"Just Relax" Is Not Fertility Advice
People going through fertility treatment hear a surprising amount of advice they did not ask for. Take a holiday. Stop thinking about it. Try to stay positive. Your body needs to relax.
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Careful writing about living with illness, medical treatment and the body. Each piece states what the evidence supports and where it stops.
Diabetes Distress Is Not Necessarily Depression
Some people arrive at a diabetes appointment with results that look reasonably good and still feel as though they are barely keeping up. There are medications to remember, food decisions to make, glucose readings to interpret and appointments to attend.
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When a Conversation About Weight Closes Down the Medical Conversation
A patient makes an appointment because of knee pain, poor sleep or difficulty becoming pregnant. Within minutes, the conversation moves to weight.
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When Fear of Needles Starts Making Medical Decisions for You
Some people tell the nurse immediately: "I am afraid of needles." Others smile, say nothing and cancel the blood test for the third time.
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When Weight Becomes a Measure of Self-Worth
Some thoughts about the body sound so familiar that they are barely noticed. How did I let myself get like this? I have no discipline. I will start going out again when I lose weight.
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