Tag: chronic illness

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I need help with daily living. Dr. Oz thinks I just need to be more patriotic.

May 13, 2025 by
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Overall, I think I’ve been a good citizen/resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Imperfect, but I do fight the good fight. Still being declared totally and permanently disabled at age 40 was hard. Like many of you, I’ve internalized the belief that being productive aka working AND earning money sets the bar for being a good citizen, […]

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Losing weight is not the eternal magic fat girl solution

October 3, 2021 by

When you’ve undergone test after test to figure out why you are sick, there is a moment – a moment when a test turns up information. Not quite a diagnosis, not quite a precise answer. But still, it is something to cling to in a landscape colored by bias, insurance industries, and sexism, of people […]