A+ Advice: The Crushing Loneliness of Chronic Illness

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Sometimes, we get questions from members where the answers could be whole posts in and of themselves! This is one of those questions.

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I've had long covid for over eighteen m...

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Heather Hogan

Heather Hogan is an Autostraddle senior editor who lives in New York City with her wife, Stacy, and their cackle of rescued pets. She's a member of the Television Critics Association, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, and a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer critic. You can also find her on Twitter and Instagram.

Heather has written 1718 articles for us.