https://www.okdoomer.io/the-great-abdication/
'"Do you want us to test you for HIV?"
I'd come in for severe strep throat, only to find out what I had was a fungal
infection that shouldn't have been happening. The staff was dumbfounded. "Do
you have diabetes? Do you want us to test you for that?" I declined the tests.
There was nothing else they could do.
"We can give you a mouthwash."
So there I was outside the ER at 4 am, after being told there was something
deeply wrong with me. And yet it didn't strike them as urgent, not like a
gunshot or a knife wound. Nobody had any answers, and nobody really cared. A
few weeks later, I would get billed $2,000.
I would pay half of it.
At home, I combed through the internet to confirm that, yes, you're at risk of
fungal infections after Covid.
I'd just had it.
"Mild."
It wasn't a doctor but someone on social media who recommended I get a
lymphocyte panel. They sent me a link to a commercial lab where I could get a
blood workup. I paid out of pocket for several reasons. Most of all, I didn't
want my insurance provider to even suspect I might have a compromised immune
system.
My spouse asked, "Shouldn't you go to a doctor?"
"I can't," I told him.
My regular doctor didn't wear a mask and didn't use air purifiers. I needed a
doctor, but my doctor might give me a disease that my immune system couldn't
fight off.
Feeling "normal" mattered more.
Millions of vulnerable and immunocompromised people find themselves in this
crater every day. Until today, I hadn't considered myself among the vulnerable.
But now I have to be honest with myself.
I am.'
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: January 4, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-95847175
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
