What Would You Do?

Hi Friends, I had an experience today that I didn't quite know how best to handle. I've posted recently that I gained 15 pounds when I started taking hormones but other than that my weight has been stable. Well, today I was taking a bag with 5 20 ounce Dr. Peppers in it to my husband who works in the same building I do. (He just drinks one a day) Anyway, as I stood in the elevator with a woman who works for the same hospital I do she said "Have you gained all your weight back?" It seemed like fifty thousand emotions ran through my mind all at one time. I wanted to burst into tears. I wanted to knock her teeth out. I wanted to look at myself in a mirror. I wanted to say something really nasty to her. But, because I was at work and because I don't think being equally insensitive is the answer to this problem I just answered "No, Ma'am." Here's my question...........What should my answer have been? Should I have diplomatically pointed out to her that her question was insensitive? She I have asked her why in the world she would have asked me that? Don't tell me I should have knocked her teeth out because that's not a reasonable solution. I'm genuinely looking for a way to respond to something like this. After it happened I came back to my office and sat at my desk and reminded myself that the tag on my scrubs still says "MEDIUM" and that I'm not the old Rona but my heart hurt so bad. Please help me with an appropriate and reasonable way to deal with people who are so insensitive. I need to be able to help my patients with problems like this too. I was just so shocked I couldn't say anything and that made me mad at myself. What would you have done? Thanks as always!

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