Su suggerimento di Persiles

Su Sapiens.org AAron J. Jackson racconta come l’aver contratto il morbo di Lyme lo abbia portato a scoprire quelli che lui considera tutti i limiti umani e strutturali della moderna medicina.

Suddenly, I was alone—exiled from my body and others. My disease has been exacerbated by the social consequences of having a complex chronic condition. When an illness isn’t medically recognized or refuses to progress in a straightforward way toward better health, those around you often grow impatient or suspicious. People stop asking how you are or act as if your failure to recover is somehow a personal weakness. These silences and reactions can drive the chronically ill into isolation, despair, and existential confusion.

Immagine: Jamice Haney Carr, Claudia Molins, USCDCP