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Loveembig-Redux In reply to motusobscuri [2011-04-19 01:12:33 +0000 UTC]

Shock, horror, at the very least revulsion. Just my guess.

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motusobscuri In reply to Loveembig-Redux [2011-04-19 06:07:07 +0000 UTC]

I wonder then what the gargantuan goddess is thinking?

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Loveembig-Redux In reply to motusobscuri [2011-04-19 23:00:47 +0000 UTC]

The usual garbage; why can't I be normal, why can't I lose weight, why can't I be thin and attractive, I wish people ouldn't stare at me etc, etc. etc, blah-blah-blah. You know, the same old self depricating bull that every gorgous fat woman puts herself through.

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motusobscuri In reply to Loveembig-Redux [2011-04-21 18:50:31 +0000 UTC]

Awwwww, that's a shame. I thought for sure she'd be thinking about hurrying up her doctor's appointment so she could get to the all-you-can-eat pizza buffet across the street.

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Loveembig-Redux In reply to motusobscuri [2011-04-24 00:11:03 +0000 UTC]

Hey she could very well be thinking that but I’m pretty sure she is getting supersized self prepared for the humiliating and sometimes harrowing experience of a doctor’s visit. Going to see a doctor is usually not what most would call a fun time but for people of size even a yearly check-up can be a terrible experience.

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motusobscuri In reply to Loveembig-Redux [2011-05-13 16:35:34 +0000 UTC]

True enough. The medical establishment isn't exactly known for being sympathetic to the person behind the pounds. All they generally see is a lot of fat that needs to be shed not someone who needs to be cared for. This makes the term 'healthcare' sort of an oxymoron when it comes to fat people and I therefore don't blame them for shying away from doctors. This hits especially close to home as not only is my wife fat but I work in the healthcare field. There are some of us who are sympathetic to our fat patients but we're definitely few and far between.

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Loveembig-Redux In reply to motusobscuri [2011-05-14 00:27:23 +0000 UTC]

Why is that, especially in today’s world were two thirds of the US population is overweight. Does the medical profession eventually intend to be hostile to all their patients? You would think people in the medical field would know better but I swear they are dumber and totally out of touch far worse than the general public. Recently my wife went to the doctors for severe sinus allergies, before she even had a chance to open her mouth and explain her symptoms the doctor started a diatribe on losing weight and the dangers of diabetes. At that point I just stepped in and told the doctor to just STFU and deal with the medical issue that my wife had come in for and to spare the sanctimonious bullshit lecture and if that’s too much to ask then maybe you (the doc) shouldn’t be practicing medicine on a personal level. At that point she just look at me with this stupid deer in the headlights look that infuriated me to the point were my wife had to interject herself between us and usher me out of the room. I swear that dumbfounded look cranked me up so bad that if she had been a male doctor I would have punched so god damn hard in the face that when he woke up it would be time for his retirement.

Don’t take this as a sign of disrespect toward you or the entire medical field but I have absolutely no patience and absolutely no use for medical professionals with an agenda. This comes from watching what my ex went through for each of her pregnancies and every other ailment in between. It’s like they don’t even consider obese people human and all they can do is push their condescending pompous unfeeling attitude all over you. It seems to me that most of them walk around and act like they just invented the wheel or some shit when in reality most of them are nothing more than overly educated idiots. I’m a mechanical engineer by trade I have over 25 years fields experience and a ton of education under my belt but I wouldn’t dream of treating one of my clients like a dope or a second class citizen even if they desperately deserved it. It’s just not the professional or moral thing to do and I can’t figure out for the life of me why doctors and some nurses can’t get this through their next to useless skulls.

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motusobscuri In reply to Loveembig-Redux [2011-05-14 20:58:29 +0000 UTC]

Oh, don't worry about disrespecting me or the entire medical field with your astute observations. I happen to agree with you completely. I see the fat bigotry every day at work. It's almost as if people who work in the medical field, people who should know better, think that if a fat person were to simply lose weight they'd automatically be cured of every malady that ails them. There is a real anti-fat attitude in the healthcare industry which they feel somehow vindicated in espousing because of evidence - many of which is either circumstantial or irrelevant to the problem at hand - relegating fat to countless ailments. My wife gets this same flippant attitude all the time at certain facilities. Her cold symptoms must be due to the fact that she weighs 300 pounds and not because there's a nasty cold virus going around. It is total bullshit and if these people weren't able to obfuscate their bigotry behind their veil of "facts" they'd be brought up on civil charges for discrimination in a healthy fat heartbeat.

This view is just more proof that fat people are perhaps the last group that it's okay to openly discriminate against in our country. It's a deeply sad state of affairs that's really there to mask the laziness of healthcare workers - who aren't all skinny by any stretch of the imagination - who don't want to work any harder than they have to taking care of their patients. And fat people need more care. They're harder to move, they require special instruments to accomplish routine tests, such as drawing blood or taking x-rays. The bottom line is that it takes more work to care for obese patients than it does thin ones. However, that is certainly NO excuse to shirk your responsibilities nor to revile your fat patients. They're people the same as their other patients and therefore due the same care and respect that other people get.

But, have no fear, because there are those of us who work in the healthcare industry who do have compassion for heavier patients and who do defend them from the fat bigoted oafs. My wife has found a doctor who doesn't automatically blame her fat for all her health problems and who works with her on a personal level to get healthy rather than just treating her like a statistic. So, it may take some extra effort but true healthcare for the obese it out there.

Good luck, sir!

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