My Cancer Pt. II, Medical Fat Shaming Could Have Killed Me

[Golden]

"When my surgeon told me a diagnosis five years prior could’ve saved my lung, I remember a feeling of complete and utter rage. Because I remembered the five years I spent looking for some kind of reason why I was always coughing, always sick. Most of all, I remembered being consistently told that the reason I was sick was because I was fat.

My doctors treated my fat, rather than investigating the real reason I was sick and it could’ve killed me."
http://friskyfairy.com/wp/blog/2015/06/24/my-cancer-pt-ii-medical-fat-shaming-could-have-killed-me/

 

[SeaSnake]

Damn smh

 

[Old Man Cain]

Damn shame, fix my ailments first then let me know I'm fat after I'm not dying WTF

 

[IP360]

Did someone say...lawsuit?

 

[Chicity]

Be thankful you alive to tell ya story

Some ppl just love to bitch

 

[NoOneImportant]

Did someone say cancer?

Just read the posted passage, didn't read the article because I think I am suffering from a bout of ADHD over the last few months.

On a serious note, considering that information is readily available today at a patient's fingertips, the conversation you have with your doctor should be a two-way one.

You can tell the quality of your doctor based on how he or she can accepts being questioned.

If he or she is open and receptive, then you got a winner.

It is like that with any profession though. Some people just accept what is in front of them, while others go looking for answers, even for the questions that have not been asked yet.

 

[Golden]

Did someone say cancer?

Just read the posted passage, didn't read the article because I think I am suffering from a bout of ADHD over the last few months.

On a serious note, considering that information is readily available today at a patient's fingertips, the conversation you have with your doctor should be a two-way one.

You can tell the quality of your doctor based on how he or she can accepts being questioned.

If he or she is open and receptive, then you got a winner.

It is like that with any profession though. Some people just accept what is in front of them, while others go looking for answers, even for the questions that have not been asked yet.

she was having general symptoms like dizziness, shortness of breath, etc. instead of investigating the cause, drs took the lazy approach and blamed her fatness when there was a life threatening underlying issue.

the average patient isn't going to know how to diagnose a life threatening condition based on symptoms which could easily be asthma or something, no matter how much google-fu.

 

[NoOneImportant]

she was having general symptoms like dizziness, shortness of breath, etc. instead of investigating the cause, drs took the lazy approach and blamed her fatness when there was a life threatening underlying issue.

the average patient isn't going to know how to diagnose a life threatening condition based on symptoms which could easily be asthma or something, no matter how much google-fu.

I am speaking in general, not just this situation.

If you have a chronic condition for years that is not getting better, then you better put your foot on the doctor's neck.

When I was dealing with my "cancer", I knew when the doctors were dicking me around.

They better order me every lab test possible to show that I am perfectly healthy.

 

[Golden]

I am speaking in general, not just this situation.

If you have a chronic condition for years that is not getting better, then you better put your foot on the doctor's neck.

When I was dealing with my "cancer", I knew when the doctors were dicking me around.

They better order me every lab test possible to show that I am perfectly healthy.

I agree with you. The issue is that her fatness was an easy scapegoat for them to dick her around and it cost her organs.