It seems she doesnβt know how to take responsibility for her decisions. Medical advice IS there
this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2026
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She had no medical consultation, no ID checks, and no questions about her history of anorexia and bulimia.
"It was just so easy - too easy," she says. "They never asked for my medical history or what medication I was taking. It was like buying groceries."
No red flags there.
The 40-year-old, from Carlton in Nottinghamshire, said the website she used offered no safeguards. She says it only asked for her body mass index (BMI), which she was able to lie about.
"If they'd checked my medical history with my GP, I don't think I would've been eligible," she says. "My BMI was normal. I just wasn't in the right headspace to make a logical decision."
Having an eating disorder/body dysmorphia is awful, and I can't fully understand what state of mind she was in. That being said, she was suspicious about how few checks there were and consciously lied about her BMI to obtain the drugs, yet apparently didn't think to consult a doctor or do any amount of research before dosing herself with the shit?
Sure, black market drugs are a problem, but if you buy meds off of shady, unregulated, and likely illegal sites, you don't get to complain that the meds you received were shady and unregulated. If you want a pharmacist, go to a fucking pharmacist.
That being said, she was suspicious about how few checks there were and consciously lied about her BMI to obtain the drugs, yet apparently didn't think to consult a doctor or do any amount of research before dosing herself with the shit?
Body dysphoria is a bitch and can make people act irrationally.
I can't speak from personal experience but having witnessed second-hand I don't question it.
Edit: upon rereading I think I meant "first-hand"
Yeah, I suppose you might be right. It just seems like she had to have known on some level that she was doing something risky.
On some level, of course, we operate on many levels. But the logical one doesn't always get priority.
Is it possible she didn't come to those conclusions of suspicion on her own, and needed counseling to admit them to herself and her medical team?
Wonder what the anti vax dipshits are doing to justify using this (because you know they are)
What is with the trend of calling shots jabs now?
The British have always called them jabs. You're looking at BBC. Shots is American and has never been used here.
Pre COVID the BBC was one of my top two news sources and I never noticed the word being used until the anti vaxxers in the states started calling the COVID vaccine "the jab."
It's not entirely a coincidence. Many of the "US anti-vaxxers" were foreign operatives that learned UK English. That included (among other things) slang terms like jab.
In the context of the US, "the jab" stands out in a way that never did in the UK. Once you see it, it's hard to unsee.
It's not a new term. The Wikipedia article for injections has referenced "jab" in the opening paragraph since at least 2010. I'm sure there are even better and older references, but this was quick to check.
Americanisms