Was supposed to get a sleep study next week because I’m constantly exhausted. Mercy Hospital already kinda sucks because they always want their money NOW, even if they make a reminder call they’re always like “And we’d still like it if you could pre-pay….” I actually left an appointment after getting checked in once because they told me after the fact that insurance wouldn’t cover it, and I’m still getting multiple calls, texts, emails, etc. a WEEK asking me when I’m paying for that service I never had.

Now insurance is leaving me with this massive bill for a sleep study I NEED. I literally cannot afford it so I have to cancel it, but the scheduling people I need to confirm that with won’t call me back until after lunch at the earliest.

I hate this system so much. But I know it’ll never change because literally every politician benefits from it. That’s why we’re all so sick.

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Lost my job February due to illness. Did DoorDash until July, when my vehicle was ass-ended, hit and run. Insurance did fuck all about it.

Got a bike, been using it to scout around for potential means of employment. Two months later, FINALLY secure something. It's not great, but it's something.

Coming home from my first day of work, I get hit by a car. Can't recall the event because one moment I'm on my bike, and the next I'm in the hospital. Reports claim I'm "not at fault".

8 staples in my head. Left hand is immobile except my ring and pinkie fingers. Jaw hurts so bad I can't eat/chew. Left torso hurts with every move I make. Getting in/out of bed is a 10+ minute journey.

Attorney's been hired to look into it, and I really hope they can work something out for me.

fml

my insurance or whatever recently CHANGED what they consider a normal ferritin range...

MEANING MINE HAS BEEN CHRONICALLY LOW THE ENTIRE TIME!!!!!!

Once mine BARELY reached 13, they decided I was fine because it was "normal" ?!?!?!

I have been dealing with debilitating health issues since high school (chronic fatigue, dizziness, lightheadedness, easily bruise, presyncope, etc.) and doctors always say it's just "anxiety." I think if you were once 17 and near blacking out mid APUSH test but had no choice but to push through and suffer and that being your normal everyday, you too would be stressed!!!

Most of my labs are "normal" range but barely passing or the lower side of the range by a few points.

The last doctor wouldn't even take my hair thinning/loss seriously because I have 3b/3c hair. My hair is very dense but I've noticed how thin it's gotten over the past few months. INCREDIBLY thin. My hair has always been thick but I'm genuinely worried I'll be bald this time next year........

It's exhausting as a black woman trying to figure out what the fuck is going on with my body because I KNOW something is very very wrong and no one will believe me.

Every time a doctor say "oh it's probably just your period" i wanna slap them with a fish cartoon style!!!! No Robert, my periods are actually really light, IT'S NOT MY PERIOD AND I AM NOT CRAZY.

I am in my early 20s. I should NOT be losing my hair. I should NOT be this chronically fatigued. I should NOT be forced to wait until my body is in crisis to know what's wrong with me.

I wanna curl up and cry. It's just getting worse and worse. I can NOT pull off being bald y'all, i just CANT.

This past month has honestly been hitting me like a looney tunes villain. I just need a break, one break, one time where someone believes me and acknowledges how much this hurts.

I'm pretty sure I got covid back in Feb 2020 (have never been sick like THAT in my life, still dont know what the hell that was but nearly 40% of my high school was out with some 'mystery flu' at that time so....*shrug*) and my body has never been the same since. I just wanna scream.

Posted it on r/instagram but mods removed it for some stupid reason

Obligatory disclaimer for sensitive and distressing content. Please don’t continue reading if topics regarding abuse, specifically systematic abuse upsets you. I would also like to clarify, I consider myself pro-western and pro-secular on just about every topic. I’m from the west and I’ve just been studying our war in Afghanistan quite a bit lately. I also disagree with this cultural practice completely. My only contention is with our coverage of this phenomenon in the west.

So for those of you lucky enough not to know, Bacha Bazi is a Central Asian/Afghan pederastic practice in which young boys are coerced into sexual abuse by influential adult men. It’s been a practice for centuries and has popped up throughout history in the region.

Western media outlets have taken it upon themselves to, ad nauseam, inform the public on this practice and what it usually entails, this is usually done with an intention to display the inherent “barbarism” in Afghan cultures, and larger Muslim societies.

I’ve seen podcasts, news reports, and internet debates bringing up this phenomenon constantly—-and almost all of them conveniently ignore the fact that our western coalition outright revived the “Bacha Bazi” phenomenon with our invasion of Afghanistan. When it was previously outlawed!

I learned of this quite recently when researching the legal administration of the Taliban when they first came to power, apparently, the practice of “Bacha Bazi” had been outlawed by the Taliban when they first took power. Most instances of this practice occurring at the time, took place within the territory of the Northern Alliance, the very coalition who we supported when we invaded the country.

When the formal Afghan government was established, the practice was outlawed on paper, but in reality, Afghan field commanders who fought alongside us practiced “Bacha Bazi” on numerous children across Afghanistan. And though it was controversial, it basically occurred constantly throughout the war.

For western media and podcasters to highlight this practice as an Afghan phenomenon, without mentioning the fact that we basically spurred it back into existence and let it continue is insane and hypocritical to me. It’s also an example of how our current political debates are absolutely braindead.
I don’t even think most westerners realize we were the ones to bring this practice back to life.

Obviously our governments and military weren’t pro-pedophile. And the Taliban are certainly not a morally “good” entity. But the western coverage of this issue is completely unethical and washes away the very real role we as a coalition had in this practice.

So I am out of dog food I'm unable to go to the store myself my husband is at work in the car and I'm in a wheelchair and so I decided to see about delivery I get on door dash first and get the shock of the dog food I buy at a usual $9 in store price is almost $30 to have it delivered thru door dash so I go to the Albertsons website and it's the regular price I go to check out on Albertsons and it's even less I paid $6 for it to be delivered thru Albertsons seriously wtf is the deal with door dash?!?! Crazy

I hate when this happens!

THIS HAPPENS TO ME LITERALLY MUTLIPLE TIMES A DAY FUCK OFF STOPP NAMING YOUR SHIT MOVIES AFTER WORDS OR COMMON FUCKING SAYING AND PHRASES AND SHIT

FUCK YOUR MOVIE AND FUCK YOUR SEARCH ENGINE I CANT SEARCH COMMON SHIT LIKE BOILING POINT WIRHOUT YOUR FUCKASS MOVIE