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Immunocompromised Man Learns COVID Is Over!

by jeromepalliserMay 5, 2023
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How Having Lyme Disease Made Me Appreciate the Time Before I Had Lyme Disease

by KaylaJanuary 25, 2023January 25, 2023
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A woman plants face down into a big red couch
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Woman Told She Would Spend the Rest of Her Life in a Wheelchair Actually Spends a Lot of Time on the Couch

by Kathleen DownesNovember 28, 2022November 29, 2022
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Pain Doctor Adds Reptile Tank to Complete Drug Dealer Experience

by Mia OceanNovember 22, 2022
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A women in a pink blazer uses her wheelchair and talks with a woman next to her
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‘Get Well Soon!’ Says Friend to Woman with Lifelong Chronic Illness

by kwschaefSeptember 20, 2022September 20, 2022
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Disabled Woman with the Head of a Chicken and Wings of a Falcon
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This Disabled Woman Used Yoga and Positive Affirmations to Transform Her Crippled Body Riddled with Pain into a Mythical Creature with the Head of a Chicken and Wings of a Falcon (But Still Riddled with Pain)

by KaylaJuly 30, 2022March 23, 2023
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a young black woman holds up a blue card that says "Get a free diagnosis". 9 out of 10 boxes are checked off in red.
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Woman Needs One More Diagnosis to Get 10th Free

by Steven VerdileApril 6, 2022March 23, 2023
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Single-Page Hospital Intake Form Cannot Contain Woman’s Extensive Volumes of Medical History Lore

by Nate WoogenMarch 18, 2022
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‘John Lennon Did It First’: Bedbound Student Realizes that People Find Lying Around All Day Inspiring if You Say It’s for a Vague Cause

by katherinechupikJanuary 5, 2022March 23, 2023
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A white woman who looks around 30 wears a grey long sleeve shirt and rests her head on her crossed arms
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Chronically Ill Woman Struggles to Meet Friend’s Insatiable Thirst for Communication

by Steven VerdileSeptember 24, 2021
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Woman Down to Final Spoon Deciding Between Clipping Her Nails or Eating Dinner

by Steven VerdileSeptember 22, 2021March 23, 2023
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    May 31, 2023
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