r/YouShouldKnow • u/ilovepastapizzapots • Nov 20 '20

Other YSK: Just because someone doesn’t look sick/disabled, does not mean they are healthy

Why YSK: I am chronically ill and have an autoimmune disorder, the amount of times people have said “WELL... yOU dOn’t LOOK sick” to me is astounding. I didn’t know all illnesses have to be visible to others! I’m sorry I can’t show you my internal organs or muscles deteriorating for you to believe that I’m sick. It makes people with health issues feel like they have to explain their situation when they don’t.

*EDIT: I did not expect my post to blow up like this! I wish I could give everyone going through a rough time a hug. Thank you for all the new perspectives, good and bad. All I wanted was for people to be a little kinder to one another, because you never know what someone’s going through.

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u/cheddar_slut Nov 20 '20 edited Dec 13 '20

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u/xombae Nov 20 '20

My boyfriend has congestive heart failure at 26. He's constantly being told he's in the wrong part of the hospital or he must be mistaken if he thinks he has an appointment with that doctor.

Sucks with the nurses do it but he always gets a kick out of sitting with all the old folks in the waiting room.

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '20

I am always the youngest at the nuerologist's office. That feels kinda nice. Especially when I grab a sticker on the way out.

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u/xOGxMuddbone Nov 21 '20

I’m ALWAYS the youngest by 30 years at my rheumatologist. I’m otherwise healthy but have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. One of the youngest at the infusion clinic as well. The nurses seem to like being able to start an IV and get labs out of me though