The forced diets and shame are FAILING. Why not do things that work? And what doesnt work is your constant, shame, blame and horror.
There are fat people going undiagnosed with endocrine diseases slipping through the cracks because of these attitudes.

Why cant you even concieve of the fact that fat people are dealing with HIGHER HUNGER LEVELS or that their bodies DO NOT WORK LIKE YOURS!

Most of you arent even trying refusing to study saiety disorders, nutrition or why things are coming out the way they are.

Who the hell would CHOOSE to become diabetic, and fat? GET A CLUE.

You all are breaking the oaths you took as doctors if you refuse to see fat people as human beings. Consider yourself fortunate your body works properly.

If any of you truly had scientific minds, you would know the true reasons behind the burgeoning obesity epidemic….

BAD FOOD that has all the nutrients processed out of it and corporations that profit from it. Obtaining decent nutrient food is getting harder and harder especially for the lower classes. [For you English doctors, your food is LESS adulterated in England BY FAR]

RESTRAINED LIFESTYLES where those who can afford exercise and leisure are the wealthiest. Lack of activity in a society where everyone is smooshed into little boxy apartments or out in the anti-social suburbs where you have to drive everywhere.

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS

INCREASED LEVELS OF CORTISOL due to STRESS OF MODERN LIFE…There is a huge connection proven between diabetes and stress.

THE FACT THAT OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OBESITY. I know my weight got out of control not only from endocrine disease but the inability to breath properly from severe asthma. I became asthmatic before I became fat.

SIDE EFFECT OF MEDICATIONS. I dont know how many clueless doctors told me I was crazy to tell them I gained untold amounts of weight on prednsione. A drug I know totally refuse unless I am on my death bed from respiratory problems.

I almost died because doctors did not diagnosed me with severe Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome for TWENTY YEARS and I had a very SEVERE form of the disorder, showing virilization by a young age BEFORE I GOT FAT. I know if this disease had been caught when I was 13 years old and first showing signs of it or when I was 19 and lost my periods forever, I would have not had my weight get so out of control or end up with severe illnesses. It would take years to find out I was also dealing with high cortisol…pseudo-Cushings, and thyroid disease and severe lymphedema.

I almost lost my life to the endless cadre of condemners who told me GO ON A DIET! I stopped gaining once I got medical help and lost a large chunk of the weight.

I do not hold much hope in medical science in figuring out everything, but I am still alive today because I did eventually find a decent doctor who saw me as a human being instead of just a fat blob. He is from another culture, where they arent as brainwashed about fat people. Where media brainwashing doesnt take precedent over scientific thought. He is the best doctor Ive ever had in my entire life, and has compassion for people.

I may have to move soon, economic forces, and I am scared to death of having to find a new doctor. I have to find that one that will see me as a person, instead of just FAT.

I already know I will have to visit about 10 offices, or hopefully I will get lucky early. I know if they give me that look of disgust when I walk in the room, I am wasting my time.

Why not instead of blaming all the fat people try and get a clue instead, you may actually actually SUCCEED in helping someone get to a better weight.

Because RIGHT now guys THIS WAY IS FAILING. You are doing what DOES NOT WORK.

I am 33 and overweight right now, I weigh 195 today August 12th but when I last saw the doctor at the end of May I weighed 276.

Since my early 20s this was the third time I went to the doctor for stomach problems. I have also been to the ER three additional times for real vomiting that would not stop, not just regurgitation. I mean vomiting coupled with forceful diarrhea that lasted over 3 days and progressed to forceful vomiting every 15 minutes or so that would not stop until I was in the hospital with an IV of fluids and drugs to stop the vomiting. I had to have my gallbladder removed when I was 24 and it was critical, they wrote STAT on my forms. I also currently have skin inflammation, stomach cramping and pain in my right side. The last time I went to the hospital for vomiting they did a CT for appendicitis because of the tenderness and pain in my right side above my pelvis.

I seldom have solid stool even when I feel better than right now and I always have a very urgent need to go to the bathroom. I go through periods of time where I lose my appetite I can’t eat for a couple of days. This may happen once or twice a month. I tend to overeat for a few days after a couple of days of not being able to eat without extreme pain. I know this contributes to my weight gains. But feeling so bad and having such urgent bathroom problems also keeps me less active. It’s a cycle that makes it hard for me to maintain a healthy weight and sets me up for defeat.

In times that were critical I’ve just been sent home after IV. Even though I’ve asked for a referral I was told I didn’t need to follow up with a doctor. When I’ve gone to the doctor’s office in the past at a weight that yo-yos between 230 and 260 I’ve been told that overeating will make me feel this way and I’ve just got to control myself. I believed it for a long time. The last time I went to the doctor I asked what the problem could be with more conviction because of my enduring pain. I asked if I might have some sort of IBD that was impairing my life. My PA rolled her eyes and me and said “oh please” and “do you really want to go through a barium enema? Just stop overeating”.

Since then it’s only gotten worse. I bleed from my ass every day. Tonight I shit out blood clots that look similar to menstrual clots. My ass is dripping blood even when I’m not using the restroom and it’s seeping through my clothing unless I keep some paper there. I have heartburn that is so bad I sometimes have trouble breathing. I started keeping a caloric diary because I noticed right before and since going to the doctors office that I could hardly eat. I try really hard but since May I notice I can rarely eat over 800 calories. Some days I can hardly stand up. It’s been less than three months and I’ve really lost 80 pounds however not from diet, but from pain and discomfort that is only getting worse, not improving with the weight loss.

My question is what can I do to make a doctor listen to me, to touch me, to look inside of me and help me discover what could be doing this to me after all these years. The last PA put on two pairs of gloves and winced as she touched my stomach only after I insisted that she examine a large lump I have in my groin. It’s really large and she kept not touching near it and saying she didn’t feel anything. I could tell my body was really grossing her out. I can’t bear the emotional turmoil of going through this humiliation another time.

Please help me, I am asking advice because I have tried to get help from my providers. If you are a doctor please advise me of some words I can say to help a doctor understand. I am part Hispanic and Jewish, but I don’t speak with an accent so I know I can make a doctor understand my words if I just knew the right ones. I have also had the experience of no doctor wanting to touch me and being sent away with a torn medial miniscus, shredded quad and ripped ligaments because the PA wouldn’t come near me and sent me home with a one day excuse note for my college teachers. For six weeks I walked on this until a different doctor sent me for an MRI. Please believe in my suffering despite the excess weight I carry.

I just enrolled in a PPO. Is there a specific type of doctor I should try to see?

I understand why you as professionals would come here after a 12-18 hour shift, tired, and complain about fat people. I even understand if this has led you to real hatred of fat people since my own life and experiences have led me to hate myself for being fat and hispanic, I can hardly blame you. But I know a lot obese people personally who don’t have half the trouble I do. Do any medical professionals that post to this blog believe that these problems could be something more than just overeating?

By the way I used to be a diet tech at a university which is one reason I’m very aware of portion size and the calorie content of food. From August 2nd to August 9th I was only able to consume approximately 2665 calories.

Please have compassion for us; we did’nt get here because there is something wrong with us or we are inherently bad.
To have adults yell insults at us while trying to exercise..to have doctors look at us with digust is too much.
Look to the Hippocratic Oath please.

You may exercise regularly and eat “healthy” foods, but if your breakfast of granola, skim milk, fruit and toast is in supersized portions (and you probably don’t even realise this, being so used to American sizes) then you will be eating far more calories than you can possibly burn.

A small box of granola should have 15 servings, not five. Four pieces of toast is not an acceptable serving. Do not fill a standard American dinner plate up with pasta or rice. 100g of animal protein is the perfect dinner sized serving.

See what I’m getting at? Portion control.

Yes, portion control.

Thankyou.

A diet is an inanimate object that in itself can not possibly fail. The onus is alway on the person, for we and wea lone decide what we will and will not do.

-SDave

“I couldn’t figure out how you can stuff that much into you, I felt nausea just looking at it.” What kind of freak are you, watching folk eat? Is this a fettish of yours?
“o/~ Mommaaaaas don’t let your babies grow up to bve fatties…o/~” Let them be doctors who hate fatties instead!
“I saw a Five year old tonight who weighed 150 Pounds. He’ll be diabetic by 13.” Because I, his doctor, am a god and I know everything.
“Not much dignity in being so damn fat really.” Not in our sick twisted culture where, somehow, what we look like has become a medical and moral issue. GO US!

Or maybe…the population of fat people in America is >50%? Ever think of that?