I've been chronically ill,
Santa baby, so won't you do this for me tonight?
Santa baby, if you'll decorate too, please do.
I'll wait up for you dear,
Santa baby, just to thank you for your effort tonight.
Think of all the fun I've missed,
Think of all the doctors that I haven't dissed,
Next year I could be oh, so sweet,
If you make my list complete,
Boo doo bee doo. [background]
Santa honey, I need some more rest,
And that's not a lot to request,
I've had a long battle with fear,
Santa baby, won't you do this for me this year?
Santa cutie, there's one other thing that I need, Relief.
From these pains everywhere,
Santa cutie, make them disappear tonight.
Santa baby, fill my stocking with drugs, And checks.
Make the copays go away, today,
Santa baby, and pay my doctors' bills tonight.
Come and trim my Christmas tree,
You know that I don't have the energy,
I really do believe that you,
Can make all of these dreams come true,
Boo doo bee doo. [background]
Santa baby, forgot to mention BYDLS, oh yes.
I don't want to leave out my friends,
Santa baby, help everyone on the site, tonight,
Help all of us spoonies tonight,
Help all of us spoonies tonight!
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"When someone leaves a note on a car or makes a comment, they are making rash judgments about someone they’ve never even met and enacting a gross injustice on someone who faces daily obstacles already.
"1. Most #disabilities and #chronicconditions are invisible. Often, you cannot “see” kidney disease, cognitive disabilities, neurological conditions, cancer, prosthetic limbs, etc. All of these and more qualify as disabilities, and these individuals are allowed access to a disabled placard to make their lives and the world that much easier to navigate."
"2. Police officers, parking attendants, etc. can ask someone to show them the permit people are required to carry when they use a placard. Other people do not need to enact their own form of vigilante justice. There is a system in place to make sure that those who use the placards are permitted to use them."
"4. If someone would like to help those with #disabilities, there are better ways to do this than by leaving notes on someone’s car or making disdainful comments... You can spread the word that many disabilities are invisible and learn more about why disability and illness are often considered “invisible.”..."
@tomkindlon@chronicillness@spoonies@disability@mecfs@longcovid Busybodies need to stop harassing people who have a disabled placard displayed on their rearview mirror. If there is someone abusing the use of parking spaces reserved for the disabled, there are penalties in place for this, including the loss of this privilege.
"Those with #disabilities face hurdles every day the able-bodied cannot fathom. If you are concerned that the #disabled are getting a “privilege” that is somehow “undeserved,” you are entitled to your opinion but please don’t act on it."