Golden Girls S05E05 talking about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 1989 explains me in the 2010s before getting an Ehlers Danlos and POTS diagnosis. Hell, it still explains how I feel now sometimes. I was lucky to have received the diagnosis before health care became so prohibitive in the US.
But here's the big thing... That was 1989 and little has changed with doctors not expanding their knowledge. Ehlers Danlos is most often misdiagnosed as Hypochondria or CFS and many doctors who understand EDS think CFS is the same thing.
Technology may be advancing but compassion is not. We are going backwards when it comes to compassion and access and people will remain sick and never understand why.
#ChronicIllness #EhlersDanlos #POTS #ChronicFatigue #HealthCare




