I have health insurance but I've got just the extras right now as I'm not in a financial space to do hospital and extras. But I do wonder if it'd be better if I didn't have to pay like $50 a month for health insurance. I wish that I could just pay for the individual ones I know I use (which is dental, optical, physio and psych) rather than pay for a bunch that I don't use (like orthodontics and hypno).
But the thing is you wouldn't know that he eats like that. You would look at someone like myself and say unhealthy because we've been taught to see fat = unhealthy and skinny = healthy.
What I'm trying to say is that we don't know if people are unhealthy or healthy. Like weightlifters, wrestlers and sumo wrestlers are all big people and will be seen as fat, but they are athletes. They are bloody pros in their field! If you want to view fat as unhealthy, or you want to view yourself as unhealthy, then fine. I'm not going to obviously try and change your mind, much as you won't change my mind.
I mean eh... kind of. Like it's a medication that isn't made for PCOS, thus isn't necessarily approved for it. While there are people who do take Ozempic and have PCOS, everyone's symptoms vary. There are skinny people who have PCOS, and there are some who don't have insulin resistance. So a lot of people won't benefit much, if at all, from GLP-1 agonists. However, one of the major concerns around Ozempic are that not only is this a medication that is for diabetics, but that the side effects are insane (while they're very regular for every type of medication they're still crazy). And the effects if you use Ozempic for long-term use are terrible.
If you use the medicare number 291 you can get it for cheaper. My psychiatrist doesn't cost a lot (they cost a lot but not $500 or $1k) so I was able to get my first appointment for free, but definitely use this!
Nah, they're in the Philippines, which when I looked it up they ended DST in 2023 and is no longer using it. So they'll have to start an hour earlier tomorrow (shame I can't start early and end early).
I don't mind DST, though it does make things a bit confusing towards the start and end of it.
There are people who are fat/plus size who work out as much as someone else who is skinny, who will eat "healthy" (in terms of not eating a lot of junk food) and can lead healthy lifestyles but are still fat because sometimes that's their body makeup unfortunately. Just as much as there are people who are skinny who don't work out, who will eat junk food, and don't lead healthy lifestyles but are still skinny.
I have a mate who doesn't work out, sits around for work, can eat 10 dim sims and still be hungry, but he's still skinny and is often regarded as "healthy". Whereas I can workout 5 days a week, not eat junk food, and can be active, yet I will still be fat.
Yes, there are fat people who aren't healthy, much like there's skinny people who are healthy. But wear and tear can happen to anyone regardless of weight. I'm not trying to say that every fat person is healthy, but to say that every skinny person is healthy is vastly untrue and hurtful. Especially when it comes to people who have eating disorders (not only that but A LOT of fat people have eating disorders too, they're just not seen as "valid" in the medical field because they're fat), a lot of people will see them as healthy and as a beauty standard, when they are not healthy.
God I hate having PCOS and having to deal with doctors. Because so many tell me to lose weight or to do pretty invasive surgeries to lose weight and it's like "maybe I'm fine with my body?" Weight stigma in the medical field is really really gross and outdated.
Because you can be any weight and healthy just as much as you can be any weight and unhealthy.
Ugh not taking my ADHD this long weekend and daylight savings coming in has made me so sleepy and slugish. I think maybe on weekends I'll just take 4 ADHD meds instead of 8 like normal.
See, I barrick for Adelaide since that's where I was born, but my family was never a huge fan of sports. Like my dad barricked for the roos but it wasn't religious in my family. Though my grandpa LOVED Geelong (later in life, when I was a kid he was a "whoever wins" kind fo guy) but my uncle is a massive Hawthorne supporter. Like joined the club and everything massive.
Going to make today my 1) try and catch up on my knitting, now that I'm working I've fallen behind on my temperature blanket, though I don't think I'll catch up to September/October by today because man this blanket is long and I'm in July. 2) Pack for PAX. Obviously I live in Melbourne so it's not like I'm taking a plane, but it's much easier to book a place in the city where it takes maybe 5 or 10 minute walk to the Convention Centre than coming from home when I have early morning starts.
Whoo! I hope this helps you now! It's a good feeling when you finally get that diagnosis, but it's a double edged sword because you're like "oh I needed this diagnosis way earlier in my life".
I have health insurance but I've got just the extras right now as I'm not in a financial space to do hospital and extras. But I do wonder if it'd be better if I didn't have to pay like $50 a month for health insurance. I wish that I could just pay for the individual ones I know I use (which is dental, optical, physio and psych) rather than pay for a bunch that I don't use (like orthodontics and hypno).