BecJul 21
katharine
“Diet and exercise” is the “thoughts and prayers” of healthcare.
Jul 21 at 6:26amWeb
Show threadHugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷Jul 21
@thatkatharine If you've got MECFS or Long Covid, they might as well be telling you to go away and die.
Show threadPaul Chambers🚧Jul 21
@thatkatharine For about 3 years after the start of the neurological symptoms of what was finally diagnosed as Parkinson's Plus Syndrome, all I got was my problem was "diet, exercise, stress, overwork, and lifestyle." They didn't take it seriously until I kept ending up with aspiration pneumonia, which is when food or liquids goes into your lungs instead of your digestive system, and even then only after the third time in 18 months when it landed me in ICU for nearly two weeks.
Show threadein kleines zJul 21
@thatkatharine
I want to print this on little cards and distribute them to all fat people, so they can hand them to all doctors suggesting them that instead of real healthcare.
Show threadIrinaJul 21
@kleines_z @thatkatharine Our GP already has that card.
Show threadZumbadorJul 21
@thatkatharine Yup. Also "meditate" and "get more sleep".
Show threadAnti Faisisteach SaebhiarJul 21
@thatkatharine weeeeelll, I get what you're saying, but diet and exercise can actually help one's quality life whereas thoughts and prayers...
Show threadDavid BridgerJul 22
@xmacdonald @thatkatharine Excluding, for diet, those who live in poverty, and for exercise, those who are disabled/unhealthy. I'm guessing that excludes 80% of the global population.
Show threadjiub   Jul 21

@thatkatharine

diet and exerciseyet they refuse to give us time to exercise, nor give us a convenient place to do so, nor make healthy food affordable and convenient. pure victim blaming

Show threadMorgan ⚧️Jul 21
@jiub @thatkatharine seconding this, because it's not that diet and exercise *aren't* important for our health, it's that they're not enough and they're not fucking accessible (and the specifics depends on the individual and our body, which doctors ignore because they prefer giving us all the same advice)
Show threadPeter Practice 🇨🇭 🇨🇦 🇩🇪Jul 22
@thatkatharine Disagree. The former works in some cases, the latter doesn’t no matter how hard you try.
Show threadzendao424d ago
@thatkatharine
I quit working out when I kept howling in the shower afterwards