This sums up so much of what is wrong with how our health care system treats larger people. Well-said.
Not at all the same issue, but it also put me in mind of when I trained circus, and we always knew to lie about the level on the pain scale because "tough it out in the gym" led to not creating urgency for treatment!
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Date: 2016-01-30 02:03 pm (UTC)Not at all the same issue, but it also put me in mind of when I trained circus, and we always knew to lie about the level on the pain scale because "tough it out in the gym" led to not creating urgency for treatment!