Caitlin Ann Thurston

May-Thurner/blood clot survivor, patient advocate, painter, news junkie, Speech Language Pathologist, 🏃‍♂️🐢🌹she/her

[Caitlin Ann Thurston @suber_cat]

@lesllake I just had 3 random follows today too. They must be spreading through the clot community this week or something.

[GayValimont #GetGaetzGone @GValimont]

Dear @BrunoMars

Both my son Eli, and husband Brian, recently died. You were my son's favorite musician.

A friend of mine is taking me to #Vegas to see you live on Friday 13th to cheer me up.
I have a HUGE ask.

Could you PLEASE do "just the way you are" and dedicate it to Eli?

[ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7]

IT ONLY TAKES A SECOND TO SHARE: 3-month-old Brandon Cuellar was kidnapped from his San Jose home by a stranger, police say. Police released a video clip that shows the suspect walking down the sidewalk holding a baby carrier covered by a white blanket.
https://t.co/WfGastYXHe

[Caitlin Ann Thurston @suber_cat]

One more example of how messed up medical care is in America. Retail price for my prescription for a blood thinner $5099.99! With my insurance I could actually afford to leave the pharmacy with it but without it, that is insane!
#DVT #America #medicine

[Caitlin Ann Thurston @suber_cat]

@JortsTheCat My grandfather was a union carpenter who worked with Cesar to help design and build the original circle signs with the eagle. He also worked with him on the 40 acers property in Deleno. Long history of support for the farm workers from the carpenters.

[Caitlin Ann Thurston @suber_cat]

@bloodclotbuddha @lesllake 2012 3x VTE survivor and I still feel it. Not every hour or every day anymore. Now it hits out of the blue or when I feel a random pain in my leg. It definitely derailed a lot of plans for a few years but I'm so grateful to have found support and help to process and more forward.

[Innocence Project @innocence]

Melissa Lucio faces execution in less than 90 days in Texas for a crime that never occurred. Read more about her case, and add your name to the #SaveMelissaLucio petition to join @innocence in preventing an irreversible injustice.
https://t.co/raNOeX0aYw

[Caitlin Ann Thurston @suber_cat]

@BayAreaNico @danncianca Yup! Love my Subarus.

[Caitlin Ann Thurston @suber_cat]

Air raid sirens in multiple European cities today as I put my son to bed on the other side of the world, my heart is breaking. Tonight as he's falling asleep he tells me he never wants "Mommy or Daddy or me to die" Somehow he knows something big is happening 💔😥

[Caitlin Ann Thurston @suber_cat]

Or "I'm doing ok" or even "Feeling a little better" can mean this too.

[Todd Robertson @bloodclotbuddha]

When someone asks how your are feeling today while in blood clot recovery, and you say, "I'm functioning", tell them this is what you mean.
#sharetostoptheclot #bloodclotbuddha

[Sadhvi Mayuri Om @Mayuri_Saxena]

I can't be a mermaid in a nursing home... https://t.co/lLWwB8QtC2
https://t.co/IIv3iMphT6

[Caitlin Ann Thurston @suber_cat]

@acweyand I'm 💔

[Erin Barreto @erin_barreto]

Someone invited me to do something cool. I gathered deets and agreed, but then learned it req regular meetings from 4-5pm. I have a 1.3yo and from 330-7p, I am mom. I emailed, shared my boundaries, and offered to step back.

If you need a template, this might help, it felt good.

[Brian Wallach @bsw5020]

People living with diseases are often as knowledgeable, if not more knowledgeable, then the doctors caring for them. Please, doctors, stop patronizing us and instead treat us as peers and partners in the fight. We can change the world together.

[Erin C. Sanders, MSN, WHNP-BC (She/Her) @ErinSandersNP]

My sweet older neighbor just trudged through the snow to tell me that our other neighbor died suddenly at home yesterday. Just had covid. Lived alone. Was in his 50s. His boys play basketball on my street.

#Covid19 can cause clots 😔

My neighbor said she had no idea. #NotMild

[Caitlin Ann Thurston @suber_cat]

@acweyand @AshleyGWinter I think of lot of us are getting it on our second guess this morning because of this 😆

[Doug Sovern @SovernNation]

Yeah, this about sums up life these days:

[Caitlin Ann Thurston @suber_cat]

We need a vaccine for the under 5 ASAP! So nervous for my 4yo to preschool next week. COVID precautions are how we selected it and he needs it but this mama is full of anxiety!
#COVID19 #vaccine

[Shematologist, MD @acweyand]

Vaccinated kids are 10x less likely to be hospitalized for #COVID19 than unvaccinated kids.

TEN TIMES.

If that isn’t a miracle of science, I don’t know what is.