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And The Body Policers Strike Again
Has someone ever policed your body or commented on your healthcare when they are not a close, personal component of your life?
I ask because… well, this keeps happening to me.
I have posted online a few times about my delay in getting the COVID vaccine, and strangers [who have never commented before] privately message me to explain why this is wrong. Normally they say things like, “I’m not getting the vaccine” and then tell me why I shouldn’t or say they’re worried for me, and so on.
I plan to write more about this soon (on my Instagram) but I wanted to get your perspective first, here on the forum. Has this ever happened to you before?
If these were friends who had shown any interest in my health before, I’d hear it better but… I always want to say: “If you didn’t care about what I ate, took, said, felt in the past regarding medicinal choices and my care team’s suggestions… Why now?”
I write what I know (for better and worse), and I don’t know them enough to say what they should do with their body, you know? So why say so with mine?
I don’t write about IF someone should get it or what someone else should do (so, for the record, if you’re choosing not to get the vaccine, this is a judgement free space!) Instead, I have simply discussed what my team suggests for mine.
Maybe it’s just me, but…. I never really feel compelled to do this with other people? Unless someone asks, I never want to say: “Hey Jenny. You should do your lung clearance differently!” or “Hey Jenny, maybe you should take ZenPep instead of Creon!” (I don’t know why I’m picking on Jenny but it just felt right.)
Point being: This forum is a place to feel safe to express all our thoughts and feelings about our healthcare and our bodies without worrying someone will judge our choices.
So why is it so frustrating when the rest of the world doesn’t feel that way?
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