Last week a worthless human being—yes, I am cleaning up my
language for you—asked the question “Are you
white and a little resentful that black people get their own cool disease,
sickle cell anemia? His ranting and raving attempt
to denigrate very serious medical conditions is unconscionable. Thus, I am outraged!
First, sickle cell anemia is a very serious medical condition that is
life long. There is no cure, making most chronic fatigued. I have watched
friends suffer with this disease and have had students to die because of their
inability to fight infection. This is not what I would call a “cool disease”!
Second, Celiac and the severely gluten intolerant also have a very
serious medical condition that can cause individual to be unable to absorb the
nutrients required to maintain health. Neither would I Celiac a cool disease.
Today, I learn that one of the stars on Blue Bloods, Jennifer
Esposito, and the character she plays on a leave of absence because she needed
a reduced schedule for IV vitamin therapy three times a week. She further says
that once she was cleared to return to work, “CBS implied that I was not truly
ill and this was a scheme to get a raise!”
Have people lost their minds? In my humble opinion, I would
say yes! I become outraged when anyone even remotes suggests that Celiac/gluten
intolerant is a fad diet. People like the idiot that called sickle cell anemia
and Celiac cool diseases only make it even more different for those of us with
loved ones we have to protect to be taken seriously.
You can read Jennifer’s story at http://allergicliving.com/index.php/2012/10/21/actresss-battle-with-cbs-over-celiac-disease/.
And no, I not about to share the idiot’s link. I refuse to perpetuate his
insensitive ignorance.
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