https://www.justshakeitoff.com/i-am-an-advocate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-am-an-advocate mental health . movement . meaning Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:10:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.justshakeitoff.com/i-am-an-advocate/#comment-862 Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:10:29 +0000 https://www.justshakeitoff.com/?p=2999#comment-862 […] the moment, I am nearly 100% reliant on a walker outside of my home. Over the last two years, there have been events that I have not been able to participate in and places that I have not been […]

]]> https://www.justshakeitoff.com/i-am-an-advocate/#comment-847 Tue, 06 Dec 2022 03:13:37 +0000 https://www.justshakeitoff.com/?p=2999#comment-847 […] to hope. For over two years now, I’ve been accused of exaggerating my symptoms. I have been unheard, unseen, dismissed, and ignored. More than once I’ve been told, “it’s all in your head”. But,”what […]

]]> https://www.justshakeitoff.com/i-am-an-advocate/#comment-825 Sat, 29 Oct 2022 09:32:05 +0000 https://www.justshakeitoff.com/?p=2999#comment-825 […] Up until my visit to Cleveland Clinic, every scan, lab test, and office visit for the last two years has ended with something that sounds somewhat like this… “the results didn’t reveal anything conclusive. follow up with your ______(insert provider of choice)______. good luck.” When the answers weren’t easy…when they wouldn’t reveal themselves…I was passed on from provider to provider, becoming no one’s responsibility…no one’s “problem”. […]

]]> https://www.justshakeitoff.com/i-am-an-advocate/#comment-824 Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:47:11 +0000 https://www.justshakeitoff.com/?p=2999#comment-824 Praying for you and Mike, Nikki. I have admired you since you started this blog and I first learned that you had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. I admire you as a writer, an advocate, and a fighter! The Lord is with you and is helping you fight these battles. He doesn’t waste our pain, and you have helped so many already. Keep looking up!

]]> https://www.justshakeitoff.com/i-am-an-advocate/#comment-823 Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:46:27 +0000 https://www.justshakeitoff.com/?p=2999#comment-823 Praying for you and Mike, Nikki. I have admired you since you started this blog and I first learned that you had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. I admire you as a writer, an advocate, and a fighter! The Lord is with you and is helping you fight these battles. He doesn’t waste our pain, and you have helped so many already. Keep looking up!

]]> https://www.justshakeitoff.com/i-am-an-advocate/#comment-822 Wed, 12 Oct 2022 12:34:31 +0000 https://www.justshakeitoff.com/?p=2999#comment-822 Praying for you to receive the answers you are looking for 🙏🏼🙌🙏 I pray the doctors can find a way to help you return to enjoying your life 🙏🏼🙌🙏 Praying for you and lifting your needs up to the lord in Jesus name Amen 🙏🙌🙏🏼🙌🙏🙏🏼🙌🙏🏼🙌🙏🏼🙌🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏

]]> https://www.justshakeitoff.com/i-am-an-advocate/#comment-821 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:40:06 +0000 https://www.justshakeitoff.com/?p=2999#comment-821 I knew our healthcare system was in trouble, big trouble, when the insurance companies became more important than the patients.
When doctors became “providers,” I lost even more faith.
But I’m not here to complain. I’m here to offer lots of love and prayers for you, Nikki. You are a straight-up phenomenal human, and I am hopeful and optimistic that you will find the answers here you need. You will find them in spite of the many roadblocks created by the very people who are supposed to be helping you. And you inspire us all to keep fighting the good fight.❤️

]]> https://www.justshakeitoff.com/i-am-an-advocate/#comment-820 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 00:34:49 +0000 https://www.justshakeitoff.com/?p=2999#comment-820 I can only imagine the anxiety you are feeling, Nikki! I am grateful
you are sharing your truth so that I can help my mom realize hers. Prayers for answers and safe travels for you and Mike.

]]> https://www.justshakeitoff.com/i-am-an-advocate/#comment-819 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 22:46:00 +0000 https://www.justshakeitoff.com/?p=2999#comment-819 Keep advocating loudly! So frustrating not knowing what’s going on in your own body. Praying for you and Mike!

]]> https://www.justshakeitoff.com/i-am-an-advocate/#comment-818 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 15:56:10 +0000 https://www.justshakeitoff.com/?p=2999#comment-818 Praying that you find answers. Keep on pushing. I certainly wish I had done more of that last year.

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