Angry. Sad.

I went to the doctor today to get another prescription of the pill today.

My doctor took the opportunity to tell me that I need to start considering other contraceptive options because I am getting close to the allowed BMI for the pill (combined) and that my weight is far too much for my frame.  He listed off various potential health risks too as I am obese.  Fair enough he had warn me of the health consequences of obesity and thrombosis, but did he have to be so judgemental?  Obviously I must be living on a diet of KFC and chips (not salads and jacket potatoes).

He gave me no advice on weight loss - just told me that I must know about diets.  No mention of exercise.

He seemed to think that I was going to do nothing about my weight and that it was time to change my contraceptive method.

I f**king hate the NHS and their attitude to weight.  It seems to be constantly emphasised as a drain of money but there is no help for those that want to lose weight.  I know that they are not responsible society's weight problem (and as a society I think there needs to be a change in how we live and eat), but overweight/obese people need guidance not bluntness and insensitivity.

My lovely boyfriend cheered me up as best he could, but I feel so blue now - at one point I decided that I am now going to live on soup :-)

Simmering beneath the sadness I am also now determined to prove that doctor wrong...

Comments

[Claire]

Hi,
I've just discovered your blog and this post really rang a bell with me. I can't understand why obese people are simply reviled by the NHS but at the same time smokers are given so much help i.e. free group/ personal therapy, nicotine patches etc. I actually think losing weight could be harder than giving up smoking or combating drug addition (I don't actually know having never smoked) in that you can’t go cold turkey. Food will always have to be part of your life. I’ll continue reading the rest now.
Claire