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A Healthcare TRAGEDY: Brought to you by DENIAL and PROFIT!

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · 7d

“Keep it 130 when I stand, I eat, I breathe!” she sings every time her watch lets off a heart rate alert 🤪
#POTS #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #hypermobile #dysautonomia #Spoonie #Swiftie #TheLifeOfAShowgirl

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · Sep 10

Family Guy did it first! But you'd think the Supreme Court would know better than to mimic fiction...

No human is illegal and civil rights are human rights!

Take care of yourselves out there, friends 💙

#disabledcreator #humanrights #darkhumor #SupremeCourt #chronicillness #SpoonieLife

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · Sep 9

Me, jumping in to say hello after far too long away and realizing it's Tuesday 😆🐷
#Supernatural #SPNFamily #MysterySpot

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Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · Jun 11

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youtu.be/5TLfRfwEpxE

A Healthcare TRAGEDY: Brought to you by DENIAL and PROFIT!

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · Sep 9

Ooooooo PRETTTTTTYYYY!!! 😍

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jul 13

Meanwhile, over on X:

The official account for Elmo has been hacked

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Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · Jun 12

Subscribe and tap the bell to be part of the premiere and share your healthcare horror stories with others in the live chat!
#chronicillness #Disability
#InvisibleIllness
youtu.be/5TLfRfwEpxE

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · Jun 12

A bit of dark humor while we wait for tonight's YouTube premiere of "A Healthcare TRAGEDY: Brought to you by DENIAL and PROFIT!" Thursday, June 12 at 7pm CDT. Link in comments.
#chronicillness #disabilityawareness
#healthinsurancefails
#PeopleOverProfits

A Healthcare TRAGEDY: Brought to you by DENIAL and PROFIT!

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · Jun 12

And don't forget:

"A Healthcare TRAGEDY: Brought to you by DENIAL and PROFIT!" premieres on YouTube TONIGHT Thursday June 12 at 7pm CDT. Subscribe and tap the bell so you don’t miss the premiere!
youtu.be/5TLfRfwEpxE

Insurance Denied Me... AGAIN!!!

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · Jun 12

I cannot make this up...

Insurance Denied Me... AGAIN!!!
youtu.be/ijU2XE3uQik
#ChronicIllness #ChronicIllnessAwareness
#Disability #DisabilityAwareness #SpoonieLife #SpoonieProblems

A Healthcare TRAGEDY: Brought to you by DENIAL and PROFIT!

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · Jun 11

⚠️ You won't want to miss this! Click subscribe and hit the bell to be notified!
youtu.be/5TLfRfwEpxE

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · Jun 11

Teaser 2 is live. My illness is real but insurance said, “Not medically necessary.” 🤡

YouTube Video Premiere on Thursday June 12 at 7pm CDT. Subscribe and tap the bell so you don’t miss the premiere!
(Link in bio & comments!)

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · Jun 10

Drop your “the system failed me” moment 👇
Let’s scream into the void together lolol

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · Jun 10

Just a preview of what’s coming 👀

Full video drops Thursday, June 12 at 7 PM CDT on YouTube!

I’m talking about the emotional (& actual) cost of navigating the US healthcare system with chronic illness.

Subscribe now so you don’t miss the whole story!
#ChronicIllness
#Disability
#InvisibleIllness

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · May 26

Have you ever fought sleep SO HARD that you hallucinate? 🙃

That's chronic illness.

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · May 26

ALT) 1. Title: Watching the US Government roast our rights like marshmallows over a patriotic dumpster fire. 2. A man in a black shirt; background: Marshmallows roasting over a trashcan fire.

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · May 26

They work for us and are miserably failing their jobs...
#chronicillnessawareness #mentalhealthawareness #disabilityrights #darkhumor #Spoonie

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Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · May 26

Soooo when do we all just collectively stop working, paying bills, and going about evedyday life like this is all normal? Because if our government doesn't have to follow our constitution or laws, then neither do we.

And there's waaay more of us than there are them.

Just saying 🤷‍♀️

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Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · May 20

ALT) 1. Liv talks to the camera over an AP news article: Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry f€tus to birth because of abørtiøn ban.

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · May 20

As always, this is all alleged, and in my opinion...

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#socialcommentary #womenshealthcare #womensrights #invisibleillness #Georgia #spoonie

Join my Channel: Chronically Unwell Club

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · May 17

We don’t talk enough about how deeply lonely it feels to be a sober, disabled woman with late-diagnosed AuDHD...
#MentalHealthAwareness

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · May 16

ALT) Screenshot of Liv's new Broadcast Channel "Chronically Unwell Club" inviting followers to join.

Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · May 16

JOIN The Chronically Unwell Club on Instagram!!! 💙💙💙
bit.ly/LivsChat

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Liv | ADHD. fibro. hEDS 🌈 @ripuptheending.bsky.social · May 16

Great news! I *finally* have access to Broadcast Channels on Instagram, so I set up a space for us to chat and build community.

(🔗 IN COMMENTS!!!)

Hope to see you there, friends! 💙

Music: Olivia Rodrigo's "ballad of a homeschooled girl"