‘Chronic Snarkopolist’ Archives
Chronic Snarkoploist: Alive – With Pink Blooms!
I call it the yin yang. When we are BETTER than we were. When we are NOT dying (as fast or anymore). But we are still CHRONICALLY ILL. We are still not normal. We are – [Read] | 20 responses.
Chronic Snarkopoloist: Look for Unicorns: What Do Doctors REALLY Want?
Have you ever wanted to just grab a doctor by the scrubs and say, “WHAT? WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT WILL MAKE THIS EASIER FOR THE TWO OF US?” This column is prompted by the most [Read] | 26 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: ME TOO! When I’m Understood I’m Healed
Tonight I spoke to a chronically ill patient I have become friends with over the last few weeks. Our public conversations are always silly and funny. But in private - unlike with others [Read] | 13 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: The Snarkopolist Way to Educating Yourself As A Patient
Hello sassiest ones! I was snarking around lately when I received another question from one of you. It was a BRILLIANT question that every doctor, therapist, psychologist, physical [Read] | 20 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: Illness – The Monkey Wrench In My Plans
Hello my sweetest things! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment and e-mail me. You truly sustain and support me! I’m overjoyed with your beautiful minds. Some of you are [Read] | 19 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: Finding Beauty In Chronic Illness… The Snarkopolist Way
Hello my loves! Once when I was an inpatient at a brand name hospital for an extended period of time I met many “famous” doctors. None of them got to know me. I was a patient [Read] | 29 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: The Snarkopolist Method to Breaking Up with a Shitty Doctor: (50 errr 3 Ways to Leave Your Doctor)
Hello my loves! I want to thank you all for the wonderful well wishes on my last and final surgery! I have come through with flying colors and am now getting the rest and recuperation [Read] | 23 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: The Snarkopolist Way – Strategies For Positive Doctor Patient Relationships
Hello my libertines! I am pleased to report that my gall bladder and small intestine peeping surgery went well and I’m recovering quite nicely. Friday I have my final pooper [Read] | 27 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: Ghost Stories: When Did Sick Get Scary?
Hello my loves! Last week we discussed our worst medical moments. This week I want to delve more deeply in our collective psyches. Let’s pull up our Freudian sofas and lie back. [Read] | 16 responses.
Chronic Snarkopolist: What’s Your Worst Medical Story?!
As I write this I am waiting for my rheumatologist to call me back. Actually she is not my regular rheumatologist, she is the “on call” doc because my regular rheumy is out of the [Read] | 25 responses.