tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post6399634523038820234..comments2023-09-21T04:06:12.405-04:00Comments on She Dances On The Sand: Fat-hating doctorsRioIririhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358432680088606342noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-41479471737413356932008-02-13T12:15:00.000-05:002008-02-13T12:15:00.000-05:00I'm pretty lucky with my GP. We had the weight di...I'm pretty lucky with my GP. We had the weight discussion once, and then never again. <BR/><BR/>My Ob/gyn is a little more problematic, but I feel a sense of loyalty to her because she sterilized me without making me leap through any idiotic hoops, like when a friend got fixed and had to have a psych eval first. <BR/><BR/>I fully support calling practitioners on their bullshit when appropriate. I remember calling my allergist an asshole and storming out of his office after he told me I would have to get rid of my cats, or he wouldn't keept treating me. I then marched into the waiting room and told everyone waiting to see him that he was an asshole, and that they should find another allergist.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123496342441548651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-66677278826812289442008-02-13T11:29:00.000-05:002008-02-13T11:29:00.000-05:00Violet, I certainly can't speak for every doctor. ...Violet, I certainly can't speak for every doctor. However, in my experience I find that many (certainly nowhere near all, but too many all the same) doctors go into the field for the money and the status, rather than out of a desire to help people. I'm a grad student in Biology at a university with a medical school, and I've seen this among both the pre-med undergrads in the classes I've TA'ed and amongst the med students. Further, several of the pre-meds I taught were able to get the good grades they needed by charming teachers, taking the known "easy" classes, and cramming for tests, but yet they had a remarkably limited understanding of basic biology - or, more importantly in my book, an interest in learning. For those few doctors whom are in it solely for themselves (for the status and money), why bother developing curiosity and good people skills?viajerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18282776490884849497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-36131952151040321502008-02-13T06:37:00.000-05:002008-02-13T06:37:00.000-05:00I never really was able to figure this out. Why be...I never really was able to figure this out. Why be a doctor, if you're going to b**h and whine about your patients? Clearly you don't care about helping people with their health, if you're able to quibble over non-issues.<BR/><BR/>I watch Mystery Diagnoses. While I agree that alot of problems do come from doctors presuming that fat = unhealthy. There are stories of people who have spent years trying to figure out what a disease was, and went to countless specialists and doctors who did nothing. <BR/><BR/>What really is shocking is what some of those doctors told the parents. That they were overreacting, and should basically calm down and get over it. Alot of the doctors seemed to feel they were in a position to talk down to their patients, like one dealing with a small cranky child. Apperantly nobody got the memo, that we don't live in a time where people belive doctors are Gods.<BR/><BR/>It's amazing how doctors behave in general. It seems a good lot of them care so much more about their self-importance than being a doctor. <BR/><BR/>Also, I could go on and on about how it seems doctors have no concept what-so-ever about psychology. Hey, if psychologists & psychatrists have to take a year of medical courses. The doctors should take a year in psychology, at least. I have had so much trouble with doctors who think that my having an Anxiety disorder means they should treat me like I'm a child who is acting up for attention. <BR/><BR/>Like, yeah I really enjoy having people treat me like a 2 year old, because of something I cannot control. It's gotten to the point where I can't visit a new doctor without taking some Diazepam. That's the extent of the lack of trust I have regarding the issue.<BR/><BR/>I have a Korean doctor, who never bothered me about weight. I wonder if perhaps it was cause he wasn't taught medicine in a American college. Where medicine 101 is, Fat = Unhealthy, Diet is the Answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-24179565489788102402008-02-13T05:01:00.000-05:002008-02-13T05:01:00.000-05:00I think I finally understand what's with some doct...I think I finally understand what's with some doctors, they find fat bodies harder and more frightening to care for. They fear that on top of everything else, they will be overwhelmed by us, they feel powerless, this has made them very angry at us. The way many of them cope with these fears is to cling to the idea that fatness can be prevented, I now see that the thought that it isn't is intolerable to many of them, therefore they cannot bring themselves to accept it. It's a bit like people that work in a shop and say, this job would be great if it wasn't for the customers! It's a shame that they couldn't have been upfront and honest about their true feelings.wriggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12373644421447147066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-37719682306151213672008-02-13T03:40:00.000-05:002008-02-13T03:40:00.000-05:00whats the difference between god and a doctor/surg...whats the difference between god and a doctor/surgeon? god doesnt think he is a doctor/surgeon.<BR/><BR/>in the most recent form of hippocratic oath, certain things have been removed, doctors have been taught that fat is profitable. Thats the doctors of today, more patients = more money, the doctors dont actually care about people, (there are always exceptions to every group).<BR/><BR/>luckily i am very healthy apart from constant bad throats. (i am just waiting for them to say its obesity).Mercuriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607976378571790610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356827408135871543.post-30487069877623111102008-02-13T00:42:00.000-05:002008-02-13T00:42:00.000-05:00This is a great post. Thank you.This is a great post. Thank you.Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.com