'please list any medical conditions' / writes novel
A Chronic Illness Cat post.
A Siamese cat with pale blue eyes, staring straight ahead on a background of blues. It's the advice animal for people who live with long-term illness, and the captions are mostly written by them. The top line is something healthy people say or assume. The bottom line is how it actually goes when your body has other plans. "Tell the hospital what meds you're on" / "The doctor has to google them." "Please list any medical conditions" / "Writes a novel." "Go grocery shopping" / "Too tired to cook any of it." And the classic: "You don't look sick" / "Thanks, I did my makeup with my last spoon of energy." The cat's wide stare is the face of someone being told, again, to try yoga. It's dark humour, but it's the kind people use to stay sane. The jokes come from the inside, which is why they land. **Why it caught on:** it gave people with chronic illness a way to laugh about the parts nobody else sees.