Posted by Racer on October 4, 2005, at 18:16:01
In reply to Re: Feeling down abt some posts lately » Emily Elizabeth, posted by Maxime on October 4, 2005, at 12:08:59
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> Another thought. Are you a writer? You should consider using your experiences to write an article on this subject. Are there other women and men who will give up a med that will help them in pursuit of staying thin? What does that say about our society? Urm, sorry. It's the academic in me.
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> Hugs,
> Maxime
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>Actually, there are a lot of diabetic girls and women who purposefully underinsulinate in order to keep their weight down. Many of them get neuropathy while still quite young, and all the other problems associated with diabetes -- kidney failure, amputations, blindness, etc -- are much more likely to occur. And some of them will say, "But I'm THIN!" As if that matters more than life itself.
Yeah, there's something really wrong here. I know that's definitely the pot calling the kettle black, because I'd love to be thin again just now, but there's truly something wrong when women would rather be thin than healthy.
OK. I'll climb down off my soapbox now...
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