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The great unmasking (and why I'm moving on)
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Can you control your health?
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What a world: when natural disaster and disability intersect
 • Amy - The Tonic
29
I lost a great doctor
 • Amy - The Tonic
38
How far I've come
 • Amy - The Tonic
49
On tears and detachment
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How far I've come
A recovery retrospective. Plus, The Antidote #38: COVID-19 vaccines, peeing your pants, and traveling-while-disabled
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Amy - The Tonic
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Getting rear-ended
Figuratively and literally. Plus, The Antidote #37: the gut biome, bullying, inspiration & recovery
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Amy - The Tonic
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Getting through these wild times
Plus, The Antidote #36: long COVID as epidemic, the damage COVID does to kids' organs, and NY's ridiculous attempt to ban masks. Also, birds! And…
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Amy - The Tonic
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I lost a great doctor
Plus, the Tonic goes paid! And the Antidote #35: spoonie travel, dementia prevention, and pre-"diabeetus"
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Amy - The Tonic
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Long haulers fight back
We were abandoned, defunded, and within hours, refunded. Plus, more tears and detachment, and the Antidote #34.
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Amy - The Tonic
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On tears and detachment
Plus, the Antidote #33: five years of COVID, ME/CFS crash survival, sensory overload, and...nuns!
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Amy - The Tonic
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The gift of getting to age
Plus, The Antidote #32: the U.S. tries to erase long COVID, trans, and Black and brown folks. I don't know how else to classify this. On a more positive…
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Amy - The Tonic
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The Power of the Home Kitchen
a guest post + a (dead easy) recipe
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Rachel Riggs
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Recovery tools, part 5
Pain/symptom reprocessing tools and an online community. Plus, the usual Antidote link roundup.
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The Tonic
The Tonic
A refreshing concoction of wellness resources and stories for those interested in COVID, long COVID, ME/CFS, and other health conditions…served straight up, with a dash of humor.
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