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    Monday, June 02, 2003

    Bias Redux: My patients aren't the only ones who have experienced the prejudice against overweight people so prevalent in the medical profession:

    I cannot tell you how true it is what contempt many doctors hold for the overweight. I am 5'5" and 260lbs, and have been at least chubby all my life. I have coronary artery spasm/Prinzmetal's angina with no corresponding atherosclerosis or CAD (surprising everyone in the cath lab); amazingly I haven't experienced too much outright hostility on the weight front from the cardiology folks. (I have other problems with cardiology/ER folks, but from what I've heard, everyone does so oh well.)

    The worst was when I was referred by my family practitioner to a rheumatologist to confirm our suspicions that I have fibromyalgia. Basically he yelled at me for nearly a half hour, telling me that sure, I had fibromyalgia, but I got it because I was a good-for-nothing lazy fat slob who didn't sit up straight (darn near close to a quote). That's literally all he did. No referral to physical therapy, no nothing. I wonder what he does for thin people with fibromyalgia. Because they get it too. I left weeping I was so frustrated. I could barely walk from my car to the doctor's office, I was getting about one-two hours of sleep a night, and I was in constant, bonecrushing pain. But hey, I'm just a lazy fat slob who doesn't sit up straight; I don't really deserve help.

     

    posted by Sydney on 6/02/2003 07:40:00 AM 0 comments

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