Like a Video Game With No End
Today is the start of a hopeful new chapter in America, but for many with #covid_19, #longcovid and #chronicillness there is a real...
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- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
A Dose of Compassion
My screen time is limited to 15 minutes per day due to the #covid_19 -caused shingles in my eye (zoster virus ophthalmicus) and in my...
- Oct 15, 2020
- 2 min
What Long COVID patients need
It all starts with sharing. If our governments are truly for the people by the people, then it’s the people and their voices that can and...
- Oct 13, 2020
- 2 min
We Sound Like Broken Records to Help You Hear the Music
Months before #longcovid was the agreed upon term (and #longtailcovid and #longhaulcovid were the patient-used terms), first wave...
- Oct 9, 2020
- 2 min
The Whole COVID-19 Picture
As of today, 1.06 million people have died tragically from #covid_19, and of the 36.5 million #covid cases worldwide, millions are...
- Sep 30, 2020
- 1 min
Wear a Damn Mask
The most beautiful item that you will ever possess is your heart, and it’s a precious silk that needs protecting. No matter your age,...
- Sep 23, 2020
- 2 min
Ableism is a Thing
You’d think that this doesn’t have to be said and that this kind of compassionate understanding and respect would be a given, but the...
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
I Stand in Solidarity as a Long Hauler
I stand in solidarity with @wearebodypolitic and the hundreds of thousands (and rapidly growing) #longhaulcovid patients from across the...
- Sep 13, 2020
- 1 min
Why is it so Hard For People to Listen to Patients?
Hi! Here’s a #selfie. Since Instagram loves selfies, maybe if I share a selfie with a serious message placed within it, maybe then a...
- Sep 9, 2020
- 1 min
A Long COVID Advocate's Final Straw
No caption needed when your heart is poured into the words above. This applies for all advocacy work, whether #covid19awareness,...
- Aug 31, 2020
- 1 min
COVID-19 is Russian Roulette
We all know how Russian roulette works. If you play the game then you accept all risk to yourself and to others. You also openly accept...
- Aug 28, 2020
- 1 min
Is Long Haul Covid Real? (This was before Long COVID was formally named.)
To not acknowledge #longhaulcovid (or #longcovid) is to not acknowledge centuries of health science discoveries and well-known medical...
- Aug 22, 2020
- 2 min
Turning a Blind Eye to Our Future...
Turning a blind eye to a patient battling long haul Covid is like turning a blind eye to the future. If you neglect to recognize the...
- Aug 8, 2020
- 2 min
A Long Hauler's Plea
This is the face of someone who’s physically and emotionally battle-worn, frustrated with the politicalization of a novel virus that’s...
- Jul 21, 2020
- 1 min
What Covid-19 Survivors Need You To Know
If everyone within the US understood these points then our Covid-19 response would be a bit less of an embarrassment on a global scale,...
- May 27, 2020
- 2 min
Why Should I Care About COVID-19 Survivors Not Recovering?
As a #survivor of Covid-19 and as someone who’s experiencing the “long tail” symptoms of this unprecedented and immensely painful virus,...
- Apr 24, 2020
- 2 min
A Covid-19 Survivor's Ponderings
My Instagram has become an assortment of virus awareness and transparency pleas, gratitude, spirituality and sports hats. If our social...
- Apr 20, 2020
- 2 min
Protests Hurt Patients
I may not have spoken as eloquently as I would’ve liked, or articulated the reasons why protests are harmful in as detailed of a way as I...
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