Question:
What is the general opinion among physicians regarding obese patients?
— kathy S. (posted on July 6, 2000)
July 6, 2000
Thank God not all doctors are like that. God bless you Dr. Williams and all
that you have done for me.....
— Jason B.
July 6, 2000
7/6
Ineeded to answer this.I have been finding that my own physician is quite
negative when asked about weight loss.one time he told me that I should go
to India for a couple of months and Iwould lose weight as Iwould not be
able to stand there food. Another time he told me to eat a couple of bites
of my food then cover it with pepper so that when I took my next bite I
would burn my mouth. He is providing me with referrals to surgeons for
weight loss surgey,but is telling me I am taking the easy way out and that
he would not do this
— [Anonymous]
July 7, 2000
Boy does this one strike home. I started gaining weight at the age of
20-1/2, from 105 pounds to over 200 in a year and a half. When I first
started gaining, the doctor said "oh you're just gaining to where you
need to be, you'll level out." Two years later it was "just quit
eating so much and you'll lose weight." Until I met Dr. Yee at Kaiser,
who referred me for WLS, I had totally given up on doctors. They just
didn't really care. Even though I was so sick, and probably wouldn't have
had surgery if I had known how sick I would be, I can still say I'm
grateful for the 97 pounds I have lost since 2/8/00, and thank God for Dr.
Yee and Dr. Rumsey at Pacific Bariatric.
— Connie G.
July 7, 2000
Boy does this one strike home. I started gaining weight at the age of
20-1/2, from 105 pounds to over 200 in a year and a half. When I first
started gaining, the doctor said "oh you're just gaining to where you
need to be, you'll level out." Two years later it was "just quit
eating so much and you'll lose weight." Until I met Dr. Yee at Kaiser,
who referred me for WLS, I had totally given up on doctors. They just
didn't really care. Even though I was so sick, and probably wouldn't have
had surgery if I had known how sick I would be, I can still say I'm
grateful for the 97 pounds I have lost since 2/8/00, and thank God for Dr.
Yee and Dr. Rumsey at Pacific Bariatric.
— Connie G.
July 7, 2000
Boy does this one strike home. I started gaining weight at the age of
20-1/2, from 105 pounds to over 200 in a year and a half. When I first
started gaining, the doctor said "oh you're just gaining to where you
need to be, you'll level out." Two years later it was "just quit
eating so much and you'll lose weight." Until I met Dr. Yee at Kaiser,
who referred me for WLS, I had totally given up on doctors. They just
didn't really care. Even though I was so sick, and probably wouldn't have
had surgery if I had known how sick I would be, I can still say I'm
grateful for the 97 pounds I have lost since 2/8/00, and thank God for Dr.
Yee and Dr. Rumsey at Pacific Bariatric.
— Connie G.
July 7, 2000
Sorry about the triple posting--it kept telling me it wouldn't accept my
password, but obviously it accepted it anyway!!!
— Connie G.
July 13, 2000
Don't you just love doctors? Maybe somebody should have asked the obese
patients of these wonderful people if they think doctors are ill-informed,
prejudiced, arrogant fatheads. I once had a doctor who told me I should
weigh 120 (I weighed about 135 at the time -- I have an earlobe that weighs
135, for crying out loud!); I went on every diet known to man, more than
once; I was told I have no willpower; I once waited six months to see a
"diet god" who basically sneered at me, handed me a sheet for a
600-calorie-a-day diet (don't work without getting your stomach stapled, as
we all know!) and told me to come back in three months. What a creep! I'm
so glad I came across the doctor who did my surgery ... it's been 11-1/2
weeks since my surgery, I've lost 75 pounds, my BMI is down more than 11
points, and I feel great! Courage, my friend -- they're not all bad!
— Cheryl Denomy
April 9, 2002
I think the only doctors that know better are our surgeons because they are
VERY educated on the subject, our therapists and psychologists because they
know our inner most secretive thoughts, and the other med practicioners
that have been or still are walking around in the same shoes we do as obese
people! I say screw any so called 'professionals' of a field that is
supposed to understand why/how we are the way we are because in my eyes,
they dont deserve the title of "doctor". All they are is
prejudice morons who get alot of money to be @ssholes! More than half of
this country is overweight, its time we quit being treated as if we are
part of some grotesque(sp?) freak show.
They need to accept it and help us fix it because that is what they are
paid a HELL of alot of money to do.
— Nicole0105
April 9, 2002
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF THOSE @SSHOLE DOCTORS AT LEAST DOCUMENTED THAT YOU
ASKED FOR HELP....SURE WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO GET APPROVED BY THE HMO
@SSHOLES...
— Laurie V.
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