Comments on: Francesca comes up with a Good Line http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/ Fashion, Lifestyle, and Humor for the Plus Sized Woman. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:54:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Peaches http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/comment-page-1/#comment-187296 Peaches Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:25:00 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/#comment-187296 at needing a lumpectomy, my former surgeon said "dont worry honey, we will take out the size of a lemon and with the size of your breast, you wont miss a thing." He was as sensitive to my feelings as Gov Sanford to his wife. Yee at needing a lumpectomy, my former surgeon said “dont worry honey, we will take out the size of a lemon and with the size of your breast, you wont miss a thing.” He was as sensitive to my feelings as Gov Sanford to his wife. Yee

]]> By: Mim http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/comment-page-1/#comment-187026 Mim Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:07:47 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/#comment-187026 yes. bastards. my docs are mostly okay right now, but my last primary care doc was so frustrating. ugh! !! and i had another one who made me cry. i hate that many doctors have their heads so far up their tushies that they cannot respond to "i tried this treatment and **it didn't work**" with anything but 'you must be noncompliant/uncooperative'. like it's my *fault* that i experience known side effects and find them debilitating and the whole thing not worth it! clearly i could just think healthy (thin) thoughts and then everything would be fine! yes. bastards.
my docs are mostly okay right now, but my last primary care doc was so frustrating. ugh! !! and i had another one who made me cry.

i hate that many doctors have their heads so far up their tushies that they cannot respond to “i tried this treatment and **it didn’t work**” with anything but ‘you must be noncompliant/uncooperative’. like it’s my *fault* that i experience known side effects and find them debilitating and the whole thing not worth it! clearly i could just think healthy (thin) thoughts and then everything would be fine!

]]> By: silverpatronus http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/comment-page-1/#comment-186881 silverpatronus Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:40:25 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/#comment-186881 While I'm recalling, my young cousin, who is also a big little girl, has been shunted from doctor to specialist to herbalist to aromatherapist to dietician to dietician to dietician. She's big, must be food-related, right? Turns out she contracted some kind of tropical blood disease from a mosquito bite when she was very young. The doctors, of course, didn't even consider it as a possibility. While I’m recalling, my young cousin, who is also a big little girl, has been shunted from doctor to specialist to herbalist to aromatherapist to dietician to dietician to dietician. She’s big, must be food-related, right? Turns out she contracted some kind of tropical blood disease from a mosquito bite when she was very young. The doctors, of course, didn’t even consider it as a possibility.

]]> By: silverpatronus http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/comment-page-1/#comment-186879 silverpatronus Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:37:52 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/#comment-186879 Oh, might I add that part of the reason that the doctors didn't listen to her is because she was overweight and they refused to consider that her weight might be a symptom of a larger problem. No, it's because she needed to be on a diet innit? bastards. Oh, might I add that part of the reason that the doctors didn’t listen to her is because she was overweight and they refused to consider that her weight might be a symptom of a larger problem. No, it’s because she needed to be on a diet innit?

bastards.

]]> By: silverpatronus http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/comment-page-1/#comment-186878 silverpatronus Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:35:33 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/#comment-186878 I have a friend who was misdiagnosed by not one, but several doctors who refused to listen to her when she said her hypermenstruality was NOT anemia, and the pill made her faint. Turns out she has PCOS and them putting her on the pill the last time she was in the hospital gave her DVT. If they had LISTENED to her, she would not have been so ill for so long and spent so much time in hospitals over the years. I have a friend who was misdiagnosed by not one, but several doctors who refused to listen to her when she said her hypermenstruality was NOT anemia, and the pill made her faint. Turns out she has PCOS and them putting her on the pill the last time she was in the hospital gave her DVT. If they had LISTENED to her, she would not have been so ill for so long and spent so much time in hospitals over the years.

]]> By: Kate http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/comment-page-1/#comment-186876 Kate Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:51:08 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/#comment-186876 May I use that line with my patients, too? May I use that line with my patients, too?

]]> By: bridget loves http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/comment-page-1/#comment-186873 bridget loves Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:05:43 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/#comment-186873 This is such a fab blog post. I am The Un Diet Coach here in LA, California. I teach people to quit dieting for life to find their "Skinny". The magic of this is they learn to love and enjoy food AND love their body. I encourage tossing out ALL numbers! So I am totally anti fat discrimination and am so annoyed with doctors who think it has everything to do with your "weight". Oh boy. Okay well look forward to reading more! Bridget Loves www.theundietcoach.com This is such a fab blog post. I am The Un Diet Coach here in LA, California. I teach people to quit dieting for life to find their “Skinny”. The magic of this is they learn to love and enjoy food AND love their body. I encourage tossing out ALL numbers! So I am totally anti fat discrimination and am so annoyed with doctors who think it has everything to do with your “weight”. Oh boy. Okay well look forward to reading more!

Bridget Loves
http://www.theundietcoach.com

]]> By: Sarah http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/comment-page-1/#comment-186864 Sarah Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:40:22 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/#comment-186864 Yay, Francesca!! What a wonderful explanation. I have also found that starting a nutrition/exercise program with the ultimate goal being weight loss doesn't work for most people (or me, anyway). It's short-sighted. Even though I would love to lose weight, and I feel physically better at a lower weight, it doesn't WORK to have such tunnel vision, and it only makes things worse (read: heavier). Better to work with what you've got and focus on what's important. Yay, Francesca!! What a wonderful explanation. I have also found that starting a nutrition/exercise program with the ultimate goal being weight loss doesn’t work for most people (or me, anyway). It’s short-sighted. Even though I would love to lose weight, and I feel physically better at a lower weight, it doesn’t WORK to have such tunnel vision, and it only makes things worse (read: heavier). Better to work with what you’ve got and focus on what’s important.

]]> By: La BellaDonna http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/comment-page-1/#comment-186858 La BellaDonna Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:38:44 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/#comment-186858 Yay you, Francesca! I'm glad he listened! I could do with some internet comforting and there-thereing; I'm trying to find a new pain management doctor, and I brought carefully typed up lists of problems, prescriptions, past history, everything I could think of. I tried to tell the doctor what had been tried in the past and not worked. He called me "uncooperative" because I told him there were treatments that <i>hadn't worked.</i> Yay you, Francesca! I’m glad he listened!

I could do with some internet comforting and there-thereing; I’m trying to find a new pain management doctor, and I brought carefully typed up lists of problems, prescriptions, past history, everything I could think of. I tried to tell the doctor what had been tried in the past and not worked.

He called me “uncooperative” because I told him there were treatments that hadn’t worked.

]]> By: Lisa http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/comment-page-1/#comment-186848 Lisa Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:37:55 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2009/07/02/francesca-comes-up-with-a-good-line/#comment-186848 Kudos to Francesca for getting what she needs and for helping the doc see the person instead of the chart and the rhetoric. Kudos to Francesca for getting what she needs and for helping the doc see the person instead of the chart and the rhetoric.

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