dr called me a fatty !!!!!!

suki1964

Atomised wrote: »

No one said it was impossible to lose weight , just harder to remain a healthy weight. The listed side effects contain the following-
unusual / sudden weight gain, seizures , mood changes.

and Im saying that even though the meds do say weight gain, you dont have to sit back and accept it you cut down what you are eating and up the exercise same as you do whenever you gain weight

You can still lose it, not all, you are never going to be a stick insect, but meds are no excuse for being the size of a house,

Now I have gained, the giving up smoking and the cortisone have added pounds to me. Im now a size 12. I was a ten for the past 10 years. I was heading to a size 14 and thought sod that and Im working extremely hard to keeping to a 12. I realise I might never be a 10 again, but I have more respect for myself then to become fat enough for a doctor to be telling me Im a fatty.

absolutebounder

uolypool wrote: »

I have rung another practice and explained it there and they have taken me and children onto books and booked me in with one of their doctors who as the receptionist put it every womans lifeline not quite sure what to make of that but gonna give it a go and if at first i dont succeed tryanother gp at practice till like you mentioned i like and trust .thank you

So you would rather have a doctor that disguised the truth?

ixwood

Atomised wrote: »

What a horrible thing to say! I hate the way doctors and nurses treat people sometimes. I've noticed if i'm feeling very anxious (I have severe anxiety problems) i'm treated like an idiot or baby.
If i'm "on form" they talk to me like i'm a super brain
I remember a female doctor who claimed my swollen legs were just big. I'm not sure why she couldn't be bothered reading my notes etc



Would you like to explain why one of my medication's listed side effects is "weight gain"?
Try doing some research before wading in with fact free , insensitive comments.

Where does fat come from? Food obviously. If you're overweight, you're eating more than you need. Simple as that.

If the side effect of something is weight gain, or increaded appetite, then you need to eat less, or burn more off.

It seems to me that a lot of people use metabolism/hormones/glands etc almost to justify being fat. As if it's beyond their control.

Instead of getting the hump and searching for a doctor that'd gong to lie to you, maybe you should take on board what he was saying?

ixwood

Atomised wrote: »

If you think the OP lacks self respect because her gp called her a fatty , more fool you. It's obvious that you have an issue with weight if the prospect of being a size 14 effected you so badly.
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Size 14 is pretty big. You make out like it's no big deal. Well done to her for wanting to stay in control of things IMHO.

UKTigerlily

ixwood wrote: »

Atomised wrote: »

If you think the OP lacks self respect because her gp called her a fatty , more fool you. It's obvious that you have an issue with weight if the prospect of being a size 14 effected you so badly.
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Size 14 is pretty big. You make out like it's no big deal. Well done to her for wanting to stay in control of things IMHO.

Size 14 is below averege & not at all big :rolleyes:

suki1964

Atomised wrote: »

If you think the OP lacks self respect because her gp called her a fatty , more fool you. It's obvious that you have an issue with weight if the prospect of being a size 14 effected you so badly.
Not everyone has the same mindset as you and a healthcare professional calling a patient a fatty is something no-one should have to endure (I bet he wouldn't talk like that to a private patient). It will make the op feel worthless and what use is that? The amount of overweight people in the world proves that hectoring doesn't solve much , I know it didn't help me lose excess weight. Losing weight is about the power of the mind , not the power of insults.

As a 5ft midget, size 14 puts me in the obese range
So how is stopping myself becoming obese means I have some sort of issue about weight - well thank god I do

suki1964

UKTigerlily wrote: »

ixwood wrote: »

Size 14 is below averege & not at all big :rolleyes:

Its height related, size 14 when you are 5 ft is big

not_tonight_josephine_2

suki1964 wrote: »

You still have control over the weight gain - regardless of what you medication side effects are.

My aunt was taking steroids when she had cancer a couple of years ago and piled on lots of weight (despite the fact that her treatment was making her throw up anything she ate).

If only I'd thought of giving her the above advice then! "I don't care how ill you are, get out there and do some exercise fatty!"

lostinrates

I gained weight while in hospital on a hospital nutritionists diet! Only then did they start to get to the core of the matter. Before I became seriously ill, with a nuerological condition, I was incredibly fit, and exercised rigurously while eating lttle to control weight. When I was not able to exercise the weight just heaped on, at an alarming rate and it was only then the pCOS was found among other things In fact, the measures I went to to try and maintain my weight are consdidered possibly contributary in why i became so ill later. including what is no rcognised as a misdiagnosis as an eating disorder: noone believed me thatwhen I ate ''normally'' I gained weight and presumed my ''difficulty'' was mental/emotional.


It is possible but harder to control weight with ''that'' sot of illness (I have a tiple whammy of weight cmpounding issues, thyroid, PCOS and something else!) and at the moment I'm having a blip where depsite really cutting down calories I'm gaining, so off to see someone on Friday.

Losing is harder than staving off gaining IME, with these issues, and its very, very depressing. The answer IS, I agree, the same for us as ''normal'' people, fewer calories eaten, more calories expended, (plus any medication righted) BUT it is hard, its hard enough for people who have no phsyically compunding difficulty. Its wrth trying the options available, like metformin etc. I personally don't find them particularly helpful. also, I found the Pill, diagnosed for the PCOS to be very, very counterproductive (saw increase in weight gain and loss of sex drive).

PCOS support groups often recommend the GI type diets i think.

suki1964

not_tonight_josephine wrote: »

My aunt was taking steroids when she had cancer a couple of years ago and piled on lots of weight (despite the fact that her treatment was making her throw up anything she ate).

If only I'd thought of giving her the above advice then! "I don't care how ill you are, get out there and do some exercise fatty!"

Oh grow up

Your comments are childish to the extreme

Dont be putting words into my mouth


Long term steroid use will not be having the same effects to general health as your aunt suffered. Im not being sick and throwing up everything I eat - nor are those who are on thyroxine. WE CAN still get up and exercise and WE CAN still watch what we eat and how we eat

Your aunt had short term extremely toxic treatment, a completely different case altogether.