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Michelle Spencer (she/her)'s avatar

Thank you Madelleine, I’ve not heard ‘medical burnout’ applied to those of us with chronic illness but I relate. The hope, the labour, the labour of hope (managing the cycles of hope, disappointment and shame). Oof.

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Amy - The Tonic's avatar

More and more over the past year or so, I’ve realized that managed-care medicine has nothing to offer those with long COVID and ME/CFS but throwing pharmaceuticals at us like throwing spaghetti against the wall and seeing what sticks. I’m so over it. But to some degree, I have to stay on the Ferris wheel because my disability benefits require me to do so. Ugh. The medical burnout is real.

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