Frickin Frackin!
I went for my abdominal ultrasound today because I had been having a lot of pain in my left side rib cage and back - my doctor ordered a complete abdominal ultrasound.
I really hate having medical appointments with anyone aside from my family doctor because I just can't stand all the "fat judgement" and believe me I've had a lot of horrid stories.
Anyways I get there and I am stoked because lord have mercy they actually have gowns that will tie up behind me and not show off my rump!! I feel pretty great about that and then...
I go into the ultrasound and the woman does her work.....she's working for about 20 minutes snapping her pictures and then she starts grunting and groaning and getting me to move around like crazy and hold my breath for like forever....after an additional 20 minutes she tells me she needs to go get another technician to come take a look because she's having a hard time seeing something and it's probably because of the "extra fat on your stomach". I take a deep breath because I'm so used to this after ultrasounds from my pregnancy and I asked her....
Were you able to get pictures of other things you needed to see?
She says yes she got the "gallbladder, kidneys, liver, spleen, artery, etc" but she says - I just can't seem to find your appendix and with the pain y ou've been experienced I need to get a picture.
Are you kidding me?? (I said)
No (she said) - I just can't see it clearly because you are obese.
The rage starts building in me and I say to her.....
You can't see my appendix because I had it removed when I was 16 years old!!!!
She laughed and said "well that explains it why didn't you tell me?"
I said "Why didn't you just ask?"
So frustrating!!
I really hate having medical appointments with anyone aside from my family doctor because I just can't stand all the "fat judgement" and believe me I've had a lot of horrid stories.
Anyways I get there and I am stoked because lord have mercy they actually have gowns that will tie up behind me and not show off my rump!! I feel pretty great about that and then...
I go into the ultrasound and the woman does her work.....she's working for about 20 minutes snapping her pictures and then she starts grunting and groaning and getting me to move around like crazy and hold my breath for like forever....after an additional 20 minutes she tells me she needs to go get another technician to come take a look because she's having a hard time seeing something and it's probably because of the "extra fat on your stomach". I take a deep breath because I'm so used to this after ultrasounds from my pregnancy and I asked her....
Were you able to get pictures of other things you needed to see?
She says yes she got the "gallbladder, kidneys, liver, spleen, artery, etc" but she says - I just can't seem to find your appendix and with the pain y ou've been experienced I need to get a picture.
Are you kidding me?? (I said)
No (she said) - I just can't see it clearly because you are obese.
The rage starts building in me and I say to her.....
You can't see my appendix because I had it removed when I was 16 years old!!!!
She laughed and said "well that explains it why didn't you tell me?"
I said "Why didn't you just ask?"
So frustrating!!
SURGERY at Toronto Western Hospital - VSG JANUARY 25th, 2012!!
5'9 - HW - 390 SW - 368.8 GW - 150
That little voice in my head: Try holding it to your skull. I want to see if you have a brain!
Beth
Former RNY patient revising to Sleeve then DS.
Appts: Dietitian - January 21/19; July 16/19, August 13/19, September 17/19, October 15/19; Social Worker: August 23/19; DS Orientation: March 20/19; Internist: September 30/19; Surgeon: November 13/19 (signed consent).
Surgery Date: February 28/20.
MY RNY DIDN'T FAIL ME - I FAILED IT.
OMG Beth to freaken funny. I would send her dullness back to school.
I just cant believe that the tech would try and turn it back on the patient. How on earth would the patient even know what the tech was looking for, I would be so pissed had it been me.
I just cant believe that the tech would try and turn it back on the patient. How on earth would the patient even know what the tech was looking for, I would be so pissed had it been me.
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
Surgery July 22, 2011 Starting weight 270 128 lbs lost Today's weight 142 lbs Ann 
I would soooooooo be on the phone to that department and asking to speak with whomever is in charge. They need to seriously do some compassion training!!! UGH 
is Monica M.
Ugh!!! I hear ya on hating medical professionals because of the fat judgement.
I went to the hospital once because I was bleeding profusely, in a lot of pain and I was sure I was having some sort of a hemorrhage. After hours of tests and all the talk of "cant see anything because she is so obese" in whispers so they thought I couldnt hear - because apparently fat people are deaf- the attending doc basically patted me on the head and told me to go home. "You are just having your period, dear. I am sure if you lost some weight, you would have 'normal' periods"
WTF?? Seriously???
I think after 25+ years of "just" having my period, I would know the dfference between what's normal and what isn't!!
Turns out I not only did I have endometriosis but also a blood clot. That was quite a few years ago and now, unless I know for sure I am really sick (which usually happens when I have waited way too long and am seriously ill-like the pneumonia I had in December or Strep in June) I NEVER go to any doctor but my own.....and even then....I have got to be practically on my death bed before I will go.
I went to the hospital once because I was bleeding profusely, in a lot of pain and I was sure I was having some sort of a hemorrhage. After hours of tests and all the talk of "cant see anything because she is so obese" in whispers so they thought I couldnt hear - because apparently fat people are deaf- the attending doc basically patted me on the head and told me to go home. "You are just having your period, dear. I am sure if you lost some weight, you would have 'normal' periods"
WTF?? Seriously???
I think after 25+ years of "just" having my period, I would know the dfference between what's normal and what isn't!!
Turns out I not only did I have endometriosis but also a blood clot. That was quite a few years ago and now, unless I know for sure I am really sick (which usually happens when I have waited way too long and am seriously ill-like the pneumonia I had in December or Strep in June) I NEVER go to any doctor but my own.....and even then....I have got to be practically on my death bed before I will go.
Jennifer 
Boy, that just makes me see red! I am so tired of being treated like a nobody because of my weight! I can't tell you how many times I've been given the third degree over what my "exact" weight is because the table can "only" hold 300 lbs. Am I very sure that I'm not over 300 lbs? And they keep giving me the fish-eyed stare while they're saying that, like it's their own damn personal table! Of course, now that I weigh more than 300 lbs, I make real sure I don't go to these places for X-rays. 
Why the hell don't these places buy at least one table that will accomodate patients who weight more than 300 lbs?!
Pink, I'm sorry that you got such a dimwit for your ultrasound - she really needs some training to learn how to treat people. How would she like it if her mother/daughter/sister was subjected to that type of rude behaviour? And then she laughs about it??! Witless!!!!!
Deb
Why the hell don't these places buy at least one table that will accomodate patients who weight more than 300 lbs?!Pink, I'm sorry that you got such a dimwit for your ultrasound - she really needs some training to learn how to treat people. How would she like it if her mother/daughter/sister was subjected to that type of rude behaviour? And then she laughs about it??! Witless!!!!!
Deb
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