Chronic rule
Chronic rule
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/13622677
Same goes for an injury.
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I have no thyroid so I have to take a pill to give me the hormones that the missing gland does not. I got asked for how much longer I would have to take the pills. I replied that I could stop the moment I grew a new thyroid. I'm not sure if they caught on to the sarcasm.
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Don't answer if you don't want to, but how are you finding thyroid free life? My doctor is kind of recommending it for me, but I'm on the fence (context: I have Graves' disease, autoimmune hyperthyroidism)
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Perfectly fine actually. I do get lethargic from time to time and I do need a nap on occasion, but that's a small price to pay. My temper is way better now too. Any complaints I have are more to do with the surgery itself. I had stage 3 cancer so the surgery went well beyond the thyroid.
If you have the means to travel, I highly recommend The Clayman Thyroid Surgery Center. They pride themselves on leaving near invisible scars.
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So your arm still didn't grow back? I'll check on you later again
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"But you slept yesterday!!!"
<angry face>
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They think the Chronic part of Chronic illness means it's solved with medical Marijuana.
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I have the opposite problem, where people assume chronic means it's permanent and it can't get better. I know it often does, but not always. So I get accused of lying and faking when people see me do a thing that I previously didn't want to do because it caused me pain.
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Same goes for an injury.
And any sort of handicap or limitation you have, especially if it's a non-neurotypical thing.
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Resource... https://butyoudontlooksick.com/
Also most well-known page, Spoon Theory... https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/
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They get angry at you when they specifying ask about it and you accidentally answer truthfully.
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