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Jon "Bad Wasabi" Wood ([info]mcity) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-03-08 10:55:00
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no fatties
In stupid_free, there's a post about a girl who is 5'4" and 90lbs, fishing for compliments in ask_me_anything.

[info]isolationista: There's really nothing wrong with preferring to be skinny.
[info]jade_faith: They also said there was nothing wrong with antidepressants, until the suicides started popping up.

And they're off! Look out for [info]blasphemae implying that "underweight!=skinny". And then "underweight=skinny", a few posts later!

Please, no fatbashing.

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[info]mael
2007-03-08 11:59 pm UTC (link)
May I take a moment to point out to all doctors that your patient answering the question:

"Are you satisfied with your body weight?"

with:

"No, I think I'm too thin."

is not, actually, indicative of anorexia.



/grabs lemon scented tissues and wipes up

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[info]serafina20
2007-03-09 06:43 am UTC (link)
Also, when you tell them that you keep losing weight no matter what you do, and you think you're too thin, being told, "I wish I had that problem," is also not helpful?

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[info]snarkbunny
2007-03-09 09:21 am UTC (link)
And when you tell them that the problem is chronic nausea, the correct response is not "Hah, right - you're a skinny young girl, so you obviously have an eating disorder and are lying to cover it up! We're going to put you in an institution and force-feed you until you're sick!"

I hate the medical industry so much.

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[info]judyhazeleyes
2007-03-11 02:05 am UTC (link)
Awesome story about asshat doctors! I won't go into why I was rapidly losing weight, because it involves bodily functions and is icky, but suffice it to say that I was very sick. I pointed out to my doctor how much I had lost (I'm a fatty, btw) and he said "Well, why do you want to get better, then? Sounds like it's working as a very good diet plan!"

... got a new doctor, STAT.

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[info]napalmnacey
2007-03-10 03:19 am UTC (link)
Ooh! Embarrassing anecdote time! [ignores groans]

I'd been suffering from terrible bloating and stomach pains so I went to the doctor. I complained to him how bloated I would get, that it was ridiculous, and I lifted my shirt and showed him. Now, I'm 5'6" and 119 pounds (168cm and 64kg for those in the metric) and a regular size (about Kate Winslet size) so he just took one look at my stomach like I was nuts and went "Huh?"

"Look! Look at that! My stomach looks huge! I look pregnant!"

"... Looks perfectly normal to me."

"It's not, trust me, it's not! I'm much thinner than this usually!"

It was at that moment that I realised I'd probably come off as just a leeeetle neurotic. But then again, I have a better idea of what my midriff usually looks like than my doctor does.

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