Bridget O'Shea
@Bridget_OShea
Certified medical #writer, enthusiastic #journalist, cat mom, @UChicagoProEd, ME/CFS patient. Freelance journalist. Available for medical writing and editing.
My friend Ray’s, @healthjustice7, life is in serious danger. After devoting his life to helping children and youth as a librarian and educator, he is now in a nursing home. With no family support, he will soon be evicted for failure to pay rent. 🧵1/6 gofundme.com/f/please-help-…
I no longer feel any jealousy or envy when I see or hear about others living life to the fullest, as I don't remember what joy & happiness feels like. I'm jealous of ppl w terminal illnesses, in hospice - those who are close to the end.. that's where I wish I was 😔
I called my mom. I told her I'm afraid I'm going to die. Her response? She hung up. 😫#MECFS
I hate every minute of my life. This is torture. #MECFS
Sarah ist gestorben. An #MECFS. An einer Krankheit, die tötet, weil sie ignoriert wird. Und während manche jetzt ein paar Tage betroffen sind, geht es für uns weiter. Nicht, weil wir können – sondern weil wir müssen. Ich bin krank. Chronisch. Schwer. Und trotzdem versuche ich,…
Waking up and not being able to just get up and do things is something I'll never accept or get used to. #MECFS #LongCovid
God damn I'm sorry. I hope you have some meds to help you get through the move in one piece.. & lots of help 🙏🏻🫂
Symptoms are getting worse. I'm in agony today. I have to move house in 3 weeks. How???? #MECFS
We lost another beautiful soul to long COVID. Tammy Bayne of Surprise, AZ, got sick in March 2020. She passed away May 5, 2025.
I've done everything in my power to appease my body, to stop its anger towards me. Each time I think I'm improving, it kicks me back down with its relentless wrath. There's only so long I can stay inside this thing. I'd rather have lost both my legs than gotten #MECFS #LongCovid.
I’m sorry but this is more than absurd and unethical. CHARGING PATIENTS 60K for being their doctor for conditions with no cure. Because you’re a specialist? Not for a surgery or anything FOR YOUR CONSULTATIONS? in what reality are we living in? #mecfs #pwme #severeme
In tiefster Trauer und Betroffenheit teile ich, Kai (@kai_hrmth), diese Nachricht
A medical system that gaslights and neglects complex illness patients into severe suffering and early death, and then pathologizes our pain, fear, and grief as mental illness is far sicker than we are. #Care4Complex #MedicalGaslightingKills #MedicalPTSD
People still do not know this disease. They do not fear this disease. They don't know what this disease can do. How it takes life away. How living becomes surviving or existing. How unbearable the symptoms are, & how much worse the lack of understanding & acknowledgement make it.
Today was so bad it was scary. The level of debilitation is unbelievable. The lack of recognition for such outrageous pain and suffering is beyond demoralizing. I wish this thing would kill me already. #MECFS #LongCovid
I honestly don’t think I could come up with a more horrifying disease if I tried. It’s a cage that shrinks the more you squirm. Pure existential terror.