Post by @justembaswrld

honestly, it hurt my heart to read this. one because it felt like a personal attack, like my story, my life was as disposable and unimportant as a dirty paper towel. in fact, causing more harm, than it could ever good. and two because how sad for someone to feel they have the privilege to single handedly discredit a huge number of individuals based on an opinion, publicly, and proud to publish it. you don’t ask to be sick. but if you are so brutally handed the title, it takes years to accept after dreaming of it your whole life. it takes years to learn how to be proud, to learn to navigate, to learn to exist with it. and yes poppy, sharing these things create awareness. levels we’ve never been exposed to before, but how incredible. because now people can solve their problems, people can feel seen and heard and understood. it’s not an identity, or a token we collect. it’s our lives you are talking about. #fyp #recovery #chronicillness #livertransplant #foryou