I’m a medical underwriter. I read medical records all day for a living. I see primarily 2 kinds of people. People who are owned by the disease, and people who own the disease. The former feel powerless and rely on medication, to varying degrees of compliance. The latter take the disease by the throat and control it as the very best they can. Diet, exercise, frequent follow up, self education, listening to their MD, following Rx schedules. Two very different mindsets, and as one would expect, frequently different outcomes.
No one seeks disease, but time wears us down, disease finds us. Own it, stay focused.
Find the right doctor, do the work, fight the fight.
It's not simple, not easy...sometimes there is NOTHING to be done.
If I find I can't fight it, who knows...maybe I'll start popping pills too.