I’ve been the patient when my symptoms were attributed to “just anxiety” or “deconditioning”; no, I actually had fractures in my spine. If I didn’t have the knowledge and experience to say, “No, give me an x-ray requisition”, maybe I’d try to solve my problem with homeopathy? - ThreadSky

amandalhu.bsky.social • 12 days ago

I’ve been the patient when my symptoms were attributed to “just anxiety” or “deconditioning”; no, I actually had fractures in my spine. If I didn’t have the knowledge and experience to say, “No, give me an x-ray requisition”, maybe I’d try to solve my problem with homeopathy?

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amandalhu.bsky.social•12 days ago

There isn’t a discrete distinction between “the people who get grifted” and “the believers of science”. One person can easily drift from the latter group to the former if they’re suffering enough and without support

amandalhu.bsky.social•12 days ago

The grifters are recommending “this supplement you can buy in my link in bio” while I’d recommend “a biologic medication that costs $25,000 you’ll need inject yourself, 6 other medications and avoiding sickness forever”. I can see how they’ll go for the supplements. They won’t work as well though

amandalhu.bsky.social•12 days ago

And conversely, I’ve also dealt with medical coercion and had extreme medical treatment for a condition I did not have. But the coercion from that doctor also involved ableism: I was pressured with the idea that if I didn’t do it, I’d be “too sick to live a normal life”. The ableism is the problem

tannytanny.bsky.social•11 days ago

I'm so grateful to have had my nursing degree before my diagnosis of fibro in the 80's. I got little help from docs then, started my own support group and provided what info I could find that was vetted. It's worth mentioning the misogyny as well which I don't think has changed over the years.

grhoda.bsky.social•12 days ago

also some of us reach the end of what medical science has to offer, and predatory scammers are perched along the edge of that abyss

compulsiveobserver.bsky.social•12 days ago

This happened to me when I was struggling to get a diagnosis.

grhoda.bsky.social•12 days ago

yep, and if you finally get a diagnosis of something currently incurable and/or not well understood then there's a whole new flock of grifters

compulsiveobserver.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yep. Im working on a play and there is a a whole scene on the grifters that come out of the woodwork when you have fibromyalgia. So many ersatz healers in my extended social group saw me as a mark. Though my doctor referring me to CBT (incidentally not covered by the province) is probably worse.

gojirama1.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is so VERY true. I had a few years in that space- I was raising little kids working poor, before the ACA and when I could spend $200 getting my kid's pinkeye at the docs, or buy goldenseal tea bags for an eyewash for $7.95 at the health food store- guess what I chose.

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