![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
I went to the doctor today. That was apparently, a big mistake. I went to pick up the results of the blood test screenings I had three weeks ago. I do not have Lupus. I have perfectly normal cholesterol (read with surprise in her voice). My thyroid is functioning normal. My urine is normal. My everything-else-they-thought-to-test is normal. I am normal and healthy. My blood pressure is actually fantastic.
Insert Problem Here: I'm fat. And by fat I mean that I am 5 feet 8 inches tall and I weigh 262 pounds. I have gained roughly 60 pounds in the last year. I'm just being real here.
I am healthy. I'm extremely healthy. I work out at least twice a week. I only eat out once a week and I cook all the rest of my meals from healthy ingredients. I severely limit my processed foods and I don't drink soda. When asking my doctor, she actually just told me that I am healthy and fat but being fat is not healthy in the long run.
She says I am type three morbidly obese. She says I need to lose weight next year or she is going to recommend gastric bypass surgery. If I fight it, it can cause problems with some of my other treatments in the future. I am planning to change doctors actually, but that doesn't change my frustration.
I have been trying to lose weight. I have been upping my physical activity and changing my lifestyle. The problem is that I refuse to "quick-fix" it. I want to be a healthy person, not a skinny person. That means to me that I have to try and change the habits that helped me gain weight if I want to lose weight and I need to keep the habits that have helped me maintain excellent heart health.
This doctor also told me that the reason I had problems with the lab drawing blood is because I'm fat. She told me if I want it to be easier, I have to lose weight so that the veins are easier for them to access. I was just so frustrated at this point...every problem I have medically is not because I'm fat. *frustrated sigh*
Insert Problem Here: I'm fat. And by fat I mean that I am 5 feet 8 inches tall and I weigh 262 pounds. I have gained roughly 60 pounds in the last year. I'm just being real here.
I am healthy. I'm extremely healthy. I work out at least twice a week. I only eat out once a week and I cook all the rest of my meals from healthy ingredients. I severely limit my processed foods and I don't drink soda. When asking my doctor, she actually just told me that I am healthy and fat but being fat is not healthy in the long run.
She says I am type three morbidly obese. She says I need to lose weight next year or she is going to recommend gastric bypass surgery. If I fight it, it can cause problems with some of my other treatments in the future. I am planning to change doctors actually, but that doesn't change my frustration.
I have been trying to lose weight. I have been upping my physical activity and changing my lifestyle. The problem is that I refuse to "quick-fix" it. I want to be a healthy person, not a skinny person. That means to me that I have to try and change the habits that helped me gain weight if I want to lose weight and I need to keep the habits that have helped me maintain excellent heart health.
This doctor also told me that the reason I had problems with the lab drawing blood is because I'm fat. She told me if I want it to be easier, I have to lose weight so that the veins are easier for them to access. I was just so frustrated at this point...every problem I have medically is not because I'm fat. *frustrated sigh*
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2007-03-26 04:41 pm (UTC)From:I became so frustrated that I just quit going to the doctor, between the everything is because your fat, but we don't know why you are fat, but you've got loose weight anyway and the insurance company I just gave up.
I'm thinking of you, have said a prayer for you, and hope that you find the answers you are looking for.