You really need to take better care of yourself. Eat better, and get a bit of exercise man!

Thank you for this brand new information. In over a decade of being sick, I wish I had thought of that.

Why is this “eat better and get exercise” idea being kept so secret? The people need to know this.

Don’t do this. I don’t care how well-intentioned you are, telling a sick person this is a punch in the gut.

You assume that being overweight is the reason I am unhealthy rather than a symptom. You don’t know what I eat. You don’t know that I’ve struggled to lose weight and gone to enormous lengths to do so. You don’t know that I was rejected for gastric bypass because my current illnesses made it too dangerous. You don’t know that every attempt I’ve made to come up with an exercise routine has caused me terrible energy hangovers and how frustrated I am that I can’t find an exercise solution. And you don’t know how frustrating it is to fight with every fiber of my being to achieve a better state of health… failing repeatedly… and then being told to take better care of myself.

I’ve probably put more effort into improving my health than you would in 20 lifetimes.

I can see hundreds of doctors, try hundreds of medications, try physical therapy, diet plans, all sorts of scary treatments and somehow end up in worse health than when I started.

You can eat a salad and do a pushup and maintain your good health with no problem.

So…why don’t you google “ableist” and relieve yourself of some ignorance.