Over-diagnosis / misdiagnosis / self-diagnosis of EDS, MCAS, POTS, & Lyme is a real problem, and it would appear that there is little appetite by medical professionals to discuss this issue publicly.
Turn 36 today & I’ve spent my entire thirties with #LongCovid. When I turned 30 I was biking to work 10 miles a day, & since my mild covid infection — I struggle to walk more than a block or work more than a few hours a week.
Here’s 4 things I wish everyone knew:
Two men who occupy prominent positions in Canada’s media landscape just travelled to Israel, where they received a briefing from the Israeli government.
Yeah. What are journalism ethics anyway?
Those men were TVO’s Steve Paikin and Global News’ Ben Mulroney:
While I do appreciate more people recognizing that the Democratic Party is also the problem, I’m looking forward to folks realizing that the bigger issues are capitalism and imperialism, and both parties exist to reinforce and uphold these systems of oppression.
Why would the predatory capitalist ruling class WANT a population of citizens damaged by repeat waves of infection? There are actually a LOT of reasons this benefits them. Buckle up. 👇 1/9
capitalism has ruined people’s outlook on the world and made people think it’s ok to be extremely selfish and greedy when it isn’t.
it’s not normal to think human beings should go without shelter, food, and healthcare if they have no money. it’s so dystopian
Venezuelan socialism was succeeding until US sanctions, intensified under Obama, began to kick in. US neoliberals will suffocate or blow up any vaguely socialist nation that begins to succeed. Unless they're too strong, like China. The US is an evil, cowardly, extractive bully.
Susan Griffin, 82, esteemed Berkeley CA author and feminist thinker, has died by assisted suicide. Griffin suffered from ME and Parkinson's. Her 1999 book about ME, "What Her Body Thought: A Journey into the Shadows," was a deeply affecting essay on ME.
https://t.co/J9GArLfcIZ
Things weren’t better under Obama. The bombs were still dropping. The rich were still getting richer. The banks were getting bailouts while people were losing their homes. But it was all happening with a charismatic figure at the helm, which is the only thing liberals care about.
I once could go run swim and hike
Then my mitochondria went on strike
Now I crash cuz of them
Headaches and PEM
LC, let me do what I like!
#LongCovid#MECFS