<![CDATA[Weight discrimination in healthcare is not about fat people feeling hurt when their doctor says something about their weight.]]>Weight discrimination in healthcare is not about fat people feeling hurt when their doctor says something about their weight. It is about fat people not getting adequate care for their conditions and symptoms, and being told that losing weight will solve everything.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/42749492-5feb-4802-84fd-6ae65ab2bccc/weight-discrimination-in-healthcare-is-not-about-fat-people-feeling-hurt-when-their-doctor-says-something-about-their-weight.RSS for NodeThu, 30 Apr 2026 23:35:13 GMTSat, 11 Apr 2026 16:10:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Weight discrimination in healthcare is not about fat people feeling hurt when their doctor says something about their weight. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:34:21 GMT]]>@Aknorals @fatbot
I hate this and am so sorry for you. Unfortunately this horrendous approach is becoming more common.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/ArtBrew/statuses/116392700251968626https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/ArtBrew/statuses/116392700251968626Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:34:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weight discrimination in healthcare is not about fat people feeling hurt when their doctor says something about their weight. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:17:27 GMT]]>@Energetic_Nova @fatbot I'm going to get so many in her honor thank you!

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/fatbot/statuses/116390511981462584https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/fatbot/statuses/116390511981462584Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:17:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weight discrimination in healthcare is not about fat people feeling hurt when their doctor says something about their weight. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:17:10 GMT]]>@circuitsunfish 😢

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/fatbot/statuses/116390509316629917https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/fatbot/statuses/116390509316629917Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:17:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weight discrimination in healthcare is not about fat people feeling hurt when their doctor says something about their weight. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:43:32 GMT]]>@circuitsunfish @fatbot ❤️‍🩹

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/annaf/statuses/116390377032600465https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/annaf/statuses/116390377032600465Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:43:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weight discrimination in healthcare is not about fat people feeling hurt when their doctor says something about their weight. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:29:35 GMT]]>@circuitsunfish @fatbot
They brought back dandelion yellow this year.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Energetic_Nova/statuses/116389850325080989https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Energetic_Nova/statuses/116389850325080989Sun, 12 Apr 2026 04:29:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weight discrimination in healthcare is not about fat people feeling hurt when their doctor says something about their weight. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 03:30:04 GMT]]>@necromanticnomad

Heh. I know people who suffer from joint issues *because* they ate right and worked out. Lot of good that did.

As for excessive daytime sleepiness, there's one way obesity can cause it—obstructive sleep apnea—but that can be worked around with an air-pressure machine. This isn't the Stone Age.

@fatbot

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/argv_minus_one/statuses/116389616340868737https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/argv_minus_one/statuses/116389616340868737Sun, 12 Apr 2026 03:30:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weight discrimination in healthcare is not about fat people feeling hurt when their doctor says something about their weight. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:50:24 GMT]]>@fatbot My mom was told she couldn't get a kidney transplant because she was overweight.
After years on dialysis, her weight was low enough the hospital, doctor, and insurance approved of the procedure, but her blood pressure was too low because of the dialysis. The surgeon, fearing a risk to his record, denied the surgery.

She died later that year.
If she has been allowed surgery when she was still fat, her heart would have been strong enough to handle surgery.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Aknorals/statuses/116389460338364357https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Aknorals/statuses/116389460338364357Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:50:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weight discrimination in healthcare is not about fat people feeling hurt when their doctor says something about their weight. on Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:00:31 GMT]]>@fatbot one of my best friends in high school was told that her stomach hurting was because she was young and fat and she would feel better if she lost some weight. After a year of being sicker and sicker and not losing the weight, she ended up in the ER. She would not leave the hospital again. Two weeks later she died of small cell ovarian cancer. She wasn't even twenty.

She gave me some crayons as a graduation present from high school and the yellow. Is a dandelion yellow. They do not make the dandelion yellow any more.

Danni should have been taken seriously and her cancer should have been discovered earlier and we should have been able to mourn the dandelion yellow together. Instead I have a yellow crayon that I cannot bring myself to use because it and the other crayons are some of the only physical pieces of her touch in my life I have left.

Fat phobia killed one of my best friends

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plesiosaur.net/users/circuitsunfish/statuses/116389264172122437https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plesiosaur.net/users/circuitsunfish/statuses/116389264172122437Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:00:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weight discrimination in healthcare is not about fat people feeling hurt when their doctor says something about their weight. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:28:15 GMT]]>@fatbot Loosing weight totally heals a broken limb! Cancer? Just loose some weight!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/hellomiakoda/statuses/116387721768807570https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/hellomiakoda/statuses/116387721768807570Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:28:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weight discrimination in healthcare is not about fat people feeling hurt when their doctor says something about their weight. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:22:47 GMT]]>@necromanticnomad 🤦

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/fatbot/statuses/116387700271870528https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/fatbot/statuses/116387700271870528Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:22:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weight discrimination in healthcare is not about fat people feeling hurt when their doctor says something about their weight. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:00:18 GMT]]>@fatbot EDS and joint issues over here, instead they sent me to a fucking nutritionist.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/necromanticnomad/statuses/116387611832750798https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/necromanticnomad/statuses/116387611832750798Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:00:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Weight discrimination in healthcare is not about fat people feeling hurt when their doctor says something about their weight. on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:39:57 GMT]]>@fatbot so much this

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/redsad/statuses/116387531848984331https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/redsad/statuses/116387531848984331Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:39:57 GMT