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I meant clear enough when I mentioned it in response to your "FSAS-NOS" or whatever the acronym was. And no, I didn't mention it in the beginning, because a. most people don't know what it is b. I didn't think my medical history was relevant to the conversation c. people were already treating me like an idiot, and I didn't…

Yes, I have P-W. I am not backpedaling. I'm sorry if I wasn't clear enough for you. Because everyone likes talking openly about disorders? I don't like talking about my disabilities, I definitely don't like putting the name on it, because then all I get in my life is pity, and I hate it. I hate the people who ask me if I…

Yes, and years of physical therapy, occupational therapy, growth hormone injections when I was younger and more crap than I like to relive. And, to make things a little bit worse, my Biologicals also drank, so I was very lucky to be adopted by a loving family who was willing to cart me to Hershey Medical and Shriner's and…

1. I don't advertise my medical problems by name often because I've gotten harassment about it all through my life from "hurt hurr you're retarded" and worse. I'm defensive. Yes, I do have hyperphagia, which my family monitors by ensuring I only eat at the table. Guess what happens when you get two grandmothers together…

I was responding to your attitude regarding my comments about being unable to feel full, usually I only encounter that level of mocking vitriol when people are ignorant that you can be born without an ability to feel full. I only mentioned P-W by name when you decided to make up an acronym in a way that came across as…

1. I can't teach myself what a full sensor is, I do not actually have one. You cannot "teach" someone with Prader-Willi syndrome what a "full signal" is, it's not possible. 2. Deciding when to stop eating is not easy when your body tells you that you are constantly hungry. 3. I like it, and my emotional health has been…

I use mine for back support, technically. However, even in aesthetic waist-training, the point is not to alter your weight, but the shape of your body. Putting on a corset gives you a silhouette change, it doesn't alter how much you weigh. Technically putting on a pair of spanx which is intended to pull fat back is more…

I didn't say they were logical. :D

Victorian doctors thought so, it was one of the symptoms they touted, claiming that it would impact breast tissue and milk production, making them to be "less fit wives" because they would be bad at nursing their babies.

It's not a lie at all. My body does not have a full sensor, so technically, my body is constantly lying to me by saying it needs food. It'll say it needs food after I eat an entire pizza and three bowls of kale salad. Do you consider people with lap bands to be lying when they say they are full? I feel it when my stomach…

Okay! :) Here's another one of those Victorian drawings for you. Looks horrendous right? Just like the one offered up before as "proof," we can see the effect on the ribs in this drawing. except, that doesn't happen. Modern studies in car crashes prove how much pressure it takes to deform the ribs, and it's far more than a…

By which you're saying 'let's post pictures of what Victorians thought corsets did to your body, rather than doing actual research into what they actually do?' That's an outdated "medical" drawing based on what people thought they did. Any waist-trainer worth their salt who has the option will get doctor approval before…

I don't believe in lying to my loved ones. There is a difference between tight-lacing which is drawing your corset down as tight as you can for a specific thing, and waist or corset-training, which uses long-term wear to change the shape of your body. This actually isn't true, it is a urban myth popularised by improper…

5'2" with small bone structure, aiming for 110.

Do I use it specifically for that? No. It's a nice bonus. As I said, I use it mostly for chronic pain, and because I like them. I don't think it is as dangerous as being unable to feel full, no. Not having a full sensor is exceedingly dangerous, especially in a family where "are you full?" is the measure as to whether you…

Waist-training is not about losing weight. It is not a thing to do for the sole purpose of losing weight. It can help, because laced properly, it can act like an external lap band -- you physically cannot eat more than the corset will allow your stomach to expand. Personally, it helps me stop eating by giving me a "full…

I know it's more accurate and healthier, but I refuse to buy a food scale, because I am terrified it'll backslide me into eating-disorder behavior again, but every time I pass them at the store, I stop and think about it, and wonder "would it really be that bad" if I still lose the 109 lbs I need to?

I hope so too. We have new insurance protocols in-state, so now I do have a doctor, which is great! I'm hoping to make an appointment soon, but we'll see. I really don't know my body all that well, but I'm fairly good at being cautious! Thanks for your help.

I've had doctors before, but I lost my insurance after I turned 25, so for the past two years I've been on my own, but the doctor I had before wasn't great to start with. (Oh, so you're diabetic now. Change your diet? Oh, no, there's no need to do that. Blood sugar testing? That's a waste of time. You may have PCOS, but…

I don't know what "effectively," means in this situation, but I can walk well enough, most people don't realise there's anything wrong with me until I try to run (which just looks...sad). I can stand for long periods of time fine, and my only issues with stairs are if I don't know them well enough, coming back to the…

In order to talk to my doctor about this, I would have to have a doctor, which hasn't happened yet. My last doctor said that I didn't need to exercise and that checking my blood sugar as a diabetic was a total waste of time. Even if I had one, I don't have money for physical therapy.