Tbf, this physiognomy seems basically true for most character design. Which maybe speaks to the problem of our story telling, rather than its accuracy.

Although sometimes I do wonder how much tropes interact with the discussion around what people are encouraged to become over time

To push back gently on this,

Unless you’re trying to get really jacked, achieve a specific body style or whatever it’s not that complex.

Going to the gym 3 times a week because I wanted to get a bigger upper body and then doing large muscle group exercises for everything else made significant progress for me without ever really knowing too much.

I’m not Adonis by any means, but a high protein calorie deficit brought me down 25 kg of fat and put on 7kg of muscle. The hardest part is just doing everyday or every other day.

“We are tempted to feel sorry for the poor history-less millionaire who, to recreate Europe in the desolate savannahs, destroys the genuine and turns it into an unreal lagoon.”

Umberto Eco, Travels in Hyperreality

I honestly do to some extent. They worship money so much that they chase it even into places they have no love for or desire to live in. What an empty life.

I unfortunately had a good friend pass away this past year because of cardiac issues as well. He was 29. I’m sure this happening weighs heavily on my mind throughout the process and even now.

I know I’m probably fine but why not just say that your heart is fine according to the tests. Why dip into irrelevant information for the symptoms at hand?

Yeah, that’s my focus. It’s frustrating but I’d never vent anything on them. Medical field is tough work usually unless you’re one of those elective cosmetic surgery types. Even then that’s probably only the case if you’re the owner of that practice.

Either way my parents instilled in me a fear of God and that God is public confrontation. I’ll complain on here but in my presentation to anyone in person I’ll certainly be polite.

I mentioned elsewhere that due to the lifestyle changes it does finally feel like I’m on the up and up. Got some meds that work well and such. Feeling pretty normal again despite the vein thing. Thanks for the validation

As a free market enthusiast I’ve come to tell you that everything should be a free market. Your sleep? Free market. Your emotions? Free market. Your country? Free market.

Anything else is global communism

You got a real talent for making someone worried about their health feel good. Expert talent. I hope you get payed for being a jackass.

Yeah they did say that actually. So your sarcastic remark about that is precisely what they said. Also can you read the text? Have you had heartburn? Does it feel like your heart not beating correctly? It doesn’t. Don’t presume idiocy on my part to same extent that you assume I might not know what I’m talking about. The specialist should suggest going to a GP if that’s the obvious go to wisdom.

Goddamn, doctors and you (if you are one or just carry water for this bullshit It doesn’t matter) act like the bureaucracy of a hospital is easy to navigate or understand. Please go ahead! Diagnose me! Ask me to diagnose myself again! I said in the post I’ve erred in my approach but lemme say it again “I’m not a goddamn doctor”. I didn’t ask to see a specialist, that’s who I was referred to after discussing the symptoms with the GP at that particular hospital. Did he do a test? No. Should he have? Probably I don’t know.

If someone shows up and the tests you ran show things are fine, maybe you as an experienced medical professional should tell that to your patient. “Go get some general tests it doesn’t look like it’s related to heart” All I did was say something was still messed up and told it’s in my head.

Take a goddamn step off your pedestal and try to understand how people act when they’re unsure and don’t know what to do. All I did in this post was malign the way people assume things about young people not having issues. Don’t presume I’m an asshole just because you like to be one.

I literally cried after my ER visit when I broke my arm because it cost me around 25 USD. Everytime I run into or talk to someone back home I immediately talk up Luigi Mangione as a hero and malign the suffering that we go through at home just to visit a doctor.

Thanks for the encouragement, Mr. ByeThen.

Yeah I’ve been getting tests done over the past few months. I found it frustrating because the cardiologist didn’t offer any tips about who to talk to if in having these other symptoms (vascular issues) if it wasn’t related to the heart.

They just assumed I’m in my own head.

“There might just not be a reason to worry or much to be done.”

No offense but this is the same thing I was pushing back against. Rapid deterioration of blood flow in the extremities is an issue because it’s falls into the criteria of serious or actively getting worse. I understand it’s not their speciality but I mean, they are a heart doctor and should be able to point me to someone who can help.

Anyway, yeah my heart situation has improved dramatically. I’m off the meds; they were just a thing to take as needed. I think it’s all downhill from here so I’m feeling positive.

I know. I even joked that “hey, I’m American I don’t come to the hospital unless I think I’m dying”

Thanks for sharing your experience. It helped me feel better to know I’m not going it alone.

Thanks, fortunately my sleep issued have been resolved as my heart became regular after that period.

Of all my issues I don’t have that one at least.