“people call you distant, negative, or changed — without realising you had to rebuild your entire life around staying functional.”
Eff ‘em. Seriously. —TMS.
@todd-m-stein.bsky.social
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“people call you distant, negative, or changed — without realising you had to rebuild your entire life around staying functional.”
Eff ‘em. Seriously. —TMS.
Trump’s America is a puppet country for _____________.
03.03.2026 09:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0(Upper left corner: “Thanks” in multiple languages.) “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPOSTING! I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. THANKS, AGAIN! #UntreatedPainIsTorture #ChronicPain #ChronicPainAwareness #MyPainMatters #PainChangesPeople #ChronicPainChangesEverything -Todd M. Stein, chronic pain advocate & patient, todd-m-stein.bsky.social” (Right side: Bluesky logo used to recognize and promote the platform we are on. I am not affiliated with the ownership/management of this platform. Logo remains property of its owner/s. Credit for the meme, excluding the Bluesky logo and the multiple languages “thanks” clip art, goes to Todd M. Stein. Meme created with a free postermywall.com account.)
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28.02.2026 21:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#UnfortunateTruth about #ChronicIllness and #ChronicPain.
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Too much pain.
Too much fatigue.
Back to bed. SMH
This is far too often the truth…
(not always, but far too often)
I’m not joking.
25.02.2026 02:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is one of the most misunderstood things in the United States of America.
24.02.2026 21:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It wasn’t the color of the suit…
23.02.2026 23:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Meanwhile, there are so many Americans without adequate healthcare/healthcare insurance and Republicans keep trying to take away what is available…
“America first,” huh?
SMH
What? Health insurance “limited competition & drove up insurance costs by dividing markets & avoiding competition with one another?” You don’t say…
Typical insurance industry bullshit: they do NOT care about their insureds; everything is about their bottom line profits.
SMH
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“Disability rights are human rights.”
19.02.2026 03:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“people who have continuing pain should not let the fear of dependence keep them from using narcotics to relieve their pain”
Healthcare & insurance providers must accept & prescribe/cover narcotics, like & including morphine, as legit pain meds for chronic pain!
www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supple...