doctor vent; CW fatphobia, ableism, transphobia
Went to a doctor's appointment today, and I have a new primary care physician. I am going to switch it to a different resident, because several things about him raised red-flags.
1 - Although he congratulated me on the weight I lost, he was still overly fixated on weight loss, and claimed it was going to fix "all" of my health issues.
2 - He seemed to have no understanding of ADHD and insisted on the unhelpful "just dive in and do it" advice that neurotypicals give to people with ADHD.
3 - He told me weight loss would fix hormone imbalances because fat cells increase estrogen. And like... why did he say that specifically? I know my blood tests show elevated estrogen, but that's because I'm on estradiol, which is listed on my medications -.-
re: doctor vent; CW fatphobia, ableism, transphobia
@XerTheSquirrel aye, hopefully it does
doctor vent; CW fatphobia, ableism, transphobia
@Zauberin yeah that seems... suspect. Hope the next resident is better.
doctor vent; CW fatphobia, ableism, transphobia
@Zauberin good lord, "weight loss will decrease your estrogen" is a fucking spectacularly "I did not read your chart" thing to say to a transfem
re: doctor vent; CW fatphobia, ableism, transphobia
@amaranth yeah -.-
re: doctor vent; CW fatphobia, ableism, transphobia
@Zauberin I am getting a new PCP too and I visit in two weeks, I am hoping it goes okay at least.