I think the reason people dismiss your posts is because your posts are always acrimoniously bitter, and usually off-topic and centered around your (unfortunate) medical history.
If people continually dismiss your stories and call you a liar...why keep sharing them? Why do you feel the need to spread the bitter resentment to every thread you comment in?
This thread is a good example: why did you need to say "I also know it is nearly impossible to talk to people about that. My views and experiences are dismissed wholesale before I even open my mouth."? It added nothing to your argument, except for dragging your medical condition into the conversation (which has since taken over this thread).
However, at the end of the day, I don't know you at all and do not presume to judge your situation. This is the internet, so don't take anything other people say too seriously. I'd like to wish you well to you and your family =)
They weren't always acrimoniously bitter. They have become bitter, due largely to being dismissed and attacked. And that is what has taken over this discussion -- multiple people dismissing and attacking me while I defend myself. There has been no real discussion of my medical situation. And to call my recovery "unfortunate" is merely another form of attacking and dismissing me. All of which you are free to stop doing if it bothers you so much that I feel I have a right to defend myself when so treated.
What? I meant your CF being unfortunate, not your recovery. I don't think anyone would say a recovery is unfortunate. Sorry if I was unclear about that, it was not my intention.
To my point though: if your posts have become increasingly bitter as people stop listening to you...why keep posting at all? That was my point.
I'm a diehard Windows Phone 7 fan, but people on HN decidedly do not like WP7. I tried to defend it for a long time but simply stopped, because no one listened to me or cared. I don't go into iOS/Android threads and post bitter comments about WP7. It isn't productive.
So that's a silly analogy (obviously, phone operating systems != life threatening disease), but the substance of my point is the same.
I have made every effort to avoid arguing with people about this. It has basically left me no outlet for discussing it at all, which is something I very much need. This is a big part of my life. It is not going to go away. Being suffocated by having zero outlet is, at this point, a bigger problem than engaging in debate with people have zero intent to be supportive of my need to talk about it. I wish it were not so.
> I have made every effort to avoid arguing with people about this.
Obviously false -- you've done exactly the opposite.
Your rant reminds me of the girl in "Five Easy Pieces" who, while riffing endlessly about something perpetual and tiresome, interrupts herself periodically to say, "But i don't want to talk about it."
> Being suffocated by having zero outlet is ...
Obviously false. You have any number of outlets for your rant, including this one.
> It has basically left me no outlet for discussing it at all ...
You're leaving out the option of writing a comprehensive scientific article that replaces emotion with reason and tries to change the world instead of complaining about it. An article like this:
You have done no such thing. You haven't defended yourself, you have only complained about unfair treatment, just as though you were as mentally ill as we are beginning to suspect you are.
And your choice of forums can only add to the presumption: "Hello, computer nerds, here's my personal story about evil, uncaring doctors".
> All of which you are free to stop doing if it bothers you so much that I feel I have a right to defend myself when so treated.
And you have the right to stop posting, whenever you want.
If people continually dismiss your stories and call you a liar...why keep sharing them? Why do you feel the need to spread the bitter resentment to every thread you comment in?
This thread is a good example: why did you need to say "I also know it is nearly impossible to talk to people about that. My views and experiences are dismissed wholesale before I even open my mouth."? It added nothing to your argument, except for dragging your medical condition into the conversation (which has since taken over this thread).
However, at the end of the day, I don't know you at all and do not presume to judge your situation. This is the internet, so don't take anything other people say too seriously. I'd like to wish you well to you and your family =)