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Chronic Illness 3w
the second I bring up having t2 diabetes I can FEEL whoever I’m talking to switch over to viewing me through super ultra fatphobia goggles. no one knows how to be normal about it
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Anonymous 3w

I’m sorry that you have to deal with this or explain which is also a burden 💔

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Anonymous 3w

It is so frustrating too because the stigma around diabetes just makes it harder for people to get treatment and research to be done!

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

yupppp. even my primary care doctor treats me as if the difficulty with managing my A1C must just be an issue of what I’m eating, everything I learned about how this illness operates was thanks to other chronically ill people sharing trustworthy sources

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

so it feels like being actively dissuaded from coming to her with help. no amount of weight loss on my part seems to change her tune, either

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