“Disability doesn’t make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.”
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Honestly I am kinda pissed off. My GP misdiagnosed me with like an UTI, so after two months of no improvement and TWO visits in ER - turns out its an irritated nerve & strained psoas from sitting too much - go figures. I spend two months being barely able to walk or pick stuff up and got pumped with antibiotics and painkillers, which also wrecked me hard and freaking made everything worse.
Well at least, the issue is, that most specialized doctors (need an official diagnosis and likely an MRT) are only available MONTHS from now on (one even said July would be first) I hate being publicly ensured.