The above post is a quote from my recent piece, The Accounting Error, which covers my post-holiday #PEM crash.

#LongCOVID #MECFS #ChronicIllness #PEMCrash

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Another quote from my new piece, The Accounting Error.

“I knew it was coming. I’d done the accounting. What I didn’t expect was what happened after.”

#PEM #MECFS #ChronicIllness #Disabled #Disability

#PEM #LongCovid #MECFS

And I to you. I hope today is a good day. Be well.

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“I am aware that I am arriving late to a story others have been living for decades. I am aware that much of what helps me now exists because others endured without recognition, without support, and without relief. Being welcomed into that shared knowledge carries weight.”

Thanks for the kind words. You folks have helped me a ton. There aren’t words to express how much gratitude and admiration I have for you all. Take good care and be well.

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“And during the holidays, when the cultural messaging is screaming that connection is what matters, that showing up is how you demonstrate love, the guilt becomes crushing.”

This is the math of #LongCOVID and #MECFS. The work shift is just the down payment. The interest compounds in parking lots, in recovery time, in days you need after the days you work.

No inspiration here. Just the economics.

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I’d taken my migraine meds at 2pm when I felt it starting. Didn’t matter. Still had to lie back in my seat and wait it out before I could safely make the 50-minute drive home.

Got home after 7pm. Now the real recovery begins.

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#LongCovid #MECFS #ChronicIllness #Disability

Social media has really unleashed the worst in humanity. Sorry you have to deal with shit from people like this.