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[quote=Anonymous]My spouse almost died because of prejudice against overweight people, which is compounded by race and gender.

A prejudice that he had internally and then also experienced with the medical community. He was having daily nosebleeds, lethargy, weight gain, night sweats (soaking a bed at night), snoring, etc. I begged him to go to the doctor but he said he was just fat and if he worked out more, it wouldn't be a problem. Finally agreed to go to ENT for snoring. The ENT did no bloodwork and told him that the nosebleeds could be stopped with spray and that snoring could be reduced with weight loss. Now mind you, he was playing a high-level sport at this time and was SLIGHTLY overweight. My spouse was basically reaffirmed that it was all about weight. 1 year later he was having horribly itchy skin. Went to urgent care and that idiot doctor blamed it on fragrances and dry skin. I told her that we were already a fragrance-free household and that he was wearing GLOVES AT NIGHT because he was itching so badly that he was causing himself to bleed. 
Finally, he went to a PCP who drew blood and gave an exam and was told to immediately go to Hopkins. At Hopkins, he was accused of being an alcoholic. I told them he did not drink more than any other mid 20s male and that his drinking had decreased because he would blackout from 1-2 drinks.

He had a MELD score of 30. Was being worked up for a liver transplant at 27. Ended up being diagnosed with a rare disease but it was very apparent that he had something wrong with him. Being overweight does not cause the symptoms he was experiencing in isolation. Being overweight is being blamed for all types of issues. And overweight people's concerns are dismissed. I was experiencing PPA/PP rage and a psych said welcome to motherhood and go get some exercise. You need to lose weight. Your weight is making your tired and lethargic and exercise will help. I went undiagnosed with Hashimoto's for 2 more years after that visit. It took me that long to go see someone else because I figured that the next person would also just make it about my weight. Because that is all they (doctors) ever want to talk about. [/quote]

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