Chronic Illness

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A community/support group for chronically ill people. While anyone is welcome, our number one priority is keeping this a safe space for chronically ill people.

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Be excellent to each other
Absolutely no ableism.
No quackery. Does an up-to date major review in a big journal or a major government guideline come to the conclusion you’re claiming is fact? No? Then don’t claim it’s fact. This applies to potential treatments and disease mechanisms.
No denying or minimising challenges faced by chronically ill people. This is a support group, not a place for people to spout their opinions on disability.

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Sometimes it isnt an option. But sometimes it's a lifesaver. (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago by FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/chronicillness@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13026188

People need to remember this.

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I completely agree. I just don't blame the doctors for it. I blame the way the entire medical system is set up. Doctors tend to be overworked.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is a good assessment. I'm a 3rd year medical student in my clinical rotations, and yesterday we had an appointment that was scheduled in a 20 minute slot, but we were in there for a bit over 45 minutes. Taking the time to really listen and answer questions is important...especially when the appointment is to discuss newly discovered metastatic pancreatic cancer. You just do not rush that conversation.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you. Not for backing me up, but for not rushing your patients. You're off to a good start.

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

When I was a clinic assistant and in my current role as a student, I have done my best to kind of "run interference" by getting some portion of the next appointments done to give the physician more cover and keep the next patients from getting too mad about the wait. I also give an explanation with my apologies, saying something like "we had a bit of an emergency come up", or "the previous patient ended up needing more time than we had scheduled" while apologizing for the delays.