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womzillaShocker: Being fat means doctors don't take you seriously.
I've mostly avoided this--doctors tell me that I should lose weight, and there are definitely problems I have that are either exacerbated by my weight (the edema) or caused by the same things that lead to me being fat (e.g., general poor fitness due to lack of exercise), but my docotrs are mostly pretty good about actually treating me as a person rather than a fat thing made of fat.
Actually, the worst thing I've got going on right now along those lines is that I think my vascular specialist has already characterized me as someone who wants to find any excuse not to wear compression (which is only about 25% true) and doesn't, imho, pay enough attention to possible secondary problems. But I'm pretty sure that's not directly related to my weight.
I've mostly avoided this--doctors tell me that I should lose weight, and there are definitely problems I have that are either exacerbated by my weight (the edema) or caused by the same things that lead to me being fat (e.g., general poor fitness due to lack of exercise), but my docotrs are mostly pretty good about actually treating me as a person rather than a fat thing made of fat.
Actually, the worst thing I've got going on right now along those lines is that I think my vascular specialist has already characterized me as someone who wants to find any excuse not to wear compression (which is only about 25% true) and doesn't, imho, pay enough attention to possible secondary problems. But I'm pretty sure that's not directly related to my weight.
