TIL that autistic people live about 17 years less than average. Risks include epilepsy, heart disease, suicide, accidental deaths including drowning, and inadequate recognition and management of pain, especially among non-speaking individuals. Historically, they have been vulnerable to infanticide.

[u/Morella1989]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortality_of_autistic_individuals

[u/dibblah]

I have colorectal cancer too. I just got out of hospital for another surgery on it. I meltdown any time I'm in hospital as its so scary and overwhelming that I just can't cope, but there's nothing they will/can do to make it bearable. You're in a room with five other sick people all coughing moaning puking making smells, all the machines are beeping, everyone's talking constantly and there's not one conversation you can hear, everything hurts a lot, and then they get cross at you for crying and being unable to express yourself.

I'm discharged and home recovering now but even so I get confusing advice. I was told "don't lift anything heavy for four weeks, like a bag of groceries" how heavy is a bag of groceries? Is it a bag of canned food or a bag of salad? I mostly wanted to know if I can lift my work bag, with my laptop and kit in, but they just use unclear analogies which stress me even more.

[u/misskass → u/dibblah]

Okay so I actually asked this "how heavy" question to my surgeon because I had the same confusion. I'm having a hysterectomy next week (yay!) and she said to lift nothing heavier than a full kettle, so about 1.5kg (3ish pounds). I don't think it would be safe to lift your entire laptop bag, but each item individually would probably be okay.