Disabled Doctor
@DisabledDoctor
PhD. Clinician-Scientist. Gamer. Chicken-herder. CCI ADHD EDS TBI TN 🏳️🌈
What would happen if we stopped praising people for pushing through and started praising people for taking care of themselves and being mindful of the limits?
15 years ago I prepped for a colonoscopy without a bidet. Now, I’m prepping one with a bidet. Without one was BARBARIC. This is so much easier.
Anyone have updated data on how many disabled faculty are in higher ed? Is there any better data than the 2002 Dept of Ed stuff? Or 2011 data from that opinion piece on hiring gaps in UCal system? #AcademicChatter #DisabilityTwitter
The number of comments under this post offering unsolicited advice or suggesting I need therapy simply for expressing sadness is honestly alarming. Having emotions is a normal part of being human. Feeling hurt because friends chose proximity to the speakers over sitting together…
I’m sad. We were supposed to go to an outdoor concert today with a few of my friends. We planned to wear our Respirays, and since it’s a picnic-style venue, people are usually pretty spaced out. Weeks ago, when we got the tickets, I asked if we could sit toward the back to stay…
Just had a colonoscopy unsedated and my colon is kinda cute
Everyone calls the colonoscopy prep drink “poop juice,” right? We’re all in agreement on the name?
One of my patients with PEM purchased a wheelchair today and I am so happy for them and proud of them! They are still able to walk but it is growing more and more taxing so doing this will hopefully open up many more activities to them. I’m so hopeful it will help them. Next step…
Now Bridget is gone. This is why you need to take people seriously when they’re struggling. Heartbreaking
I called my mom. I told her I'm afraid I'm going to die. Her response? She hung up. 😫#MECFS
I am fairly confident I have endometriosis of the bowel. I have blood in my stool and pain after bowel movements just before and during my period. These symptoms have lined up with my cycle for YEARS. I have a colonoscopy on Tuesday. I wish there was a way I could bet on what…
Saturday, July 19, 7 pm EDT, join Guerilla Advocacy for our next virtual rally: No Camps. We'll hear from members of the disability community, descendants of concentration camp survivors, and the people standing up to authoritarianism today. Questions: DMs are open! 1/2
Body neutrality statements for disabled people: • I do not have to perform wellness to be treated with dignity. • My existence is enough. My being matters. • I don’t have to love my body. I can still be kind to it. • I can acknowledge pain without blaming my body. • I can…
Trump has chronic venous insufficiency. Get ready for a wave of ableism from the left. 🫠
I so appreciate everyone’s support! I’m sorry i’ve been failing at responses. I’m wiped out. But I am stable and the updated CTAs indicated that the ultrasound was either two false positives (kind of unlikely) or the issue resolved before I got there. Great news! Just confusing.…
I went to the ER 🫠 They seemed shocked I wasn’t sent in sooner and was just sent home without even a blood thinner given the ultrasound finding…
I went to the ER 🫠 They seemed shocked I wasn’t sent in sooner and was just sent home without even a blood thinner given the ultrasound finding…
I’m scared. They found what looks like a dissection or thrombi in both of my carotid arteries, and yet none of my providers seem to be treating it with the urgency it deserves. I can feel the medical system failing me in real time. And for possibly the first time, I’m facing the…
Adding insult to injury, my spouse just had an ortho appointment for a non-critical long standing issue and his MRI is scheduled for next Thursday while the soonest they could get me in for my life threatening issue is two weeks from now 🫠
I’m scared. They found what looks like a dissection or thrombi in both of my carotid arteries, and yet none of my providers seem to be treating it with the urgency it deserves. I can feel the medical system failing me in real time. And for possibly the first time, I’m facing the…