• sunflowercowboy@feddit.org
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    1 day ago

    I was overweight my whole life. Never tried fasting, dieting, or exercise. Suddenly did at the age of 24 and would you look at that? Constantly doctors telling me, even my diabetes was confused which one it should be, then the life of my love appeared before me.

    It’s better to extend a hand of help in kindness, and possibly corrected, than it is to do nothing at all.

    Assumptivity only helps those who have been helped.

    • SippyCup@feddit.nl
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      24 hours ago

      My guy, being fat is not the same as having a hard to pin down chronic illness.

      I say this as a guy who does not remember a day where I wasn’t concerned about my weight, who only recently managed to drop from obese to over weight. You can fix being fat. You can fix fat with diet and exercise. You can’t fix “maybe lupus? Maybe MCTD? I dunno it’s probably autoimmune? We’re going to need to order more tests” with diet, exercise, magic crystals, or whatever other random bullshit people like to suggest.

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        14 hours ago

        My point exactly, something I could control easily and not a single action.

        Diet and exercise normally isnt done to fix issues but to dilute them. You can only ever do so much. People cannot know all, next best they offer a gentle suggestion and just know they wish you longer health.

        Then again diabetes and the complications thereof do not seem like chronic conditions to you.