Check out a new tool to help you find out where your generic medication is manufactured and if it’s doing more harm than good. Share to help others discover this tool! #chronicillness #disability Is Your Medicine Making You Sicker? open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My thoughts on why the murder of a woman in broad daylight is just another rung on the ladder of violence against women. White (hot) Female Rage open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

"I was losing my life in slow motion—& no 1 could tell me why. I was taken by ambulance over & over. Scan after scan showed “nothing.” My #parents were drowning in #medical bills & I was still slipping further into the unknown.": buff.ly/JLJC63Q via LymeAlliance #undiagnosed #LymeDisease #spoonie

A look behind the curtain of the long and winding road to my second heart transplant and the unexpected source of help and inspiration. #chronicillness #disability #transplant The Untold Story behind My Second Heart Transplant open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Bags under the eyes - A Poem rumble.com/v1clc5l-bags...

Today is the 20-year anniversary of my Heart Transplant. Reflections on survival and fighting every step of the way. #chronicillness #disability #survival Heart Transplant Anniversary – 20 Years open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Hope & Healing for the year ahead. New Year, New Me open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

I’ve been lucky enough to share my life with many wonderful dogs over the years. Today, I’m sharing them with you, all dressed up in their holiday attire. #Dogsky Dogs of Christmas open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

This is eugenics. This is a disability rights issue. This is what we’ve been warning about for years. “Choose your baby” is another way of saying “eliminate the undesirables”. It’s out in the open and it’s wrong.

A story of grief and generosity and the kindness of strangers. #grief #christmas #kindness My First Christmas as an Orphan open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

A little taste of Christmas Nostalgia. Mincemeat and Memories open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Screaming! My poetry chapbook that was published by #bottlecappress is FEATURED on the @reedsy.bsky.social discovery site & will be in their newsletter that reaches hundreds of thousands of readers!! Ahhh! Not every book gets picked up so this is amazing! The link to buy my book is in my bio! ☺️

"Your #attention narrows, necessarily focused on #survival rather than #joy. And in this narrowed state, the world itself seems to shrink until sometimes it feels as though pain is not just in you but is you.": buff.ly/DNiciy5 by @remotetherapy.space #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness

If you need an uplift this weekend, please check out this post by Cindy Ojczyk, featuring Gidget McFidget. She shares the story of how we each rescued the other. PETSTACK: Who Rescued Who open.substack.com/pub/cindyojc...

Eight years ago this month, I met the mother of my heart donor. Read about the power of organ donation and a mother’s last chance to hear her son’s heartbeat. #disability #chronicillness #transplant The Day I Met My Organ Donor’s Mother open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Reflections on how I never expected to live to this age along with the realization that I would not be alive today without access to affordable healthcare. #chronicillness #disability #heartdisease #healthcare #medicare #ACA Today is My Birthday! open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

"Sometimes things hurt in a way that we don’t really have words for ... But somehow I can tell you about looking at a cicada and you’ll understand the really important parts of what I mean." ~ @katnuernberger.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/e...

“Increasingly, #inspirationPorn is being utilised in overcoming narratives where what is valued by able-bodied #society is used as a performative spectacle by people with #disabilities.”: buff.ly/00lXbBr from @independentaus.bsky.social #disability #awareness

Every new beginning comes from another beginning’s end. Thanksgiving Road Trip and a New Dog in the Family open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

A little history of the holiday and reasons to be thankful for today and every day. Giving Thanks open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

It's that time again. FLARE gets to participate for the 1st time! If you like what FLARE does, vote for us for Chill Subs' Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards (@chillsubs.bsky.social)! Let's spread more awareness about what we're trying to accomplish! Vote: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...

I’m a poet, writer, survivor, stepmom, and dog-mom, living and thriving in my third life. When I say my third life, I mean it. I'm a two-time heart transplant recipient, and I'm living with my third heart. #chronicillness #disability #cptsd From My Heart to Yours open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Author Spotlight #17: Dawn Levitt (@2heartcore4u.bsky.social) and her CNF piece, "Jump Scare My Heart." Read her piece here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/jump-scare-m... . . . #litmags #authorspotlight #creativenonfiction #healthscares

Insurance companies are refusing to pay for a common anti-rejection drug prescribed to transplant patients due to an FDA classification. Please read, sign, and share the petition. You could save lives. #chronicillness Medical Gatekeeping of Lifesaving Therapies open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Do you suffer from Winter Depression? Here I discuss my own experience with the dark beast’s icy grasp. #chronicillness #mentalhealth #seasonaldepression Now is the Winter of our Discontent open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

EIC Kelly has a new poetry chapbook out with Bottlecap Press! It's a collection about her lupus. If you feel like supporting a chronically ill writer and editor, here's a link to purchase: bottlecap.press/products/asp... Paperback copies are $10 each, and digital PDFs are $3.50 each.

Is the defunding of the nationwide SNAP program a calculated plan to create anarchy? #poverty #SNAP Nine Missed Meals open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Happy Halloween! Special Issue 2: Health Scares is out now! Read the issue here: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/special-issu... Our Contributors (1/2) asv.bsky.social riwritesatnight.bsky.social Bella Melardi Carrie Farrar Chris Kads Jade Cox John Masterson Katie Larson ligerlillie.bsky.social

Thank you to @flaremagazine.bsky.social for publishing my CNF "Jump Scare My Heart" in their special Halloween issue! flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/jump-scare-m... #chronicillness #disability #halloween

Turn off the TV, stop your scroll, and go outside to enjoy some make-believe goblins instead of the real ones on the news channel. And have a Snickers. You’re not you when you’re hangry. #Halloween #Mentalhealth #SeasonalDepression Happy Halloween! open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My thoughts on the ongoing American Hostage Situation. #resist Sick and Hungry is No Way to Live open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

A fun seasonal rom-com with just a touch of spice! #Halloween #writingcommunity #spookyseason #booksky open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

A fun seasonal rom-com with just a touch of spice! #spookyseason #booksky #PSL Swept Off Her Feet open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Today is a good day to lead with love. #NoKings #Resist What If We Just Loved Each Other? open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

The surgery was the easy part. The real struggle was in the recovery. Never before published details on the nitty gritty side of transplant and recovery. #chronicillness #Disability #transplant What Happened After the Transplant open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation." We Are All Living Lives of Quiet Desperation open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi... #chronicillness #disability #poverty #addiction

Grateful to share that my CNF "Jump Scare My Heart" will be published in @flaremagazine.bsky.social Health Scares issue on Halloween! A spooky story about my NDE and becoming a temporary ghost. Thank you editor Kelly Esparza! #writingcommunity #chronicillness #disability #spookyseason

Seven years ago today, my life began anew. Thanks to the generosity of an organ donor and her family. #donatelife #hearttransplant #transplant The Day I Got My Heart Transplant open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Welcome to my favorite week of the year! This week is the anniversary of my second heart transplant, and so much more! Come celebrate with me. #chronicillness #disability #hearttransplant #transplant #donatelife Transplant Week Celebration open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶 🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈 #FollowTheRainbow

Observations on the aftermath of a death in the family. Life goes on, but in a different manner. Nobody Prepares You for the Silence open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My new post, after nearly two weeks away, is an update on my father’s passing and his funeral, and my musings on human connection. Lightning in September open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

A visceral question to which everyone remembers the answer. Where were you on September 11, 2001? open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My poem is up @villaineralit.bsky.social ! #poetry

Another day, another food recall. This time I got caught when the music stopped. I’ll let you know if I grow an extra ear. #foodsafety #radioactiveshrimp #chronicillness I Ate Radioactive Shrimp! open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

WWBD? What would Barbie do about existing as a woman with a chronic illness? #chronicillness #disability Existing as a Woman with a Chronic Illness is Not Allowed open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

My experience with a popular food delivery service and food borne illness. #disability #chronicillness The Chicken That Sent Me to the ER open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

Every day, I take medication that makes me feel like I’m dying just so I can go on living. #chronicillness #disability How My Heart Transplant Medication is Damaging My Brain open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

American healthcare is about to change dramatically, making it more difficult and more expensive to access the care you need. #disability #chronicillness #Medicaid The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse of American Healthcare open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...

I know CAV will kill me eventually, but not today. I intend to celebrate the joy and beauty in every day I have left. #chronicillness #disability #transplant Heart Transplant Checkup open.substack.com/pub/dawnlevi...