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Spoonie Life Tip #11

Psychosomatic does NOT mean you're faking

Placebo effect does NOT mean you're faking

"No organic cause" does NOT mean you're faking

Brains are powerful and weird. Your symptoms are real.

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Spoonie Life Tip #12

If you are limping when walking without a mobility aid, you should probably still be using the mobility aid. Otherwise you might get a new injury by trying to compensate!

*probably does not apply if you have always had a limp- do what work for you!

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Spoonie Life Tip #8

You are allowed to ask your doctor for things.  Whether that be a referral to PT, a certain test, anxiety meds before a procedure, anything.  They may not agree, but you are 100% allowed to ask, and it just might work.

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Spoonie Life Tip #7

Buy a seam ripper to neatly get annoying tags off your clothes

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Spoonie Life Tip #10

Emotional. Support. Stuffed. Animal(s).

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Spoonie Life Tip #3

Don’t wait for your symptoms to get bad before treating them!  This applies to medications, mobility aids, and other tools like braces and hot packs.

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Spoonie Life Tip #2

Take a break BEFORE you’re exhausted

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If you made a mistake (or two or five or hundreds) in your medical care, you are still a good person. You still deserve care, you still deserve to feel better 💙