Thyroid - Blog Posts

hey chat

shout out to thyroid issues for fucking me over my tummy hurts and my heads killig me. am alost aways feelings sick

Finally logged back onto Tumblr, it’s a licorice candy and thyroid disease kind of night

Thyroid function panel (data stolen from my diagnostics ref) with the added bonus of some structures I’ll probably regret not being able to recognize without a guide

tsh but it's not the secret history it's actually thyroid-stimulating hormone

Joke’s on the ableist people though, in my case. I want to die, have for years. I hate being a burden so very much, especially because my disabilities aren’t obvious and look like laziness even to me. I would have killed myself long ago if I didn’t have family who would grieve.

I hate how often some (typically abled) people will go “well, if you can’t [get a specific support], then what?” when it comes to disabilities. As if it’s a “gotcha” moment. And then act like you’re exaggerating when you answer that question honestly.

Disabled people often die from a lack of support. A lot of disability aids are not a luxury, but a basic need in order to live.

“Well what happens if—” people die. People hurt themselves. People hurt others. Disabled people don’t magically become abled if our needs aren’t met.

If a bedbound quadriplegic is caught in a housefire, and there’s nobody there to save them, they’ll probably die. They won’t magically become able-bodied out of sheer will.

If a nonspeaking/nonverbal autistic is denied access to alternative methods of communication, they’ll suffer in silence. They won’t spontaneously become capable of speech.

Disabled people are disabled all the time. Our disabilities don’t go away just because they’re inconvenient, or if we’re in danger.