Transcription: An image of a man slightly hunched over, with one hand pressed on his lower back. The text says “I’M HERE, I’M QUEER, AND MY JOINT PAIN IS MODERATE TO SEVERE”

    • gabe [he/him] ( gabe@literature.cafe ) 
      11·
      3 years ago

      I’m sorry, but this just isn’t good advice especially if this post is referring to arthritis, ME/CFS or other autoimmune conditions which is where most moderate to severe joint pain stems from. Arthritis is a debilitating autoimmune condition that requires consistent medical treatment to address the underlying autoimmune issues that causes it. Alongside that, moving and forcing yourself to be active with persistent joint pain will only worsen the overall damage and inflammation that autoimmune conditions cause towards joints.

          • MrMamiya ( MrMamiya@feddit.de ) English
            4·
            3 years ago

            You wanna talk about it?

            Edit: the people that like me, do so despite my flaws. I like to make light of stuff, kind of like this meme I replied to on a meme sub. Did I get a little salty, sure. If I wanted a high bar for posting I would go to a science or history sub, or a sub about back pain. This is not that.

            I’ve got a pretty good background of suffering, I’m sorry for whatever you’re going through that made you upset by my simple advice. If you need someone to talk to, I’m flaky but will respond.

        • gabe [he/him] ( gabe@literature.cafe ) 
          3·
          3 years ago

          It’s not my specific life situation, but to make such a generalization isn’t helpful either. It’s dismissive and rude to people with disabilities and pain related conditions. It’s like telling a depressed person to just try being happy instead of sad. I’m not trying to be rude, I’m just saying that it’s a thing a lot of people with disabilities and pain based conditions hear and it only serves to rub salt in the wound of dealing with their issues and to please be mindful of that moving forward. (I’m sorry if I seemed hostile, that was not my intention. I was trying to inform.)

          • MrMamiya ( MrMamiya@feddit.de ) English
            6·
            3 years ago

            Hey man, you’re taking me too seriously.

            I have diabetes. I have chronic pain. I have major depressive disorder. I have anxiety. I have had a collapsed lung. I have an inherited disease that ossifies ear bones and have two synthetic stapes. I was on Medicaid for 3 years.

            Don’t tell me about struggle. I’m sorry imaginary people are suffering from my lack of encyclopedic exceptions to my advice. I’m sure they’ll be okay.

        • Komle ( Komle@lemm.ee ) 
          1·
          3 years ago

          While I’m completely for more people adopting a plant based diet, claiming it will help actual medical issues without any scientific basis to do so is just wrong. The article you yourself linked consistently argues that there isn’t enough evidence to suggest a change in diet for people with arthritis. At best it “might play a role”, that’s hardly the same as “can and does help”.

    • Notyou ( Notyou@sopuli.xyz ) 
      7·
      3 years ago

      They are like a bunch of small joints stacked on top of each other. Then we you get old you get degenerative disc disease and those joints have a hard time moving.