Tuesday, June 6, 2023

I thought I'd lost a meaningful amount of weight, but the people around me disagree

I have lost a lot of weight, or at least I think I did. Two specialists I see post-COVID are telling me to lose more, and I was under the impression I did so pretty quickly? But since no one has acknowledged it but my SO and childhood best friend, I'm starting to think they're right. This isn't me fishing for compliments, either, though I know it will sound like it is. It's not just that they're not noticing, it's that it wasn't good enough while struggling with long COVID at the same time, like the loss was important and only weight loss. I also still can't exercise. It's a whole debate I don't wanna get into. I do not want to argue if PEM is legit.

Relevant to mention I had a recent stroke - due to low oxygen and not regular hypertension which I never had even while obese before - which makes communicating so much harder. If I communicated this badly, I'm sure that you're right. When they communicate, I can't tell the tone or intention anymore. I can't tell when someone is being sarcastic, gaslighty, or are entirely correct (and I am not).

I threw up an imgur thread from where I started trying. The stroke was in September.

https://imgur.com/gallery/D0mq9Ae

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