hungrypuggle16's Journal, 17 February 2014

I was 260 when I wised up last year, and over 200 every since I was in my late 20's. NO doctor ever said the words overweight, obese, morbidly obese, lose weight, too heavy, health problems, etc......I know I am totally responsible for what I did to myself, but hearing those words from one of them might have shook me up enough to consider my health long before I did. I am glad your doctor is having the conversation about the "white elephant" in the room. Good luck and congratulations for recognizing you need to get healthy :) 

At my highest weight I was 286, and like erwin the dr. never mentioned it.... but like you I avoided going unless I was deathly ill. Im glad you went, YOU come first :-) let that one month recheck motivate you to show him some progress on the scale! 

I was very happy when my family doctor of over 23 years finally spoke up and said "it is time to work on losing weight". There was no other health issue that needed to be addressed at the time. He did what needed to be done. I would not have listened to anyone else. His support when I went back in 6 months was awesome. It gave me someone to be accountable to. 

It's ironic, isn't it? I avoided docs because I could be bleeding from the eyes with bones sticking thru the skin and they'd blame it on obesity. And it was especially difficult when once again I decided to try to eat my way back into good health rather than take on two new prescriptions the doc was very discouraging 'okay, I'll give you 90 days to turn this around ((high blood sugar and cholesterol)) but if in 30 days you find yourself failing I want you to come in and get these medications'. I'm so blessed and thankful it did work for me because the side effects of those medications are horrid. However, I don't think the words 'morbid obesity' were ever uttered ... just ... discussions about my lab levels. It's as if there is an acceptance our society has grown obese and the approach is to treat it medically. OR it could just be that as I maintained 285lbs for 5 years it was apparent *I* wasn't going to do anything about it... THEN. I don't know. My doc still seems surprised, almost skeptical, that my labs are so improved with just healthy living. But I'm not being smug .. I know it takes a good 2-3 years of this to get the habit firm and I am well known for falling off the wagon... here's to sitting firmly in the middle and riding this to success for all of us, aye? 

At least you've been there and you know where you're at now. So, next month when you go back hopefully you can show some the doc progress, that will make you feel even better. I'm glad you left feeling motivated!! 

I actually only went because I've had the flu for like a week now :/ and the dr didn't seem to worried about me being sick, just mostly the weight. This was the first time I've ever seen him. He asked me if it ran in the family (no) and what happend that I gained it. Thank you all. A lot of you have been in my place, and I can't say it enough that you all are inspiring and I take every bit of advice to heart and am grateful for it :) 

When I was almost 300 lbs and a size 22-24, everything that was wrong with me was blamed on weight, I understood that it contributed to a lot of my issues, like back pain, low energy, swollen ankles etc... But I had an issue with my upper left arm that swells big to bigger for about 2 years. I've been a dealer in the casino for most of the 28 years in the business. When I went to get it checked out because it was so painful, the doctor of course said it was fat. I needed to lose weight. I said and (excuse my French) then why doesn't my ass hurt, because that's fat? LOL! I later lost 127 lbs and wearing a size 8. Hardly any fat on me from working out 6 days a week. I went back to the doctor and said "So, now what's the reason for my arm hurting so bad?" First, he was amazed at the weight loss then said, let's do some test. All that time I've had a tear in my rotary cup and bursitis real bad. He said we need to do therapy and surgery probably. I said, like I would actually allow YOU to do anything to me after your first perfect diagnosis. He should have ran the test to rule that out, no matter what my weight was. Sorry for the novel, but don't be embarrassed to ever ask more questions and to disagree just because of feeling bad about your weight, like I was.