"And you only have two weeks to live, fatty."

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JESUS! That is unbelievable. Even if someone is morbidly obese you could be a tad more tactful. A 'professional' saying your weight is over the top is not helpful at all.
'You need to lose weight any way you can.'

okay how about I cut my leg off, how about that for weight loss?

jesus, what a moron. is there anyone you can call to complain about this wench?

I thought about calling the medical practice, but I have a feeling they'll just be like, "Welllllll, we're sorry, but you probably should lose some weight....You loud, FAT AMERICAN."

Ugh. Way to ruin my day..having some old, thin nurse telling me that I'm a fatty. I wish I had gotten mad and defended myself, but instead I just blushed and got out of there as fast as I could. Derrrr....
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You want me to go kick her ass?
You should absolutely call the clinic to complain about her. Let them know that you have recently been released from a clinic for eating disorders that you entered at 88 lbs., and have just made a call to be readmitted. Let them know how damaging she is. Then hang up & let it go. You look fantastic, do not her discourage you. I've been there. It is so easy to say "whats the point of exercising & diet if I'm still a fat ass" Do not let that get you down, turn your energy into getting her back, make that call, and just keep on going. I'd like to fuck that bitch up for all of us over a size 4.
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This reminds me of the time when I was getting my yearly check up (for birth control, as a matter of fact!), and when I got on the scale, the nurse said, "Oh, I'm sorry!" She didn't come right out and tell me I was fat, but it was implied. What is it with these insensitive nurses??
She's an old lady! You should never hurt the elderly....

Maybe just push her down the stairs. Softly.
Thanks, Leann. :)

Maybe I will call. Or throw a brick through the window. Or maybe both.
"Oh I'm sorry"????? Jesus.
You are not fat at all. (you already know that I just felt like I should tell you again) And I am thinking it wasnt so smart for her to say " you should lose it any way you can". Dumb beeotch. Not to mention the fact that she didnt even have any of your medical history. What an idiot. Tell that old bag to shove it.

"She's an old lady! You should never hurt the elderly...."

Damn. And I was thinking I would've punched her in the throat. Don't worry, it was just a passing thought. But it drives me nuts to think someone in the medical profession thinks it's okay to spew garbage like that.
Krystall - Thank you! Yeah, it really upset me at first, but then I thought about it and it's like...whatever. I'm not unhealthy. But even if I was unhealthy, that's NOT what you say to someone.

Gamany - LOL. Makes you wonder what she's told other patients...
Over the top according to what? To her medical expertise. YOU GET PAID TO WRITE THE NUMBERS YOU SEE SO KEEP YOUR OPINION TO YOURSELF NURSE LADY! I wish people like that would not speak because they have no clue what they're saying.
OK, so I'll kick her ass without stilettos on... although that doesn't sound as much fun...
I'll push her down the stairs - with my stilettos on!

Can't wait to learn what I'll be hearing at my ortho appt next week. I told them I'm obese and got an "oh, my... that's not good" response. Not shit, sherlock! But, see... all the exercise in the world ain't gonna do me no good if I CAN'T DO IT CAUSE MY KNEE IS FUCKED UP! (though, honestly, even if my knee wasn't fucked up I probably still wouldn't do it.)

I know have docs telling me to consider gastric bypass. How sad is that?!? Plus, totally unreasonable as gastric bypass without addressing eating issues = recipe for disaster.

As I keep trying to get docs to understand, if not being able to walk is not enough motivation for me to magically lose 100lbs, then not much else will be either.
"oh my...thats not good"????? What the holy hell is the problem with these people.???!!! To so very many people I would say" I AM NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR OPINION, REALLY, SHUT UP" and then spit on them.
I wonder if Urban Junkies read your blog and then write their emails... this is the link that they just sent me:

http://www.iwantgreatcare.org/

It's a review site for local doctor's practice. So go! review! Get the bitch fired.
Oh, then you'll love that the first time the knee went bad, some 15yrs ago (and was made MUCH worse by a doc's ill advice on physical therapy), I was scheduled, via HMO, for an MRI. the technician (a woman, btw) walked in, looked at me, said, "You're too fat! Loose weight!" and walked out - never to be seen again.
Just know that somehow, someway she got hers...the f-ing bummer of it is that you didn't get to see it happen. Have you ever thought of making a generic voo-doo doll???
What. the. fuck.

Besides just being stupid insensitive, that is outrageously unprofessional - not to mention extremely poor advice to lose weight "any way you can."

That is outrageous. Her behavior absolutely should be reported. That is abusive! What if she says something like that to someone else - someone with less confidence - who then kills herself afterwards? It's really not hard to imagine with young women/girls and the body pressure people are under. Over the top, indeed.
That is irresponsible. You're probably healthier than me for going to the gym regularly, and that should definitely be more of a concern to a clinician. Ridiculous.
She could have meant Over the Top as a positive thing you know... Just throwing that out there. Like, very good, over the top? No? Ah well, I tried. Just know that we love your curves as they are. Damned Medical Profession...
Jeez. This is probably the sixth story in as many weeks I've heard from friends about asshat nurses. I doubt there is any part of the nursing oath that says, "I promise to insult, belittle and malign patients; I promise to spout useless garbage based on the latest research in Reader's Digest and/or the National Enquirer; I promise to hate my job and take it out on anyone who walks through the door that I perceive to be a) younger, b) prettier, c) smarter, d) wealthier and/or e) better dressed than I'll ever be."
You're beautiful and I agree--how utterly irresponsible! That's just disgusting of her to even think that would be an appropriate comment to make...TO ANYONE!
Oh my good God. What a horrible old hag! It's no wonder girls are shoving their toothbrushes down their throats three times a day.


yeah.. I think they have new weights they consider too much. Forget body type and family history. I got the "you are obese" a month ago. Obese. I am a size 16. This is not obese. Yes, I am overweight by what I'd LIKE to be, but OBESE? um no.
report her.

Jesus Cate ..what a dumb bitch! I think you look awesome!!!!!!!

"Lose weight anyway you can" PFFT!!!! What kind of a professional response is that anyway?! She should have her nursing licence taken away...seriously!!

Make ya feel like saying..."Yeah well, I hear fucking is great exercise, so just give me my prescription and STFU ...you constipated twat!

Your problem is you’re not a crack-addicted whore who couldn’t gain weight only if she ate lead weights. So compared to that type of under nourished drug addicted whore, a normal healthy woman who eats on an at regular meal times is an enigma and since you are not an unnatural 2 you must need to do something about that!

Or there incredibly F#*king nuts over there and if your recent photos of you are any picture of your size then what the hell are they talking about!?

Also the photo you posted the girl needs to iron her outfit it has a few wrinkles!

Not to generalize, but over here we have a bit of a problem with nurses sometimes. Most of them are ok, very pro and know how to do their job. Others are more like "Yes, you definitely need to stuff suppositories in both your nostrils for maximum effexct".

That's the bitch you met.

But how fucking stupid do you have to be to blurt out the anyway you can-thing? Even if you were the size of 5 elephants combined?

"Ah, yes, thank you. May I borrow a stick so I can make my lunch make a quick combeack easier?"

What a fucking douche.

Perhaps she rented her uniform and is in actuality an extremely bored and irresponsible person who just wandered in off the street.

No medical person in their right mind would recommend a patient to do anything "anyway you can".

Your photo tells me that you are lovely and healthy. Ignore the pseudo-nurse. Enjoy life.

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Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease complain to the practice. If it were not enough that she's making a judgement about your weight without any relevant information about you (and ignoring the fact that I spent a year sitting virtually opposite you and noticed only a normal, actually fairly slim woman)... "ANY WAY YOU CAN"?!!!! Look, I'm all for not pandering to genuinely fat people or people like me who are really horribly unfit - I know I need to do more exercise and I'm happy to be told that. But to be told to lose weight any way I can? What, by throwing up or going on that fucking cayenne pepper plan? Or maybe I should take heart-attack inducing slimming pills. After all, about a month after you die you're probably at your slimmest.

Ridiculous fucking woman. (Her, not you, obviously)

*seethes*
My favourite bit of this is the fact that she said "over the top". In my head she was giving you a 'talk to the hand' gesture whilst wiggling her head aggressively.
Fucking bitch.
Go back there in a couple of months and show her how your teeth are rotting and your skin is a mess from all the vomiting you've been doing to lose the weight 'any way you can'.

What an irresponsible thing to say. It's just lucky you're smart enough to walk out and ignore her, because saying that to a lot of girls would be the fast-track to an eating disorder, like you said.
I would definitely file a complaint. She should not be dealing with patients.

Next time poke her in the eye and tell her she should get glasses.
Seems to me, you've got to go through ritual humiliation everywhere to get your birth control pills. Why on earth are you weighed? Taking blood pressure has at least a semblance of sense.
A girl should always take an article about that study, that people with an bmi between 25 and 30 live longest and healthiest, with her.
Just to shove it in the face of dangerously stupid people who shouldn't work in a medical profession. Really.
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You guys are awesome. I'm glad I woke up this morning not feeling bad about myself. In fact, last night I had spaghetti and garlic bread for dinner AND I ENJOYED EVERY GOD DAMN BITE.

Brandy - Maybe she meant at the top of the scale? The top of the fatty demographics? Top of my weight class?

Siany - You could always bite her. That's sort of fun.

LeendaDLL - They tell you to get gastric bypass?? Fuck sake. You're totally right about the whole addressing the eating issues. It's like when doctors just toss out anti-depressants without even offering therapy or counseling. UGH. Fucking doctors.

Rogue - I know, it's horrible. I just can't imagine how many other women she's done that, too. I can take it. It pissed me off but I have the Internet to unleash my fury on and a wonderful, reassuring partner who was just as pissed off about it as I was. It really worries me how someone else would have taken that. :S

Auds - Thanks! Yeah. To be honest I haven't gone in a week, but STILL! LOL

Kzinti - I should go back there and be like, "Yeah? Well THE INTERNET likes me! HOW ABOUT THAT1?"

SnoringKatz - I'm actually starting to suspect that the nurse was actually a columnist from The Daily Mail...

Strawberry -
Thank you. I whole heartedly agree!

Deborah -
OBSESE? Oh for fuck sake. Were they using a system from the 1800's or something?

Patty - I will. I was going to today and then I got scared. I'm such a baby.

Marie -
Constipated Twat?? LOVE IT. I need to use that...

Jamie - Yeah. Maybe I should come back in a month as a crack-whore bag of bones and be like, "How you like me now, sucka???"

Jenni - Wait...you're not supposed to put suppositories in your nose for maximum affect? That bitch told me - god dammit.

Aubrey -
I love the idea that she's actually just some hobo that enjoys wreaking havoc at family clinics in the suburbs. "You're fat....you're pregnant...oh you weren't here for an abortion? Whoops."

Alex -
When I can muster up the balls I'm going to call and report her. Or call and ask if she recommends the lemonade diet or the maple syrup diet...

ScarlettSusi -
She did have a posse of thin nurses behind her high fiving each other and screaming out things like, "Oh NO she DIDN'T!" They tried to initiate a dance-off with me, but decided it would be unfair, as clearly, as an overweight person, I don't have the stamina for such nonsense.

Gemma - Yup! Who knew trying to not get pregnant could also lead to eating disorders and low self esteem!

Megan - Or maybe just sit on her and suffocate her to death.

Neeva -
Yeah. They sure don't make it easy or comfortable to not get pregnant, no matter what country you're in.
Wow. What an outrageous bitch. "Lose weight any way you can" - thank you, medical professional, because I have always wanted free reign to start a coke habit. If I get busted, at least I'll have a solid defense.

As everyone else has mentioned already, you look fantastic (and we're seeing you in photos, which even add 10 pounds).

It is about more than just a number on a scale and if she truly was that concerned, she should have evaluated you and had a conversation/dialogue with you about it. I've watched that "You Are What You Eat" show, and you are BY FAR the least of her worries when it comes to the overweight in England. Seriously. I'm curious if she speaks to the British patients the same way.


Hey.. the same thing happened to me... but the opposite!! i went to get my BC once at a clinic... and they weighed me twice... kept making excuses not to let me leave... and then a counselor came in and gave me an eating disorder intervention. They said i was dangerously underweight! even though i've been the same weight for the last 15 yrs.

I'm sorry that happened to you, girl. That's a ridiculously fucked up comment and she really did have no basis for it. Sounds like you're doing well with your attempts at a healthier lifestyle. Keep at it.

Wow. Just wow. My brain keeps looping, trying to find a way that makes this scenario plausible - like, she was looking at someone else's chart? I mean, obviously, there was a mistake. Not that it's EVER okay to say something like this to someone...but really, I don't understand how it's even possible.

Oh well, I'm gonna break her fucking legs and ask questions later.
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