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19 | disability advocacy | cpunk ♿️

[justabunny]

tw: talk of weight/weightloss

so I was basically told in a bit of a nicer way that my doctor wasn't willing to help me more with my knee pain until I lose weight.

if anyone has any tips, tricks, or whatever of how to healthily lose weight while being physically disabled and having PCOS I would greatly appreciate it

I'm struggling so bad with losing weight :')

[justabunny]

it's honestly so scary to be trans in America right now. it always has been but especially now, the accusations of being mass sho0ters, that we should be assas!nated, have our 2nd amendment rights stripped from us, and just general hostility towards trans people who most of the time are just existing.

but now more than ever we can't hide, we can't let them win. they want us to fear them, they want us to give up, to get tired, because then they'll win.

[justabunny]

trans people aren't the problem, the hostility the US Government has been towards the trans community is so dangerous. when will someone do something about it? when will enough be enough?

[justabunny]

life update uhh I finished pt for my neck, it feels a lot better! I'm finally able to use my crutch on that side again.

I got a rebound sickness that caused me to get pneumonia :( I was probably the sickest I've ever been with a 102°F fever. doing much better though!

I have an orthopedics appointment this week for my wobbly and bad knees, so hopefully they can prescribe me braces or something so my legs don't just give out and make me fall so much.

I'm also getting a full time job! very exciting and I'm hoping my body cooperates.

honestly my life has just been so busy with work, trying to find apartments, etc etc.

my vasovagal syncope has seemed to not been too much of an issue lately, *knock on wood* which has been great. but there's definitely been some tough days

but yeah! hoping for all good things <3

[justabunny]

oh hey tumblr, sorry I forgot about you for like a month again

[justabunny]

I might have to get a rollator once again because good god this job is putting such a strain on my body 🥲 at least I got a $3 raise though

[justabunny]

I'm so so excited because I finally got a higher position in my workplace, I finally won't just be standing around for 6 hours a day being bored as hell. I'm so glad I've been able to somewhat able to manage my pain and be able to get this position :))) and I'll finally be making decent $$

[justabunny]

I hate how hard it is to respond to messages nowadays for me, like yeah it'd take like 20 seconds to respond, but I don't have the energy for all of that :')

[justabunny]

if you are someone who is thinking about using a mobility aid and have never previously used one PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get a professional to help you choose the right one if possible.

I have been a mobility aid user, and more specifically a forearm crutch user for about 5 years nows and here recently I have been working a lot and at my job I have only really been able to use one of my crutches because I often need to use one hand. but because of that I was using one crutch and trying to make up for the pain on both sides of my body and was putting almost all of my body weight/pressure on the side with my crutch.

because of that I had basically woke up sometime this week and had a bit of shoulder pain, I didn't think much of it until the pain came back about 5x worse at night. I couldn't move my arm up except for a few inches, if someone touched my shoulder I was in agonizing pain, I just thought maybe it was my normal joint pain but was a bit more intense this time.

the next day I was still in a significant amount of pain and debated back and forth on if I should see a doctor or not because what if it was just my chronic pain, but I decided to go anyways.

I had gone to see ortho because I knew they had my records and might know what's wrong. I get there and explain my symptoms then they tell me they wanna get some x-rays. I got the x-rays and waited for the results to come back, the doctor came into the room and showed me my x-rays. she showed me that the bones in my neck weren't curving like a normal neck, but because of the muscle strain and spasms that I was having they were going straight up and down.

so because of the amount of support I need and was having to use it only I one side I sustained a neck injury. so now I have to go to physical therapy because of a pinched nerve in my neck and significant muscle spasms that are the cause of my shoulder pain.

all of this to say, please get professional input and make sure you're using it right, it could save you so much pain and future issues.

[justabunny]

I had an appointment scheduled about a month and a half out that I was waiting for and then got a call that it was canceled and needed to be rescheduled. guess what the next available date is? July 8th... my original appointment was May 21st...

welcome to the American Healthcare system!!

[justabunny]

I wish people were more patient with people who have hearing issues. I'm sorry I couldn't hear you but also you need to learn some compassion and patience <3

[justabunny]

the table will be tilting tomorrow

[justabunny]

so so so so so tired of being in pain 24/7 haha

[justabunny]

finally have a tilt test scheduled 😭 only took 2 years lol

[justabunny]

another protest, another sign

[justabunny]

went to my first protest today! here was my last minute sign, worked out perfectly though : )

[spooniestrong]

"I couldn’t figure out why there wasn’t even more outrage about impending Medicaid cuts.. then saw a lady on tv state she wasn’t concerned because she’s on "Medi-Cal"… and I realized… some people don’t even know THEIR benefits are being cut because states often rename Medicaid (we all see where this is going right?). So, If you or your loved ones are covered by any of the following, they are talking about you:

Alabama: Medicaid

Alaska : DenaliCare

Arizona: Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)

Arkansas: Health Care

California: Medi-Cal

Colorado: Health First Colorado

Connecticut: HuskyHealth, Husky C (for aged, blind or disabled persons)

Delaware: Diamond State Health Plan (Plus)

Florida: Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Program (SMMC), Managed Medical Assistance (MMA) Program, Long-term Care (LTC) Program

Georgia: Medicaid

Hawaii : MedQuest

Idaho: Medicaid

Illinois: Medical Assistance Program

Indiana: Hoosier Healthwise, Hoosier Care Connect, M.E.D. Works, Health Indiana Plan (HIP), Traditional Medicaid

Iowa: IA Health Link

Kansas: KanCare Medical Assistance Program

Kentucky: Medicaid

Louisiana: Bayou Health, Healthy Louisiana

Maine: MaineCare

Maryland: Medical Assistance

Massachusetts: MassHealth

Michigan: Medical Assistance or MA

Minnesota: Medical Assistance (MA),

MinnesotaCare

Mississippi: Mississippi Coordinated Access Network (MississippiCAN)

Missouri: MO HealthNet

Montana: Medicaid

Nebraska: ACCESSNebraska, Nebraska Medical Assistance Program (NMAP)

Nevada: Medicaid

New Hampshire: NH Medicaid, Medical Assistance

New Jersey: NJ FamilyCare

New Mexico: Turquoise Care

New York: Medicaid Managed Care

North Carolina: Division of Health Benefits (DHB), Medicaid

North Dakota: North Dakota Medicaid Expansion Program

Ohio: Medicaid.

Oklahoma: SoonerCare

Oregon: Oregon Health Plan (OHP)

Pennsylvania: Medical Assistance (MA)

Rhode Island: RI Medical Assistance Program

South Carolina: Healthy Connections

South Dakota: Medicaid

Tennessee: TennCare

Texas: STAR+PLUS

Utah: Medicaid

Vermont: Green Mountain Care

Virginia: Cardinal Care

Washington: Apple Health

Washington D.C. : Healthy Families

West Virginia : Medicaid

Wisconsin: Forward Health, BadgerCare

Wyoming: Equality Care

AND MORE:

https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip-program-names/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0TbSc2iNGgRGYXpSzUWuuUWYQ7S_0GUIsC26YGf5caKfY7onmJZTFaiW4_aem_AJuDdEM5Ov9fwGXbto9veQ

- Ryan DeGooer, FB

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