Sorry is she seriously trying to say that what this man and his family have been going through over the last year is just a "small fraction" of what they've gone through with Grace? 
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Yes. Yes they are.Sorry is she seriously trying to say that what this man and his family have been going through over the last year is just a "small fraction" of what they've gone through with Grace?
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I’m alive because of modern medicine not because I have crystals and howl to the moon
I kinda wanted to chime in with my perspective on the whole thing, as a plus-size person who got COVID at the exact same time as Grace. I'm also the same age as her and roughly the same size. I don't have any kids or dependents.
Having COVID was terrifying. Not being able to breathe was horrible. Dealing with all of the symptoms whilst also knowing that I was statistically very likely to end up on a ventilator because of my size was even worse. There was a point where my breathing got really bad and I thought tit, this is it.
3 months on, I'm being investigated for heart problems. Prior to getting COVID I was one of those extremely lucky large people that genuinely had no metabolic issues. Yes, I was large (still am) and that caused knee problems and put me at higher risk for things, but all of my metabolic tit was pretty perfect. No indicators of any impending illnesses, just a general sense that if I stayed at that size I'd reach that point eventually. And well, now I've got a weird heart. It's not completely ducked, and Doctors are confident that it will get better as time passes, but it's put the fear of God in me.
I had an extremely lucky escape with COVID. I should have been in the same position as Grace, but I wasn't. As soon as I was well enough to start actively trying to lose weight, I did. I've lost over a stone just through changing my eating habits. Hopefully, I'll get the all-clear to join a gym when they reopen. I've struggled with my weight since I was a teenager, and falling into HAES was so easy and validating. But I can't be that person anymore. I can't almost deliberately keep myself at a weight that makes me more likely to die. I can't do that to myself, or my loved ones, and I'm not even a parent yet.
I know COVID affects everyone differently, but I also know that being obese is a proven risk factor. It's also one of the only risk factors that you have complete control over.
This won't be the world's last pandemic, but I want to know that when the next one comes, I got myself out of the high-risk category. I hope that Grace fully appreciates the hard work of the NHS staff and the sheer dumb luck that went into her survival. I hope that she lives a long, full life with her family and baby boy. I hope that she does everything she can so that this never happens again. I hope this has given her a fresh perspective, and that it helps her look after herself. I hope that she sees taking responsibility for her health as the ultimate act of self-care.
Maybe this post was a bit of a ramble, but I wanted to share my story as someone who is a lot like Grace in many ways. I wish her nothing but the best and nothing but good vibes.
Having COVID was terrifying. Not being able to breathe was horrible. Dealing with all of the symptoms whilst also knowing that I was statistically very likely to end up on a ventilator because of my size was even worse. There was a point where my breathing got really bad and I thought tit, this is it.
3 months on, I'm being investigated for heart problems. Prior to getting COVID I was one of those extremely lucky large people that genuinely had no metabolic issues. Yes, I was large (still am) and that caused knee problems and put me at higher risk for things, but all of my metabolic tit was pretty perfect. No indicators of any impending illnesses, just a general sense that if I stayed at that size I'd reach that point eventually. And well, now I've got a weird heart. It's not completely ducked, and Doctors are confident that it will get better as time passes, but it's put the fear of God in me.
I had an extremely lucky escape with COVID. I should have been in the same position as Grace, but I wasn't. As soon as I was well enough to start actively trying to lose weight, I did. I've lost over a stone just through changing my eating habits. Hopefully, I'll get the all-clear to join a gym when they reopen. I've struggled with my weight since I was a teenager, and falling into HAES was so easy and validating. But I can't be that person anymore. I can't almost deliberately keep myself at a weight that makes me more likely to die. I can't do that to myself, or my loved ones, and I'm not even a parent yet.
I know COVID affects everyone differently, but I also know that being obese is a proven risk factor. It's also one of the only risk factors that you have complete control over.
This won't be the world's last pandemic, but I want to know that when the next one comes, I got myself out of the high-risk category. I hope that Grace fully appreciates the hard work of the NHS staff and the sheer dumb luck that went into her survival. I hope that she lives a long, full life with her family and baby boy. I hope that she does everything she can so that this never happens again. I hope this has given her a fresh perspective, and that it helps her look after herself. I hope that she sees taking responsibility for her health as the ultimate act of self-care.
Maybe this post was a bit of a ramble, but I wanted to share my story as someone who is a lot like Grace in many ways. I wish her nothing but the best and nothing but good vibes.
Sorry is she seriously trying to say that what this man and his family have been going through over the last year is just a "small fraction" of what they've gone through with Grace?
I think this is just worded badly and she means the show itself can only show a small fraction of what anybody goes through in that situation including that man's family
Ahh you might be right - I saw it as a game of Who-Suffered-Most but hopefully you're right and she just meant the documentary couldn't show the full extent of anyone's suffering.
Aww what a cutie.
Can’t have lost that much then.
cute baby. That’s where her priorities should now lie.
Not a doctor but I imagine they would keep her at the same high daily calories and gently decreased it, if at all, going from a very high extreme down to recommended suddenly would be really bad for the body. As others have said weight loss is likely largely muscle.
I think you still just lose a lot of weight in general, when my dad was in a coma for 2 weeks he lost 3 stone and he wasn't a big man to start with!
Beautiful little boy.
I hope Lee is okay. This must have been scary for him plus having to look after a newborn.
Hate to say it and I hope it’s not taken the ring way but I really think Grace is going to relish all of the attention this brings her
For someone called GRACE she certainly has none
BBC film crew have probably been hanging around with them alot recently i reckon or at least plan to..
I hate this.
I know someone who had COVID early December, was put on a ventilator, started getting better than passed away suddenly two days before Christmas leaving 4 kids, one who is 5 years old and had his first birthday without his dad 2 days after New Years day.
How dare she suggest he did not fight hard enough to survive. The devastation COVID has left for that family is heartbreaking. I didn't realise all he needed to do was be "stronger."
I don't normally comment on here but have been following! Some of her tweets are truly bizarre. She's very lucky they have allowed the baby in to see her during this time.
She seems so 'me' orientated which is so un-graceful at a time when she needs to be grateful and thankful to the amazing nurses who have looked after her. I was in hospital for a very short while but I can say that the nurses go over and beyond their normal jobs to care for people, strangers they have to look after in every way. Most work longer than their 12 hour shifts, having to stay behind to do paperwork and catch up at the end, and they all looked so so exhausted all the time.
I am truly glad that she has woken up and survived Covid and gets to be with her partner and her baby, and will hopefully get out of hospital soon, but these comments are bizarre and in-appropriate. I'm sure in a week or so we will get one that is marked 'ad'!!
She seems so 'me' orientated which is so un-graceful at a time when she needs to be grateful and thankful to the amazing nurses who have looked after her. I was in hospital for a very short while but I can say that the nurses go over and beyond their normal jobs to care for people, strangers they have to look after in every way. Most work longer than their 12 hour shifts, having to stay behind to do paperwork and catch up at the end, and they all looked so so exhausted all the time.
I am truly glad that she has woken up and survived Covid and gets to be with her partner and her baby, and will hopefully get out of hospital soon, but these comments are bizarre and in-appropriate. I'm sure in a week or so we will get one that is marked 'ad'!!
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