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Hey 👋🏽 I’m Shawn. I live with an #autoimmu

Hey 👋🏽 I’m Shawn. I live with an #autoimmune disease called Crohn’s Disease. I take a really expensive medication that suppresses my immune system and I was afraid to get the #COVID19Vaccine 😦

🦠 I’m not a doctor or expert. I don’t know much about this virus, but I knew there was once a time - not too long ago - when we were literally at ground 0. Although it seems like this quarantine life has been a reality for too long, putting it into perspective, it hasn’t been THAT long.

🦠 Mentally I couldn’t process how a virus we once knew nothing about, suddenly has a vaccine not even two full years later 🤯. — But again, I’m not the expert.

🦠 I know it’s hard to believe in something you don’t understand. I was honestly in this same place when a doctor told me he could improve my condition with surgery. — I couldn’t picture a life without the condition I’d come to know. - But I took a leap of faith.

🦠 I trusted science and I trusted my God. Almost 6 years post surgery and I’m still amazed by the life I lead today.

Moral: We don’t have all of the answers. No one does. That’s okay. — But we can take a leap of faith for the greater good. ANDDDD .. science is kinda lit 🔥.

🦠 Minorities are being disproportionately affected by COVID-19. — Trust me, as a black woman, I fully understand the hesitation in getting the vaccine. But we deserve it as much as anyone else.

🤷🏽‍♀️ I could go on and on, but my point is: get the damn vaccine. Call, text, email. Do what you have to do. It’s worth it.

💉Get over the conspiracy theories and let’s move past this so I can love my grandparents freely and lay butt naked in Aruba this summer 🌞 | #StopTheSpread

❗️💉Follow my journey getting the vaccine on the @savvy_coop stories this Thursday, April 1st!

I know, as patients, we like to preach about how d

I know, as patients, we like to preach about how disability does not equate to inability. — But sometimes it does. Being realistic, there are days when my body simply does not work the same. I’m not capable of doing all of the things I could pre-flare vs during. That’s okay. This is a topic that came up on @savvy_coop socials today. One reason why I love working for Savvy is because we have the hard conversations. Life is not cookie-cutter perfect. If it were, I imagine there would be no such thing as illness in the first place 🤷🏽‍♀️. I like being apart of something that addresses these uncomfortable conversations surrounding not only disability, but diversity + inclusion, current events and REAL issues going on in the world. I like seeing people who look like me and my friends included in conversations. — Included in the staff! I’m not trying to sell you anything, I simply ask you to remember to support companies + missions that support YOU. 🤚 🎤

While today wasn’t a good day, I’m fully ready

While today wasn’t a good day, I’m fully ready & willing to try again tomorrow.

🌝: Everyday looks different with chronic illness and it’s hard to predict which day will be the good one.

🌞: I accept that while my illness may not define me, it does dictate how my day, week or even month looks from time to time.

🌙: I must be even more careful with the people + things I choose to surround myself with. I often have to remind myself that some stress is voluntary. Not creating boundaries brought unnecessary worries that didn’t make this week any better tbh.

✨: I hope we can all appreciate a transparent, make-up free post. 🥺🥴

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