LGBTQIA+ on Yik Yak | my doctor: you’re sick and in pain because you’re fat, lose weight and i’ll offer you other treatments me: ok word *loses 100lbs* doctor: oooooh ummm actually you’re just anxious, go get therapy and i’ll offer other treatments after that 🤪

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my doctor: you’re sick and in pain because you’re fat, lose weight and i’ll offer you other treatments me: ok word *loses 100lbs* doctor: oooooh ummm actually you’re just anxious, go get therapy and i’ll offer other treatments after that 🤪

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Anonymous 8w

Oh my word yes. Especially when female presenting

Anonymous 8w

How fast did you lose the 100lbs. Literally my doctor did the same thing😭

Anonymous 8w

yup… even with specific chronic illnesses which you would logically associate with “losing x amount of pounds will definitely improve your health”, it’s just not that simple. there’s too many different factors involved. source: been 1) chronically ill and 2) fat pretty much my whole life. i weigh less now than at any other point in my adulthood. meanwhile, my autoimmune illness & diabetes are both escalating more aggressively than ever before

Anonymous 8w

Call me fat or crazy not both!!!!

Anonymous

#3 8w

when i was a little kid, i was constantly expected to overexert myself physically so i’d lose weight and my JRA would get better. “the excess weight is too much pressure on your joints” as an adult, a rheumatologist confirmed that my bone misalignment issues were exacerbated in the longterm by the “pressure on my joints” of consistently walking too much (for someone with my condition) in pursuit of weight loss. ironic

Anonymous

#1 8w

i think it happened over 7-8 months, and the worst part is that absolutely none of it was intentional. i just started shedding weight and next thing i knew i was looking scary thin. i had 3 appointments with my doctor over that period and not ONCE did she mention the weight loss. it’s almost like…my weight didn’t matter unless she could make a comment about it being over that invisible “acceptable” line…

Anonymous

#3 8w

your story rings with me a lot! i had a very similar experience as a teenager. i was overweight for a lot of my teen years and early 20s, and that period was FILLED with comments about how if i just lost weight, i wouldn’t be having issues with pain, my period, nausea, etc and that my diet and lifestyle were the main contributors. they stuck me in PT for 4 years because they believed my legs weren’t strong enough to support my weight, and that’s why i was having knee pain. i finally got a -

Anonymous

OP 8w

- consult with an orthopedic surgeon after those 4 years, who did an MRI, took one look at it, and said that it was a structural issue that could only be fixed by surgery. and that the years of PT i had been doing had in fact made it WORSE because they weren’t doing exercises that support my actual range of motion and needs. my kneecap was dislocating, and i was treated like i was just too fat to stand up.

Anonymous

#4 8w

i got hit with the fat THEN crazy

Anonymous

#2 8w

“you should try birth control! that’ll fix it!” i’ve tried 3 different pills, the implant, and both copper and hormonal IUDs, i don’t want to try another form. “well what about depo shots?” AAAAAAAAAAAUGH

Anonymous

OP 8w

They put me on birth control when I told them I had spells of “dizziness, insatiable thirds, and feeling like I was in the wrong dimension”. They told me it was probably PMDD. Guess what it was! ☺️ It was epilepsy! Those were seizure auras 😍

Anonymous

#5 8w

*insatiable thirst