this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2024
13 points (100.0% liked)

Chronic Illness

276 readers
1 users here now

A community/support group for chronically ill people. While anyone is welcome, our number one priority is keeping this a safe space for chronically ill people.

This is a support group, not a place for people to spout their opinions on disability.

Rules

  1. Be excellent to each other

  2. Absolutely no ableism. This includes harmful stereotypes: lazy/freeloaders etc

  3. No quackery. Does an up-to date major review in a big journal or a major government guideline come to the conclusion you’re claiming is fact? No? Then don’t claim it’s fact. This applies to potential treatments and disease mechanisms.

  4. No denialism or minimisation This applies challenges faced by chronically ill people.

  5. No psychosomatising psychosomatisation is a tool used by insurance companies and governments to blame physical illnesses on mental problems, and thereby saving money by not paying benefits. There is no concrete proof psychosomatic or functional disease exists with the vast majority of historical diagnoses turning out to be biomedical illnesses medicine has not discovered yet. Psychosomatics is rooted in misogyny, and consisted up until very recently of blaming women’s health complaints on “hysteria”.

Did your post/comment get removed? Before arguing with moderators consider that the goal of this community is to provide a safe space for people suffering from chronic illness. Moderation may be heavy handed at times. If you don’t like that, find or create another community that prioritises something else.

founded 5 months ago
MODERATORS
 

What went well for you? Today or this week. No matter how small, let's celebrate the good things in our lives!

I'll try to post this regularly.

A kind soul here on Lemmy gifted me Gotham Knights. I don't have rhe energy to play at the moment but one of my kids will probably appreciate it.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

I'm roasting a goose.

I didn't know if I would be able to manage it, and it has definitely been physically challenging/exhausting for me, but it's so rewarding to succeed. I've never cooked a goose before, so I don't know how it'll turn out, but it should be fine. I managed to trim and truss and all that. Hopefully I'll have the energy when it's done to make some gravy.

Before I became disabled, I cooked all the time. It was a favorite hobby and I was pretty good at it. Now, I struggle with simple things like chopping vegetables. So it's a pretty big win.