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 -.-

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 -.-

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