Reader Sarah writes: Just saw this clip from the show “I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant,” and thought of your blog. 24-year-old woman took the morning-after pill when the condom broke. Started missing her period. At first she doesn’t worry because her periods had been irregular, but finally she goes to the doctor. He says [...]
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Woman doesn’t know she’s pregnant because missed periods are because she’s fat
Posted by vesta44 on May 8, 2012
http://fathealth.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/woman-doesnt-know-shes-pregnant-because-missed-periods-are-because-shes-fat/
WT everloving F!?!?!? All-around bad gynecological care here – every stereotype you can name.
Lil writes: I have been overweight since I was very young – except it was called puppy fat and ‘nothing to worry about’ right up until I was 14 and then those very same doctors who had laughed at my worries about being over weight switched to ‘why have you let yourself get so big?!’. [...]
Posted by vesta44 on April 19, 2012
http://fathealth.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/wt-everloving-f-all-around-bad-gynecological-care-here-every-stereotype-you-can-name/
Unexplained Weight Gain? – You must be gorging yourself, no other explanation for it.
Hi – I found your blog in the aftermath of a visit to my doctor about my rapid unexplained weight gain that left me shocked and in tears. I have always been super health and exercise conscious, but over the last year I have gained 25 pounds and no amount of dieting or exercise will [...]
Posted by vesta44 on March 30, 2012
http://fathealth.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/unexplained-weight-gain-you-must-be-gorging-yourself-no-other-explanation-for-it/
Kidney transplantation in obese patients
I got this email and I’m posting it just for general information, in case anyone needs to know about kidney transplants and where to check into them if they’re fat. Sir/madame, It is with great interest that I found your website. Three (not sure what the time period here is, I’m assuming years[mod note]) ago, [...]
Posted by vesta44 on March 9, 2012
http://fathealth.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/kidney-transplantation-in-obese-patients/
Health problems? They’re all caused by your fat, even the ones you had BEFORE you were fat!
Chai writes: My problems began when I was involved in a gymnastics accident, that left me with recurring back, neck and left shoulder pain (still not officially diagnosed to this day). It left me unable to do anything more than mild exercise without pain. Two years later, I got an extremely bad flu which left [...]
Posted by vesta44 on February 13, 2012
http://fathealth.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/health-problems-theyre-all-caused-by-your-fat-even-the-ones-you-had-before-you-were-fat/
Young? Chest pain? Fat? It’s your weight, it can’t be your gallbladder (even if tests say otherwise).
Tod writes: I think it would be relevant to note that although I am a guy, I am FtM transgender and at the time the doctor in question considered me a young woman. I don’t think she would have treated me this way if I had been a cis man; the stigma against overweight women [...]
Posted by vesta44 on October 14, 2011
http://fathealth.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/young-chest-pain-fat-its-your-weight-it-cant-be-your-gallbladder-even-if-tests-say-otherwise/
Period after menopause is NOT normal – get a 2nd opinion if necessary
Qultluvr writes: I’d like to tell my story so that women in menopause know that having a period (after not having one for at least 6 months) is NOT normal. My tale really involves 2 women – myself and a friend who is about my age and about the same size as I am. We [...]
Posted by vesta44 on September 26, 2011
http://fathealth.wordpress.com/2011/09/26/period-after-menopause-is-not-normal-get-a-2nd-opinion-if-necessary/
Enlarged thyroid nothing to worry about – Get a 2nd opinion!
Hello, I’m vesta44, I moderate First do No Harm, and this is my story about mismanaged medical care and the 4 years I waited to get it taken care of. Backstory is that I’ve been fat for 30-some years of my life, my blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol have always been in the normal [...]
Posted by vesta44 on September 19, 2011
http://fathealth.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/enlarged-thyroid-nothing-to-worry-about-get-a-2nd-opinion/
Fat? Abdominal pain? ER has no clue, will run thousands of dollars’ worth of tests while making you wait
Dawn writes: I think my sis may have narrowly missed disaster the other day because the docs at the ER were convinced that she had gall bladder issues (yes, she is fat… AND has recently lost some weight…). It turned out to be her appendix, infected and on the verge of bursting. They kept running [...]
Posted by vesta44 on June 27, 2011
http://fathealth.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/fat-abdominal-pain-er-has-no-clue-will-run-thousands-of-dollars-worth-of-tests-while-making-you-wait/
Too fat to get pregnant – need WLS, ob-gyn doesn’t believe patient
Mel writes from Australia: Hi I found your blog and thought my story would fit right in. I don’t have a good relationship with doctors. Frankly they terrify me, and I avoid them at all costs. Before we started trying to conceive I only went once a year for my annual pill prescription and pap [...]
Posted by vesta44 on May 23, 2011
http://fathealth.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/too-fat-to-get-pregnant-need-wls-ob-gyn-doesnt-believe-patient/
Notes from the Fatosphere- Fat Isolation
- Birthday Ramblings
- Pediasure drink boxes to the rescue!
- Anxiety
- Finding the Funny in Fat Stigma?
- Fear Mongering for the Nation
- Join a Pearlsong Conversation on Character Control Sunday May 20, 2012
- Press Release: State Farm & Essence Magazine Present the “Celebrate Your Unique Style Contest”
- Advance Praise for ExtraOrdinary: An End of Life Story Without End
- Working Through & Struggling
