*Disclaimer: Don't take these cures seriously
Disabled/chronically ill/mentally ill people are constantly bombarded by unsolicited, unwanted advice on our health. We can be talking about absolutely anything, not mention our condition and someone will pipe up with a 'but have you tried...?' There will always be someone that has never heard of your condition miraculously come up with a cure for it. They're everywhere, these miracle workers, these healers. I've met so many and yet, I'm still disabled. Funny that.
I took to Twitter (lol, I'm never off it) and asked my disabled and chronically ill followers what they had been recommended to free us from our suffering; I'm eye-rolling so hard writing that.
I am in no way denouncing some of these methods as unhelpful but they are not cure-alls. So, these are a few things myself and fellow disabled people have heard to treat us, and the majority are bloody ridiculous.
- Exercise
- Tumeric
- Yoga/pilates
- Positive thinking
- Fresh air
- Raw diet/gluten-free/vegan
- Chiropractor/acupuncture/reflexology etc.
- Drinking more water
- Not worrying
- Being less lazy
- Aloe vera juice
- Pregnancy
- Essential oils
- Pray
- Healing crystals
- Deciding not to be ill
- Lose/gain weight
- Coconut oil
- Magnetic/copper bracelets
- Move to somewhere hot/the countryside
- More/less sleep
- Various vitamins
- Smile more often
- Balancing chakras
- Hypnosis
- Gardening
- Sex
- Tree hugging
- Cold bath
- Stopping medication
Every chronically ill/disabled person will have had a few, if not all of the above suggested to them, and we're sick of it. If you have a suggestion that you want to give to someone that may help them, you can guarantee we already know about it and have probably tried it. It gets extremely tiresome and frustrating receiving advice that we don't want and didn't ask for.
And let me tell you, nothing will CURE me, and I'm fine with that. I have fully accepted my disabled life and there's nothing that will change that. So please do me a favour and don't suggest a treatment, I'm sound as I am.
Is there a 'cure' you've had suggested that isn't listed above?
But have you also tried three cloves of raw garlic, positive thinking, and bathing naked in spring water by the light of a full moon?
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Ever heard of the "Lightning Process"? I came across it when I was blogging about ME and the pitiful state of research into that but it claims to be a cure for just about everything under the sun including thyroid deficiency, which I have and is easily treated with supplements. (Using it on ME is particularly dangerous because someone can think themselves cured, if they are not severely affected -- housebound rather than bedbound, say -- and then make themselves much more ill by over-exercising.) And it costs a lot of money. We call it the "wallet-lightening process".
ReplyDeleteHahaha yep! Ive definitely been told to try out most of these things. I swear if someone suggests yoga again Im going to scream!
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My favorite one (so far) was a really good friend of mine, who is a medical professional tell me he was in a lot of pain and then he lost 80 pounds and felt much better. Mmmkay, well, if exercise didn't exacerbate my pain, that might help...but thanks anyway! (I have fibromyalgia)
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