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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I happen to have epilepsy.  When I went to the ER about a sprained ankle, I am not interested in being lectured about the importance of taking my epilepsy medications, having a consult with a neurologist, or otherwise receiving extraneous advice about managing epilepsy.  Nor do I appreciate random ER personnel acting as if they have more expertise than I do about epilepsy protocols.

I believe the same is true in this situation.  OP's daughter has been dieting for months.  [b]Why would ER personnel assume she is ignorant of nutrition, that she needs to know about the dangers of obesity, that her file needs to be red-flagged for "the diet talk," that she and her mother are in denial. It's absurd.  Ask, don't assume[/b].

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They didn't have to assume anything. The evidence was right there.

The hospital could have offered this young girl assistance with weight loss and instead her mom just got all over sensitive.  Who's to say the DD didn't desperately want the help being offered but refused when she saw how upset the suggestion that she was fat caused her mom?  [/quote]

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