5. Doctors love to ask, “Have you tried being less fat? Or finding a different job?” because surely, that is the ONLY solution to chronic pain. Apparently. There is NO other cause for chronic pain like illness, previous injury, whatever if you’re a woman. If you’re a woman you can ONLY have chronic pain if you’re overweight.
4. Doctors are not to be trusted until they have proven to you that they will take you, your pain and your other health issues seriously. I learned this the hard way, unfortunately and it’s a lesson I really wish I didn’t have to learn. Because it sucks.
3. SOME doctors will treat you like shit if you have a certain type of insurance. I thought Blue Cross Blue Shield was a good company to have for my health insurance, but apparently there are certain doctors who dislike it and consider it “sub-par”. I didn’t even realize there were even such things as “sub-par” insurance companies, to be honest. I thought all insurance companies were more or less the same, but apparently not.
2. If you are a lady of a certain weight, forget about doctors taking you seriously at first. I think the ONLY time in my entire life I think I was EVER taken seriously by a doctor was when I was trying to get on birth control prior to my marriage and I weighed around 120 lbs and the only reason I was that thin was because I was dancing up to 6 hrs a day, barely eating (a bag of microwave popcorn, two chocolate chip cookies and a diet ginger ale was a big meal for me), working part time, trying to find time to go to class and trying to plan my wedding which was extremely stressful. So I lost weight like crazy and I looked anorexic. It was gross. I was MUCH more comfortable once I got married and things were less stressful and I gained 30 lbs. I am relatively healthy, for a fat chick. I don’t smoke, I barely drink and I do my best to exercise. My cholesterol is good and my blood pressure is phenomonal. So why do I get treated like I’m in horrible health just because of my weight? I don’t get it and I really dislike it.
- If you’re going to the doctor, you better dress up in your favorite date night outfit with your make up done like you’re a Youtube beauty guru or they will not take you seriously. I shouldn’t have to do that, but if I go in there with no makeup on and in comfortable clothes, I don’t get taken as seriously as I might if I go in with a cute outfit and my hair and makeup done. It SUCKS that I have to do that JUST to see a doctor. I HATE it…mostly because I almost never wear makeup and it’s a pain in the ass to wear it for half an hour just so the doctor will treat me like I matter.