vaspider:

staypuftmarshmallowqueen:

sourcedumal:

ebtcard:

it’s also fucked up that fat people literally fear going to the doctor for anything because they know the first thing out of their dr’s mouth no matter what their ailment is, is gonna be “lose weight lol” broken leg? lose weight. rash? lose weight. whooping cough? lose weight binch!!!!! like we get it. but can you just write my prescription you bitch so i can go eat a salad and not call you again until im about to die of the plague????

I would not be surprised if someone did a study and found an increase in misdiagnosis of fat patients due to doctors focusing solely on weight loss as a panacea and ignoring other vital issues

In fact there are plenty showing this kind of thing, so you’re right on the money.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11477511

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obr.12266/abstract

NYT article from September which cites these 2 studies.

Have I told the story of how a fatphobic doctor misdiagnosed a tumor in my spine for years and might have cost me the ability to walk lately?

I’d highly recommend Big Fat Science for anyone interested in learning more about the intersections of medicine and fat people’s experiences.

I’m pro-choice, which really means I’m pro-bodily autonomy. That means I support these things:

• Not being forced to stay pregnant
  
• Not being forced to have an abortion
• Being able to get sterilized without hassle or shame
• Not being forced to get sterilized
• Affordable care for carrying a pregnancy to term
• Respecting patients’ right to consentduringchildbirth (tw: birth violence)
• Access to affordable contraception
• Comprehensive sex education
• Not being forced to have sex without contraception
• Freedom from all rape and sexual assault
• Compassionate treatment of sexual assault victims and justice in the courts
• Wearing whatever clothing you want without harassment
  
• Access to affordable gender confirmation surgery and hormones for trans people
• Ending infant circumcision and genital mutilation
• Respecting patients’ right to consent to all medical treatment
  
• Death with dignity for the terminally ill
• Elimination of torture as an interrogation technique
• Ending domestic violence and all other violent crime
  
• Ending sex, organ, and surrogacy human trafficking
• Sex workers legally working in safe, violence-free environments
• Consent for all interactions involving your body
  

Your body, your choice.

An Example of Magical Thinking

All three of these FtM commenters who are on testosterone seem to believe that because they spiritually feel like men and their testosterone levels are average for a man, that their testosterone levels are normal and healthy. “. of course, they are female whether they believe it or not, and therefore their manipulated testosterone levels are all at dangerously high doses for their bodies.

The normal amount of testosterone in females is 15 to 70 nanogramsper deciliter.

The average amount of testosterone in women with PCOS is>150nanograms per deciliter. What all women with this poorly understood disorder have in common is a naturally occurring overproduction of testosterone.

The relatively slight testosterone overproduction seen in PCOS causes hyperandrogenism, weight gain, cystic acne, and hardened, cystic, painful ovaries. It’s an awful condition to live with.

The "normal male amount” that these three female users speak of is inducing in themselves is 300 to 1,000 nanograms per deciliter.But they think because they have a male gender identity, they aren’t being literally cooked alive.

My Endometriosis pain was increasing and spreading, I was so desperate for help, so I told my primary I was ready for her to renew my referral to go see my OBGYN. while that was happening I had some concerns that I talked to her about, for one it was the increasing pelvic pain, kidney pain, and a vaginal discharge that I have never seen before. She told me the discharge was normal, that the kidney pain was not kidney pain and it was just probably something else, and that it was just my Endo to not worry. 

Three days later I call her because I feel like I have a gallon of water and worms in me, I was in so much pain that I could not move. She did a urine test (yes that is all) and she said I had a UTI, which she gave antibiotics for, she told me to just go back in a couple of days for a pap smear as well, which I did, that day she says I also have a vaginal infection and gave me more antibiotics. I was actually pretty fucking sick, and I called because I felt like maybe the infection was spreading or something! She asked me to go back and she did another urine test, then her office called with the results, no infection to stop the antibiotics that I had left because it was them doing a reaction. 

I was happy I was ok in that front, then I went to my OBGYN and we decided to try the IUD before another surgery, he scheduled the appointment and when I went in to get the IUD he asked if I had any infection because he saw some discharged, and I explained that I had but I had antibiotics for it, that my primary had said I was already good to go. He puts the IUD in me and the son of a bitch hurt! Still I was hopefully that THIS will finally help me! 

The very next day I have the follow up with my primary and I let her know that I had an IUD place the day before, that I was hoping that will minimize the pain. I mentioned to her that I did have that kidney pain still, which she wanted me to go to physical therapy for, but I was not convince and told her that I did not want to until she did a scan of my kidneys because I had kidney stones in the past and the pain felt similar to that. She was upset, but still sent me to do another urine test and a CT. Later that same day I get a call from their office saying that I had another UTI, I was speechless and told them that it could not be because I was cured from it a couple of days ago! Still they did not seem concern, and I decided to call the OBGYN to let them know I had a UTI and asked if that would affect the IUD and increase of infection, they also ignored me and said just to take my antibiotics and I would be fine to not call unless I had a discharge.

When I went to pick up my meds I saw they were the same ones she gave me last time that she made me stop, I told the pharmacist, they said to just take them. I took them… later that week I felt BAD and had some discharged so I called the OBGYN, they told me to come in. He told me my cervix was swollen, that he did not know why, that I probably had an STD or something because that is the only reason that happens, he took a swab and asked me if: 

1. I wanted to wait to see what happened until I saw him in a couple of weeks

2. remove the IUD, which he did not recommend

3. Give me stronger antibiotics to nip it in the butt and not affect the IUD. 

I agreed to his suggestion, which was the antibiotics. 

The very next day I felt like I was DYING I had NEVER felt anything of the sort before. I was dizzy, fatigued, the vaginal smell was HORRIBLE, discharge, and just an overall sick feeling, pain that I could not move. I went to the ER and they gave me so much morphine because I could not stand the vaginal examinations, they had to try and numb me as much as they could. 

The ER doctor asked me for the name of my OBGYN and I told him, he looked like he was in a hurry, then he came in and I see the nurse give me IV fluids and medications, and he tells me that I have to stay in the hospital because my infection was getting worse, that he saw puss in my vagina and that it just did not look good. Later he then came back and said my OBGYN and the OBGYN in the hospital wanted to take the IUD out. 

Later I learned the the IUD did make my infection worse… I was advice by the nurses in the hospital to never go back to those doctors, because they also found out that the reason I got a bad infection wasn’t only the IUD but the fact that it was placed in without proper sterile instruments. I was honestly super upset! Still I am… That kidney pain by the way was because the infection was already in the kidney, so yeah it was not kidney stones, but I was right that it was my kidney… If I had not gone to the ER and would have waited as they wanted me to I would have ended up with severe damage or even death. 

So if you want to get an IUD make sure that the doctor and nurse wash their hands before putting gloves on, because mine did not, and for them to not only test you for pregnancy before but also for any infections you might have, only you know your body!