When I was in High School I was short and stick-thin due my Crohn's Disease. Now I am neither of those things (5'5'' is a respectable height for a girl, no matter what the non-boy says) and am learning everyday to deal with it. I also hold onto my weight, so I look lighter than I actually am and I find it a very difficult thing to get rid of.
This back story is important to the main story.
I just saw my doctor for my yearly physical and for the brief period of time that I was there she hinted at me multiple times to lose weight. Asking me if I knew how to eat healthy and recommending me to exercise 5X a week for at least 30 min. I consider myself a fairly healthy eater and if she had come out straight and said listen I think you need to lose some weight, we could have had an actual discussion about it. It was like she took one look at a number and decided my fate. It made me realize that this is something we should try and change about our health care system. I'm supposed to trust this one doctor once a year to go over my health with me and feel free to call if I have any problems - but god forbid I feel relaxed during my appt and feel like I can actually tell her things and ask questions without feeling like I'm keeping her from something. And people keep asking me if I'm going to switch doctors, but whats the point? Will another doctor do the same things? Are they all so over scheduled that each appt you have will feel rushed through and at the end when they're shaking your hand goodbye you're sitting there in a stupor and realize you didn't get to ask your questions because that was it?!? I'm not asking to be remembered every year - I barely remember my work schedule, feel free to go through my chart and ask me questions to see where I was last year. But can I please sit through my appt and NOT feel like you're checking your watch, or reducing me down to numbers written on a chart?
I've got a year to decide, but it looks like I might be getting a new doctor.
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