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Freakin Doctors!

Posted By: staci (152.163.197.214)
Date: Friday, 10 March 2000, at 7:57 a.m.

Here's my story....

I was in a car accident yesterday....no life threatening injuries, but i was taken to the emergency room. so this male doc comes in. i can tell by the look on his face he is fat prejudice..just a hunch...well he begins talking to me, examining me...and then it comes out..uhhh, ma'am its gonna be hard to assess your injuries, we need to x-ray..and hes doing hand motions for visuals...as he says but i dont think the radiation can get a pic through alllll of that....all of your weight....and did the big hand motion. im like..hmm excuse me but are you saying im too FAT to be x-rayed??? that sort of threw him off for a second, and he says well it will take a high amount of radiation ..to which i replied, well maybe you should get some more training because my family doc never had a problem with it, and seeing how ive been x-rayed and mamogrammed about a hundred times in the past year, i would say that you are inadequate in your assessment. and i want another doc. WELL! he got pissed...so he called the nurse in and said she needs x-rays, i piped in with, but this doctor thinks im too fat for the x ray machine, so y ou need to call dr. so and so. my personal doc to take care of me, because this doc has already indicated to me by his words and actions that his own prejudices have gotten in the way of him being ADEQUATE to give me the care i need. she replied with a yes ma'am and the doc then left..the moral to this story?? yeah im fat. (like thats news to me??i weigh 350 for crying out loud..) but because i am, doesnt mean im takin crap from some doc..who because he is the "professional" thinks he can talk to anyone...anyway he pleases...maybe they should certify the freakin bed side mannor of some of these doctors!..and we always have the right to refuse a doc..as i did..like i wasnt in enough pain to have to deal with an idiot like that!!anywho. this was the 2nd time in my life i had dealt with a weight prejudiced doc. the first time i was too ashamed to take up for myself and let him railroad me but this time, i took up for myself and it was the doc that was railroaded!! if it werent for the size acceptance movement and bbw world that i have become a part of, i would have def handled this differently, i would have taken it..but not this time! and im damn proud of myself!!

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