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A decade ago I was too sick to get out of bed and take care of myself, and I’m still having dental surgery about it to this day 😞

you don't really think about it until it happens to you or someone close, but if you get too sick to go to school or work for months and years, then even if you're lucky enough to "get better," the knock-on consequences will just keep going for many years and possibly the rest of your life, in ways that systems aren't designed to anticipate or compensate for