I just need to be heard by my "tribe" so to speak.
I'm dealing with a medical problem. It's complicated and potentially very serious. I'm starting the process of diagnostic procedures and meeting with multiple specialists to figure out what's wrong, how to best address it, and what my prognosis might be.
So far my weight is being made the main focus although the more likely factor behind this is my autoimmune disease and a medication I take to manage it.
The physician in charge of my care is my primary care physician, an internist. And she is convinced that everything wrong with me is a direct result of my weight and associated comorbidities. And is completely ignoring the fact that my autoimmune disease can cause everything I'm currently dealing with as well. And I have been fat for decades but only developed these problems since the autoimmune disease started. So which is the most likely cause?
And when I went for the first round of diagnostic procedures, the physician I saw at that clinic started pushing weight loss surgery on me as "the last chance to prolong my life".
Why can't doctors just let me go through this ordeal in peace and find out what's wrong with me, what can be done about it, and how it's ultimately going to affect me before laying into me about how my weight is killing me and I need to surgically rearrange my digestive system to prolong my life.
For all I know this problem might be terminal. It could also be no huge deal. But I won't know anything until the tests are done and results analyzed.
And telling me my weight is killing me and I need weight loss surgery before they even know what is wrong with me is not helping anything.
I'm dealing with a medical problem. It's complicated and potentially very serious. I'm starting the process of diagnostic procedures and meeting with multiple specialists to figure out what's wrong, how to best address it, and what my prognosis might be.
So far my weight is being made the main focus although the more likely factor behind this is my autoimmune disease and a medication I take to manage it.
The physician in charge of my care is my primary care physician, an internist. And she is convinced that everything wrong with me is a direct result of my weight and associated comorbidities. And is completely ignoring the fact that my autoimmune disease can cause everything I'm currently dealing with as well. And I have been fat for decades but only developed these problems since the autoimmune disease started. So which is the most likely cause?
And when I went for the first round of diagnostic procedures, the physician I saw at that clinic started pushing weight loss surgery on me as "the last chance to prolong my life".
Why can't doctors just let me go through this ordeal in peace and find out what's wrong with me, what can be done about it, and how it's ultimately going to affect me before laying into me about how my weight is killing me and I need to surgically rearrange my digestive system to prolong my life.
For all I know this problem might be terminal. It could also be no huge deal. But I won't know anything until the tests are done and results analyzed.
And telling me my weight is killing me and I need weight loss surgery before they even know what is wrong with me is not helping anything.
