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  • un_mask_me [any]@hexbear.netOPM
    5·
    19 days ago

    Just catching up, and my god. I don’t want to chime in on the symptoms and stuff, but the way you’re being treated is atrocious. I really hope you can get the help you need soon, love, and that you aren’t in too much pain. Sending hugs. Get some rest if you can.

    • DisabledAceSocialist [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      6·
      19 days ago

      Thank you.

      cuddle

      But accessing medical treatment and prescriptions seems to be getting more difficult all the time rather than better. Even a couple of years ago news reports and medical professionals were already stating “The NHS is collapsing.” It’s in freefall now. I’m so tired by the amount of effort I have to go to just to get my prescriptions and basic medical help. Not to mention having to beg for financial assistance here whenever I have another foot surgery and the NHS won’t pay for the bandages. The entire thing just seems unsustainable. And it doesn’t have to be like this, it didn’t used to be this bad. In fact some people say the government are running it into the ground on purpose because they want to privatise it, because some of them have financial interests in private medical companies.