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Originally Posted by BethRags
Me to GP: "Meds have caused me to gain weight."
GP to me: "Okay, so you need to exercise."
Me: "I can't, because my ankle and knees are in excruciating pain and just walking around my apartment or down the stairs to my car is difficult. Grovcery shopping is seriously agonizing."
GP: "Hmmm. Yeah..." (shrugs).
And I leave feeling misunderstood, isolated, and discouraged.
I'm working on both at the same time, btw. At least mt therapist is understanding - unlike the other medical professionals I see. |
Misdiagnosis, or underdiagnosis of the overweight is extremely problematic, and endemic. Doctors will see weight as the problem over everything else and miss many conditions. There is a lot of literature about it now.
It is, of course, worse for women.