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My favorite brand of diabetic tumblr is when someone is posting low blood sugar memes while theyâre clearly fighting for their life
#actuallydiabetic#t1d#type one diabetes#type 1 diabetes#chronic illness#insulin#actually diabetic#blood sugar#diabetic#t1diabetic#type 1 diabetic#glucose#hypoglycemia
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YASSS!!! HIBARI'S POP-UP PARADE FIGURE IS HERE!!! đ„čđđđâšâš I wish I knew how to take prettier pictures dsbhhdsbs I'm putting him in my work desk for now đ„°đâš
#he's the cloud guardian; im the glucose guardian#fucksjfbshdbfđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł i'm not even rich#the price for this is actually on the cheaper/more affordable end in terms of figures#so the amount of details for it is just as i expected + still looks nice enough for me (may also just be my hibari oshi vision)#hello gsc-san i want a pop-up parade figure for tyl hibari next pwease uwu if it's pricier = more details then idm uwu#i did order the unnofficial one; it looked way too good (the price is âgoodâ too sdjhvsjfd; it should arrive around dec-jan#wanna comm kanarumi figures someday and those are def gonna be pricey but then i have other irl stuff i need to save up for so not for now#speaking of glucose i rlly need to watch out for my blood sugar levels lol#eintxt
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theoretically
i could get a tramp stamp
#i dont actually use my legs because i dont have enough fatty tissue#the cannula goes straight into my muscle and its severely painful so i dont use my legs for jack shit#thus i could get leg tattoos#could get panel outlines around everything like cyborg style#then do a skinrip in the open areas and have like mechanical shit everywhere#idk#i could give up my arms for blood checks and use my legs for that instead#cause i rEALLY WANT SLEEVES#but sticks on the top of the forearm are comfortabbblllleeeeee#and my cgm is comfortable on my triiiiiiiiceeeeeep#basically all the blue areas on me are just shitloads of scar tissue now though#wrecked my stomach so hard i lost a lotta feeling in it#bout 17 years worth of thrice weekly jabbings#thats about 2652 individual needle marks not including any time i messed up and had to redo it#and not including my cgm or bloodwork or glucose checks or anything#also i cant watch other diabetics check their glucose#no idea why it just squigs me out so hard#cant let other people check mine for me either#my nurses are nice they let me do it myself
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please excuse my bad handwriting, but i set up a little low blood sugar cup in my room for when i go below 3.3 and i love it so much
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I am free from the worst drink(tm) <ââââjust finished a glucose tolerance test.
#I speak#not art#my art block is going away finally#which is good because that blood test is literally over 2hrs long#after drinking quite literal liquid glucose#Anyway I have actual art being made again now uni is back#so I gotta balance the art urges with my graphic design homework#Also Iâm super hungry since itâs a fasting test ahhhhHHHHH.
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Itâs honestly so questionable to make folks in ED treatment do fasting for blood draws like okay. You do this then send me packing or red card me when I remember how much I love this feeling. Weirdos
#why is it so common ? thereâs definitely other tests that deliver the same results#thereâs very few reasons why anyone who doesnât have an actual health issue needs to dl fasting blood draws#tw ed but not sheeran#tw ed treatment#medical doctors too who just ask this for routine vitals you should respect Somones boundaries if they are in ed recovery and not wanting to#the only tests they use that for are testing A1c glucose or chlostrol which unless is an issue why do this?
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Any other autistics that have to monitor their glucose have difficulty with doing the finger prick? Itâs so difficult for me. I have to do further up closer to the middle knuckle and even at the edge of the palm.
Autism and dyspraxia have given me extremely sensitive fingertips when it comes to needles and papercuts. When I go to pop the lancet on the end of my finger I freeze up because I know how the pain and the sensory anxiety that comes with it is so immense. I did do it on my arms yet it produces different readings than at the hand.
#autism#actually autistic#disability#disabled#autistic#glucose#blood sugar#blood sugar monitor#diabetes#genetics suck#sensory anxiety
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#i feel sick rn#iâm currently in my car looking for my missing blood glucose meter#after enduring a couple of uncomfortable hours with a man#who managed to make me uncomfortable about a) being a lesbian b) being trans c) being asexual d) using they/them pronouns e) being poly#f) being into my friend g) being autistic oh my god why was i just sitting there and enduring this#(actually i wasnât i tried to a) walk away b) start reading a book and c) start watching tv but he literally kept following me around#and iâm just. i wanna cry i think i might cry#he also literally !!! sauf âtoo bad im not a girlâ when i told him i wasnât into men ??? MATE IM NOT INTO YOU ANYWAY UR MAKING ME SO UNCOMFY#*said#anyway i feel sick and wanna cry and canât even tell if my blood sugar is okay rn and i wanna go home.#fuck#luke rambles
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Warning Signs of Diabetic Heart Attacks
Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects millions of people worldwide. It occurs when the body cannot produce enough insulin or cannot use the insulin it produces effectively. Insulin is a hormone that regulates blood sugar levels in the body, and when there is an imbalance, it can lead to high blood sugar levels and cause damage to various organs.
Managing diabetes requires a combination of medication, regular exercise, and a healthy diet. While there is no single food that can cure diabetes, there are some foods that can help manage blood sugar levels and even prevent the onset of diabetes.
One such food is bitter gourd, also known as bitter melon or karela. Bitter gourd is a vegetable that is commonly used in Asian cuisine and has been used for its medicinal properties for centuries. It is rich in nutrients, including vitamins A, C, and K, and minerals such as potassium, magnesium, and calcium. It also contains compounds that have anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic properties.
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#actuallydiabetic#t1d#type one diabetes#type 1 diabetes#chronic illness#insulin#diabetic gastroparesis#actually diabetic#blood sugar#diabetic#glucose#insulin pump#meter#type 1 diabetic#t1diabetic#healthy food#health#fitness#comfort food
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More of my diabetic Steve verse!
Steve, who doesnât realize that Eddie is super famous and robin who could literally not care any less.
Steve and Eddie exchange numbers and text all of the time. It takes a week for Eddie to crack and send this message:
Eddie: Please for the love of god let me take you on a date I need to wine and dine you so hard I think I might pass out
Steve obviously says yes.
Eddie takes them to a small diner because he doesnât want to risk being seen by crazy fans who somehow always find out where he is. If Eddie is being honest, he blames twitter.
Eddie gets there to find Steve already sitting at a booth, fiddling with something on his phone. His glasses are sliding down his nose again and he is wearing a Wham! graphic t-shirt and light wash jeans. He stands up once he notices Eddie and flashes a huge grin, which causes Eddie to also smile.
They both sit down on their respective sides of the table and get comfortable, making small talk. It takes a bit, but Eddie notices that Steve has the menu pulled up on his phone and laughs.
âDoing some homework?â
Steve looks confused for a second before glancing down.
âOh yeah! I always make sure to look at it beforehand whenever I go out to make sure that I have options depending on my blood sugar level.â
âWhatâs your⊠number, is that the correct term, now?â
Steve nods enthusiastically. âYes! And let me check.â Steve pulls out a cute green pouch and takes out a bunch of supplies. âI just changed my CGMââ At Eddieâs confused look, he says, âMy glucose monitor. Itâs not completely synced yet so I canât rely on my pod to tell me what level Iâm actually at.â
After he says that, Steve cleans his finger with an alcohol wipe, lets it dry, and then pricks his finger. He squeezes the pad of his ring finger and blood pools to the surface.
âYikes. Iâm gonna have to give myself a correction or two.â
Steve cleans up the space but leaves his pouch out, and then wraps a sparkly bandaid on his finger.
âWhatâs a correction?â
Eddie feels dumb. He wishes he knew more about diabetes and actually researched it before showing up to the diner with no prior knowledge.
âI just give myself a little extra insulin to make my blood sugar go down. Iâm flirting with 250 right now and I really want a burger.â
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The date passes swimmingly and the two men find themselves sitting in the same booth at the same diner, but on the same side. Their hands are intertwined and Steve wrapped up half of his meal to take home.
âI made this for you!â Steve says suddenly. He grabs a stack of stapled papers and hands them to Eddie. âI made you a âdiabetes guide!â Since I plan on our relationship being permanent, it would give me peace of mind if you knew what to do in case of an emergency.â
Steve begins thumbing through the packet and explaining everything, but Eddie can hardly focus.
Not with Steve clutching his hand or with him wanting their relationship to become âpermanent.â
âHey, are you okay?â Steve waves his hand in front of Eddieâs face. âI understand if this is a dealbreaker or whatever, but I just like you so much and I want to be your boyfriend as of two weeks ago.â
Eddie just blinks. Then he smiles. âWe only met a week ago, Stevie.â
Steve blushes, tucks some hair behind his ear. âI know that. I just had a feeling that I would meet the one.â
âYeah?â A pause. âCan I kiss you?â
Steve releases a breath. Puts his hand on Eddieâs cheek.
âI thought youâd never ask. I hope you donât mind the taste of hamburger.â
Eddie laughs before lunging forward.
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As they head back to Steveâs apartment hand in hand, Eddie tells him about his more than ordinary job. Explains what might happen when people see them together.
Steve just laughs and says, âIâve fought literal monsters from hell, I can handle anything.â
Eddie falls more in love than he knew possible.
#diabetic steve harrington#Steve being crazy and head over heels for Eddie is my favorite trope ever I need more of it#Eddie just doesnât know how to respond he wants to propose right then and there#steddie#steve harrington#eddie munson#stranger things#strawb writes#they get hitched a month later#the tabloids never stop talking about how healthy their relationship is
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scared that I might have diabetes đ«
#my foot hasn't stopped pricking/tingling since I ate dinner#it's pretty worrying actually lmfao#esp considering dinner was a huge steak cooked in butter and a very rich cheese sauce over veggies#like uh. hmm. should I be worried#I had doctors tell me I was prediabetic before but idk how much of that was lying to be fatphobic bc when they said that they didn't do a#blood test of any kind including a glucose tolerance test#there's a few other signs (like being thirstier) but idk how much of that is just me being like But What If#ugh I hate this please god let there not be another thing wrong with my body
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Info time: Diabetes and related issues [this is long but I highly suggest reading]
Do you ever see something and you go "that doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about diabetes to dispute it"? Well, I can help you there. I can help you know enough about diabetes to dispute it if need be. Especially because well, there are seemingly a lot of scams going around where people claim to be diabetic [in my experience it's maybe 3 scammers that just remake] and the information is not very correct in most cases. Not to mention this type of scam pisses me off because I am in fact diabetic, and not only are people preying off of others' lack of information about the chronic condition, but it's also trivializing a serious lifelong condition that can be fatal. If you have now or have lost a loved one to diabetes complications, you are already aware of how dangerous it can be as well as how dangerous misinformation is as well.
What is diabetes? Diabetes is a chronic condition related to the endocrine system- the pancreas specifically. However, if complications get serious enough other parts of the body will be affected. In type 2 diabetes, the body's cells have become resistant to insulin, which is a hormone produced by the pancreas that allows cells to use glucose from the blood- your body's energy it needs to function. When someone is 'type 2', the food that person is eating is not able to fuel them, regardless of caloric content. Glucose is commonly called "blood sugar". It's a type of sugar that is processed and then transported via the circulatory system to your cells where it's needed. With type 1 diabetes (which used to be called "juvenile diabetes"), the pancreas does not produce any/enough insulin for some reason or another, generally because of autoimmune or other damage. [For me personally, I was diagnosed as an adult and had to have it confirmed as type 1 due to the presence of autoimmune antibodies, also apparently my pancreas hadn't quite given up at that point.] As we've seen before, insulin allows your body to use the food you are putting into it. As a double whammy, you can have type 1 with resistance, so not only is your body not producing any/enough insulin, what's there can't be used properly. [RIP Spider who has this] So to explain the effects, think about what happens when you're literally starving. Now imagine that's happening no matter how much you eat. Your body may go into starvation mode and store fat. This can be misleading, which when combined with fatphobia has people concluding that "well, you have diabetes because you're fat, duh". Heck, I have/had diabetic relatives who believed that eating too many carbs will automatically cause the condition because that's what everyone is told/assumes. Eventually, you'd starve and your body would start deteriorating as so. HOWEVER because you would have so much glucose that just sits there because it can't be used, your kidneys are going to work overtime to try and correct this- and they can't do it alone. Your liver can also suffer severe damage. That's not to mention a whole host of other complications that can occur.
So what about it? Well, obviously there are treatments. Insulin injections have existed since the 1920s. There are also medications that can help your body actually use the insulin it's being provided, be it naturally or artificially. So yes, people with diabetes are dependent on prescriptions to survive. My grandma lost a sister in childhood due to insulin treatments apparently not being available in the extremely rural area they were living in at the time. More recently, the israeli occupation has banned insulin from being distributed to Palestinians. [Insulin has also been used historically in psychiatric hospitals to force low blood sugar in psychiatric patients, but that's a whole other rabbithole about psychiatric abuse.] There are resources for the US and beyond if you or someone you know and/or love are in dire straits financially and need help with insulin or other diabetes medications/ related medical help. That's only one aspect of treatment, though. Because pain, stress, hormone changes, other medical issues, and plenty of other factors can raise your blood sugar to dangerous levels, other kinds of treatment to manage other factors may be necessary.
Now that that's out of the way, let's get to specifics. So the most common problem you're going to see mentioned is high blood sugar. We've already covered what the effects are, but what is considered high? For the most part, "high" is 200 milligrams per deciliter. My CGM (continuous glucose monitor) lists "high" as anything 181 or higher but stops giving an exact number after 350. This is why I had a good laugh that time I saw a scammer using an image of a meter reading glucose in the 120s- that's good blood sugar. If you're going to get even more specific you want your pre-breakfast blood sugar to be 80-130. So when you see an accompanying image reading in the 500s, that's extremely dangerous. That's "you're in danger of going into a coma" dangerous.
Insulin pricing? How come I'm seeing people saying they need $300? In the US, pricing cap was set to $35 somewhat recently. What this means is that per insulin pen (as far as I've experienced, the above-linked resource post should have links with better clarification) it's $35. Can't be more than that for one pen. How many doses that provides is very up in the air. It absolutely varies from person to person. I have relatives with type 2 that have to inject a dose of very long-acting insulin weekly, one has gone back and forth with daily doses on top of that. I'm type 1 and have to take one dose of long-acting nightly with injections of a short-acting insulin before every meal, with the exact dosage amounts varying per meal. Insulin is measured in units (there's probably an actual mL amount, both of mine are 100 units per mL with a 3mL pen). How many units someone needs is determined with their medical provider (or care team? When I went to 'diabetes education' after diagnosis I was set up with a "care team").
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["...pharmacies can refuse to split boxes of insulin pens depending on company/store policy. so if someone lost their insulin and needed to get a replacement because insurance wont pay for more, the pharmacy could make them get a full box of three or five pens."]
via: anon ask (thank you much!!!) So it turns out that yes, with $35 being a cap it would very much likely be for EACH pen, with 3 being $105 in this case and 5 being $175.
But at any rate, if someone is in an emergency situation in the US should be able to get an insulin pen for $35 pretty much when they get to a pharmacy [again, from edit: no, not every pharmacy]. Yes, I get that this can be difficult in some situations, but that's outside the concept of insulin prices.
If someone's blood sugar is over 500 though, they almost certainly need a hospital more than they need an insulin pen. Yes, alright, the actual real single mother on twitter who was the source of the profile images/meter images that whatever the current url for vero-og has stolen and been using for months... that was actually months ago and I'm sure she doesn't need to be told to go to the hospital right now. [That said, if you get an ask from someone and the url is a variation off of 'vero-og' that is a confirmed scammer.] And then on top of that, yes, why would you block people that can get you free or discounted insulin? If someone was offering to save your life for free or find you what you need for far less than what you were expecting to spend, why wouldn't you take it? Unless what you're actually after is money.
SO TO RECAP: Insulin does not cost $300, $350, $370, whatever someone is sending you an ask about. In the US, it is federally capped at $35 per pen, with further resources available, as well as further resources being available internationally. If you need help, please be honest about it. I promise there are people who care, you don't have to try and explain yourself- but it absolutely does not cost that much and if it did, there are ways to lower the cost by quite a bit if there aren't resources to make it free. Diabetes is a lifelong chronic condition that is not caused by "being fat" or "eating too much", it is caused by your body not functioning right and your body can starve no matter how much food you eat. Unfortunately, people have been lying on this site for months if not years claiming to have type 1 with an insulin emergency. These people cannot possibly have diabetes, or they would be well aware that they do not need hundreds of dollars to get their insulin. They are counting on you not knowing this so you will donate to them. The 'vero-og' scammer had been harassing someone who donated and threatening them with the intention of bullying more money out of the donor.
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I've been trying to figure out what the deal is with prediabetes so I can write a meaningful response to an ask I got about it, and I just keep going wait--okay--here's one paper--but here's another one--here's a Cochrane review--but here's a different meta-analysis--and here's newer data from an RCT...
It's nuts! It's bananas. And anybody who says we have good, crisp, clear guidelines around what prediabetes even IS, much less what to do about it, is FULL OF SHIT.
What I really need to know in order to feel more confident about my handle on whether to medicate pre-diabetes is the population incidence. Not prevalence. Because if I take the most optimistic studies about medication as an intervention, specifically, I could be looking at about a 30-40% reduction in risk of progression to diabetes. But! How many people is that, actually? Because medication is not without its harms! We need to compare number needed to treat with number needed to harm, we need to have high-quality evidence that says yes, if we give this medication to everyone who meets X level of criteria for pre-diabetes (it's different in different sources AND it's changed repeatedly over our lifetime!), we will see a level of benefit sufficient to justify making these other people who would not have progressed to diabetes without it endure the hassle and side effects of taking a medication for the rest of their lives.
AND HERE'S THE REAL FUN PART: we don't really know where tissue damage begins! We thought we did! 6.5-7ish A1c. But it turns out there is a marked risk of retinopathy beginning at 5.5! Which is considered normal. AND ALSO we should probably be thinking of it as at least three separate disease based on our current ability to measure--A1c is a broad marker that collapses multiple forms of dysregulated blood sugar, and when we use more fine-grained tests, we see meaningful distinctions that probably affect preferred treatments between people who have impaired fasting glucose, people who have abnormal values on an oral glucose tolerance test, and people who have both. We should treat these groups differently because they reflect different underlying pathways: elevated fasting glucose means your liver is breaking down too much glycogen while you sleep, which is one issue, while elevated post-prandial glucose means your skeletal muscles (OR SOMETHING ELSE they're not totally sure) are behaving abnormally in response to insulin. IT'S NOT THE SAME THING and people with both impaired fasting glucose and abnormal post-prandial glucose are at higher risk of progression to diabetes/tissue damage than people with just one of those. AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT, what is diabetes? What's the best cutoff? What's the best measure? How many underlying pathophysiologies are getting collapsed into the same group????
THE MORE I LEARN ABOUT THIS THE MORE QUESTIONS I HAVE and experts are all being serenely confident while contradicting each other so I have to actually dig in the data a lot harder than I usually do. I've been meaning to do this for months, but one of the presenters this morning made a comment about the benefits of putting prediabetics on metformin that made me go "hm, do I need to start doing that?" and I've gone from my kneejerk answer being "no, we studied this and it doesn't help" to "I don't fucking know and neither does anyone else."
...as always, Cochrane is probably right.
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Irresponsible
Trafalgar Law x Male Reader
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Law hated itâthe carelessly and inconsiderate behaviour towards you, from your friends and Captain, whoâLaw had knew it all along, wasn't the right person for youâhas a nonexistent and illogically mindset of thinkingâand overall, Law simply hated it.
Since their start of Alliance on Punk Hazard, then during Dressrosaâand what happen on Cake Island, only being told about itâall the way to the here and now, Wanoâyour crewmates seemed, either purposely or unintentionally forgetful, to ignore your problem of health and denying you the medical attention you (desperately) needed.
This all lead up to the current situation, where you continue to push throughâgoing way beyond over your own limits againâwithout a break, discarding your own health tooâand came, after collapsing more than just once, close to dying. A repeat of the last few time.
Law watches you, how you stumbled towards himâunconsciously and out of focus, having just won one of the many final fightsâagainst Kaido, his henchmens and Big Momâyourself, which left you more than just bloody and beat.
Before you were even close enough to Law, your knees buckled inâfalling forward, eyes rolling backwards and face scrunching up in painâand Law had barely time to catch you.
Picking you up, Law carried you behind a broken stone wallâpropping you against it and put his coat on you, to keep you warm.
Law checked your pulse, it was faintâunnoticeable evenâbut still there. The symptoms, just a few of many, were clear; short rapid breathing, sweating and shivering.
Your blood sugar levels had reached the lowest point. Probably having dropped to Zero by now. If that's the case and Law as a Doctor knew it was, he needs to inject you at least around four doses glucoseâbut Law himself has only one, actually two, though the second one broke and left behind a sticky mess in his pant pockets, syringe leftâto get you stable enough and bring you somewhere far saferâthe Polar Tang preferable.
»d-don't......I don't.....want« you mumbled out, having come back to your senses, weakly pushing Law's hand away from you.
»Shhh, I need to [Name]-ya« Law hushed you gently, moving your shirt upwardsârubbing over your stomach with his hand, giving you a bit of comfortâlooking at the faint dots of injections, which begun to build up to an scaring area onto your skin.
You whined out painfully loud, body jerking and rolling over onto your sideâholding your stomach after the cold needle left your skin.
Every interjection you had to take, you cursed your body and this damned blood sugarâwhich had made your life more miserable than those pillsâto reduce your devil-fruit abilityâyou were forced, by mother, to take. You hated it.
Law turned you back, patting your cheeks to keep you awake and you were close to tell your boyfriend offâhow this is his sole fucking fault and how you hate him for the discovery of it.
You didn't though, hadn't the energy left in you and minds busy to not vomit any minuteâgulping down the rising bile.
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»Traffy! Is [Name] alright?« asked Luffy, voice loud as always and laced with concern for his friend.
Law was honest, when Luffy had appeared next to himâout of nowhere it seemsâit did spooked him a bit, only a bit though.
»Strawhat-ya, give me your Syringes.« and when Law didn't received a reply right away, he asked againâharsher now, not having the time and nerves for niceties or to have a conversation with the Strawhat.
Luffy rubbed his neck sheepishly, when Law looked at him expectingly. Luffy knew you kinda needed the glucose at specific times, but he believed you can pull through it without themâlike you had all the time before, because you're strong after all!
»I don't have them anymore, they broke during one of the fights, but [Nickname] doesn't need them, he's strong!«
Law had enough. Enough from all this bullshit talk about believe, because believing doesn't solve or cure anythingâit's nothing but a false, selfish sort of hope and a nonsense of illogical and ignorance.
His short fuse of stressed nerve and building up anger bursted for final now. Getting up, Law grabbed Luffy by his short collar.
»Are you that incompetent inconsiderate towards [Name]-ya or just plain stupid?! I told you over and over again, just how fucking vital the Glucose is for him! Do you want [Name]-ya so desperately dead? Huh, Strawhat?!«
Law screamed the last bit, vocal cords shaking with furious anger. Dropping Luffy to the ground, Law picked you up again and teleported somewhere, hopefully far enough this time, else.
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Wiping your sweaty forehead and the spilling tears from your flushed red face, Law couldn't tell how much that one dose would last for youâprobably not long as your body already starts to fights again against the conscious drop.
Law said it once and he would say it again; Luffy as your captain was irresponsible and soonânot now or tomorrow, but in near futureâthe cause of your death.
Leaning down to you, kissing you on the lipsâLaw murmured in a whisper, that everything gonna be alright and that you're feeling better soon.
Law promised himselfâand even when that means, being at war with the Strawhatsâhe would take you away and keep you by his side.
#male reader#x male reader#anime#fanfiction#manga#malereader#oneshot#xmalereader#one piece x male reader#one piece#law x male reader#trafalgar law x male reader#trafalgar law
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Every year all of the big diet companies have to come up with some brand new labeling for their plans in order to encourage people to get on the January weight loss train.
This year, Weight Watchers is going further than theyâve ever gone before, by announcing that they have created a new system to give their members access to prescriptions for drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro.
Let me remind you that these drugs only work while youâre taking them. As soon as you stop, all of your appetite comes back. Your desire to eat returns, and because it has been artificially suppressed it may feel much stronger and less controllable than it was before you took the drugs. Many people who come off these drugs, usually because of cost (because insurers are balking at coverage for weight loss) or shortages (because so many people are taking them for weight loss, which is leaving the diabetics who need them up shit creek) or side effects report that the first weeks are really difficult, mentally painful and often binging occurs.
Additionally, all of these drugs carry a real risk of creating a terribly painful and potentially deadly condition called Gastroparesis, in which your gastrointestinal system just stops functioning, you cannot digest and process food at all.
You do not need to lose weight to be healthy. You do not need to lose weight to be beautiful or attractive, to have success, or love. You do not need to lose weight in order to pursue fitness. If you have particular health needs or goals that can only be achieved by changing the way you eat, (e.g. lowering cholesterol or blood glucose or addressing gastro issues) that does not mean that you need a weight loss diet plan, just one designed toward your needs.
But more than anything, you do not ever need to put another penny into the coffers of the multibillion dollar weight loss industry, which, if it actually had a way to take a fat person and make them thin permanently (something that cannot even be achieved by surgeries that drastically rearrange digestive systems) would be a multi quadrillion dollar industry instead. ïżŒ
#cw: weight loss#cw: weight loss drugs#weight watchers#ozempic#mounjaro#diabetes drugs for fat people#new year new you old bullshit#health at every size#fatphobia
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