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So I got a new NP to help manage my mental health meds, and in our telehealth chat she asked me how much I weigh (normal question). I joyously answered 123 lb, which is around my target weight. Last month I was 118, and I have a really hard time keeping weight on. Her first reaction to the news was to say "You gained quite a bit of weight this month. Better watch that! one of your meds can cause unexpected weight gain". I know she didn't mean anything malicious by it, but now I'm kinda mad about it. I even told her that I was thrilled about the weight gain, because I have a hard time facing food due to balance issues associated with my POTS and migraines. but seriously? She doesn't know if I have an eating disorder. She's never talked to me before. If I had 5% more anxiety about my looks/health/weight, that comment would send me spiraling into fasting and losing weight like crazy, which makes my headaches and POTS worse. I don't know. can you relate? healthy weight for my height is between 117 and 149, so it's not like I'm even close to being overweight. ugh
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@MBethJ the worst part is her fatphobia delayed a lot of my very important treatments. my ferritin was 8 and my hemoglobin averaging at barely 10 by the time I got any treatment for my anemia. I was on the verge of needing blood transfusions, but I was overweight so of course weight loss was clearly supposed to be my top priority 🙄 she also put in my chart that I had major depressive disorder without my knowledge, which I'm sure she did because I'm on a max dose of Zoloft and I was tired at an appointment once (that she noted as a depressed mood. I'm not sure she knew I read all of her notes). she was wretched. thank God my new doc is everything my old one isn't
my first appointment with my old GP, she forced me to get on the scale and then ordered a blood draw to check my cholesterol (and other blood draws for a CBC and metabolic panel, which showed dangerous anemia). my HDL came back low and my LDL came back literally one point into the "high" range and she told me to stop eating red meats, cheeses, and desserts. I have a dairy allergy, which is in my chart, and I can't have gluten, also in my chart. I wasn't eating cheeses or desserts to begin with. she only lectured me because I weighed 200lbs at the time (while being on multiple medications that are known for causing weight gain). she ignored my anemia, my elevated WBC, and my extremely abnormal thyroid panel results to lecture me about my diet. my cholesterol was fine back then and it's fine now. I told her to review my chart and get back to me. she did, said she wasn't sure why my cholesterol was "so bad" if it wasn't related to my diet, and dropped it completely. I've since switched doctors and my new one read my chart before I even met her! after one appointment with her, I had appointments with multiple specialists scheduled and iron infusions to treat my anemia. they didn't work, but she would've done as many as it took if I hadn't lost insurance
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@wise wow that's frustrating! I don't get why weight is such a big deal to some medical professionals. There are so many other parameters that define good/bad health that are just ignored
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