{"id":22585,"date":"2025-06-12T17:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=22585"},"modified":"2025-06-12T17:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:44:07","slug":"lydia-reveals-the-heartbreaking-advice-milton-gave-her-after-she-received-health-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/06\/12\/lydia-reveals-the-heartbreaking-advice-milton-gave-her-after-she-received-health-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Lydia reveals the heartbreaking advice Milton gave her after she received health diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lydia has revealed the advice that Milton gave her after she received her fibromyalgia diagnosis during their <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/06\/11\/love-is-blinds-lydia-reveals-her-and-miltons-marriage-began-to-crumble-six-months-in\/\">three-year marriage<\/a>. They&#8217;ve since <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/06\/11\/omg-love-is-blinds-lydia-has-filed-for-divorce-from-milton-after-three-tumultuous-years\/\">split up since first meeting in the Love Is Blind<\/a> pods, but she&#8217;s now spoken on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QrxNLS8I06M\">What&#8217;s The Reality? podcast<\/a> to share her account.<\/p>\n<h2>Lydia talks about getting her health diagnosis<\/h2>\n<p>Lydia first received her fibromyalgia diagnosis, which causes widespread pain and fatigue, in September 2024. She said, &#8220;I got my diagnosis. It kind of felt like a relief, but at the same time, a life sentence. To say that fibromyalgia has ruined my life doesn&#8217;t even come near to it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My biggest concern right now is my health. Tons of therapy, journalling, and doing things that make me happy. Dance it out for a while in a room where no-one is watching. I honour myself in being transparent and vulnerable. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CygbhjFRU-n\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by James Milton Johnson IV (@jamesmiltonj4)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lydia revealed that Milton told her to &#8220;eat healthy and work out&#8221;. She said, &#8220;Instead of him being my support, he told me, &#8216;You&#8217;re not dying. You just have to eat healthy and work out.&#8217; If it was that simple, nobody would suffer from fibromyalgia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added, &#8220;I tried to get medical leave last year, and he was like, &#8216;F*** no.&#8217; I&#8217;m like, &#8216;I have to do what&#8217;s best for me. I feel burned out, I need to figure out what works for me. It takes an average of a year to figure out the medication.&#8217; And he would not budge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a content creator but I&#8217;m a part project geologist full-time,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I fought him on it. He said it was more like, thinking about the financial aspect of it, but I&#8217;m like, I&#8217;m still doing content creation. 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