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JMCKUSICK

(3,175 posts)
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 11:45 PM Sunday

Please exercise caution when making flippant comments re: [View all]

trumps issues with Edema or how this means he's ready to die etc.....

There are many of us who only recently have been diagnosed with chronic health conditions that will add uncertainty, anxiety, pain and confusion to our medical future. The fear that comes with a diagnosis like CHF, COPD, kidney disease, or issues with blood clots as examples is bad enough.
To happen on a post that encourages his demise due to imagined diagnosis that may be similar to our own, especially with the predictions or wishes of imminent death can and will have the unintended consequence of traumatizing the reader who just learned about their own issue.
Please just keep in mind whether for him or our fellow readers, our words have the power to hurt or heal. let's choose wisely.
Thank you,
John

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