If you carry one thing with you today, let it be this: you are beautiful, you matter, and you are loved.
As always, we ask that in order to participate in the weekly megathread, one self-identifies as some form of disabled, which is broadly defined in the community sidebar:
“Disability” is an umbrella term which encompasses physical disabilities, emotional/psychiatric disabilities, neurodivergence, intellectual/developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, invisible disabilities, and more. You do not have to have an official diagnosis to consider yourself disabled.
Mask up, love one another, and stay alive for one more week.
Part of being a zealous advocate for your own health is being willing to be open about your needs and symptoms. You have nothing to be ashamed of with regards to your health. And you need to be able to say what you need in the context you are in. If you can only communicate by phone you need to be able to say what you need over the phone. It’s not ideal and it may feel humiliating, but it’s the hand we are dealt as patients. Duck into your closet and call when your landlady isn’t home if that’s what you need to do, but do call and do say what you need.
I know that’s all easier said than done.