Transcription: An image of a man slightly hunched over, with one hand pressed on his lower back. The text says “I’M HERE, I’M QUEER, AND MY JOINT PAIN IS MODERATE TO SEVERE”

  • gabe [he/him]@literature.cafe
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    1 year ago

    Pain is a signal that something is wrong with your body, so you should be ideally figuring out why something is wrong instead of ignoring it if it’s consistent.

    • VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf
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      1 year ago

      And while you’re figuring it out, involuntarily tensing up and favoring other limbs because of pain can exacerbate the problem or cause new ones.

      Just because the ideal is solving the underlying issues doesn’t mean that pain management while you do that isn’t beneficial to prevent not just discomfort but also further damage.

    • over_clox@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Meanwhile I’ve got two friends with glaucoma, where weed is one of the best solutions to delay it.

      Throw me another downvote will ya?

      • SulaymanF@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Any eye doctor will tell you that eye drops are superior than marijuana for treating glaucoma. Marijuana is a painkiller but doesn’t help as well with the elevated intraocular pressure that damages your vision. Anyone who wants to pretend that marijuana is one of the best solutions is lying. Recreational marijuana is already legal in many places, you don’t have to pretend to care about medical excuses anymore.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah, guess what? I literally know two people with glaucoma. It’s not a painkiller at all, it just helps delay the effects.

          They literally tell me there’s no pain either way, they’re just trying to preserve their eyesight as long as they can.

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            1 year ago

            And I had glaucoma AND went to medical school. Your anecdote is useless and false.

            it just helps delay the effects.

            No it doesn’t. Glaucoma causes progressive vision loss starting with peripheral vision and spreading to central vision, because the pressure damages retinal cells. Marijuana does nothing to delay that in any meaningful way; you just go blind almost as fast with less pain.

            American Academy of Ophthalmology: Does Marijuana Help Treat Glaucoma or Other Eye Conditions?

              • SulaymanF@lemmy.world
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                1 year ago

                Your “friends” are anecdotes. Go back and read what I said more carefully next time.

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              1 year ago

              Also, how can you claim you had glaucoma if it’s a progressive disorder/disease?

              If it has no cure, then you didn’t had it, that’s past tense. If you had glaucoma, you still have it, only in a more advanced stage.

              I’m sorry for you my friend, but you don’t need to spread false information about glaucoma. So far there’s no reversing glaucoma, so there’s no such thing as “I had glaucoma”…

              • SulaymanF@lemmy.world
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                1 year ago

                Nice that you’re talking down to a doctor and still wrong. You belong on the confidentlyIncorrect Lemmy. And FYI I eventually had surgery to correct it; there are laser treatments and surgical peripheral iridectomy options and not just pharmacologic therapies. You’ve been wrong every step of the way here, want to keep digging?

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                  1 year ago

                  Interesting. Well I stand corrected then.

                  I guess these procedures are well out of the affordable range for the average ape though, marijuana happens to be a whole lot cheaper.

                  • SulaymanF@lemmy.world
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                    1 year ago

                    You need to read the link I posted on my reply to you, marijuana may be cheaper but it won’t stop the vision damage. It’s like getting drunk instead of dealing with an injury, also “cheaper” in the short run.