When I was in my 40s I was having very long and heavy periods. I went to the ob-gyn and he gave me a very cursury exam and pronounced "Lose a hundred pounds and I'll do hysterectomy" and walked out of the room. I mentioned my problem to my Internist and he sent me to another Dr. who did a cone biopsy. The results were I had endometrial cancer and needed the hysterectomy.Because of the prejudice of the ob-gyn I could have died of cancer.Fortunately it was caught in time. I could not believe that Dr.s attitude just because I was fat! I also went to an orthopedic surgeon because I have 2 compressed discs in my back. Of course the first thing he said to me was lose weight and the second was how much did I weigh? I told him 250 lbs and he said "You look like you weigh more." On the way out of his office he made me get on the scale to see how much I weighed. He might as well have come out and called me a liar. Thats what he wanted to do but couldn't because I weighed 250. The attitudes of these Dr.s just point out why many overweight people don't want to go to the Dr. Tell us some of your Dr. horror stories.

Love, Kathy

Down 50 lbs. YEA!

Ugh! These kill me. I have been very lucky, the worst thing my Dr.s office does is assume I weigh a lot less, they slide the scale over, it doesn't move, move it one more notch, nothing, I smile and say thank you, but it needs to go THERE. Then they leave the scale there for the next person to see. I hate that you guys have gone through so much hell. That isn't right.

I've only had one problem with a surgeon. I had to have my gall bladder out and just after the op, I came out of sleep to see 2 men standing over me, the surgeon and his assistant. The surgeon told me they had done key hole surgery but almost had to cut me open because I was too fat, I should lose weight. Great thing to tell someone who's still half asleep!

But I have to say these stories were making me laugh...some of those things they said are funny...although I am sure it wasnt at the time. I guess I really dont get embarrassed too easily. I have thick skin to go along with my thick A**....LOL:lol:

I would probably throw a shallow insult back. Dont worry about what other people say or think...they will get theirs