]

Press release for this Australian study:
"Study finds significant overlap in neurochemicals from #longCOVID and ME/CFS patients"
https://t.co/UN5Y9Q300p

#MEcfs #CFS #PwME

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

Jacinta Price claiming "there is no ongoing negative impacts of colonialism". So, as a psychologist, and scientistic and an Aboriginal one at that; I thought I would just cut and paste some scientific data; as much as I would like to take her word for it.

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Smallwood R, Woods C, Power T, Usher K. Understanding the Impact of Historical Trauma Due to Colonization on the Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Young Peoples: A Systematic Scoping Review. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 2021;32(1):59-68. doi:10.1177/1043659620935955
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[Evan Young @evanb_y]

This is something I've tried explaining to people again and again over the years. So I finally wrote about it: Why #MECFS is nothing like everyday tiredness #ChronicIllness @EmergeAus @MEActNet
#MillionsMissing #pwME #LongCovid
https://t.co/0cMFFbEGS6

[Ketra Wooding @KetraKet]

@TomKindlon Well done twitter

[Ketra Wooding @KetraKet]

@Sanelche36 @TomKindlon 4 veces!! Porque?

[Ketra Wooding @KetraKet]

@thewibble2 What shocks me about this is that nursing homes don't have to tell residents when there is a positive case in the home anymore.

Frustrating because vulnerable people should not be visiting.

[Ketra Wooding @KetraKet]

@nameshiv There's some wonderful research from 2021, which looks at old ship logs.
Apparently sperm whales shared ship attack information (I.e. don't bunch up to protect the young) across the seas.
So whales without exposure to whaling changed their behaviours as well. So cool.

[Gez Medinger @gezmedinger]

Not a surprise to anyone who’s had their life blown to bits for the last 3 years.

But great to see it studied/reported in these stark terms. Comparison one of our best tools given how difficult it is for healthy people to get their heads round it.

https://t.co/fxjSqnBf8n

[Ketra Wooding @KetraKet]

@UrgleyClark @MarieThereseBka I'm now doing a counselling course about CBT and the list of conditions it can apparently treat still lists: physical: chronic fatigue.

(My teacher kindly skipped over that)

[Ketra Wooding @KetraKet]

@UrgleyClark @MarieThereseBka Same, I was told to try enjoying having coffee out, but walking to the coffee shop was well above my safe level of activity (which I would've known if I was heart rate pacing then) and I got much sicker after each outing.

[Ketra Wooding @KetraKet]

@MarieThereseBka From a doctor who was filling in for my doctor while away: "You should know I don't treat people like you"
Presumably, he meant people with a chronic complex painful disability unable to tolerate medications and spending 100% of their energy on getting an IV saline bag?