Why is everything blamed on being over weight?

[pcgirl]

un-diagnosed poor controlled diabetes can mess up the liver,but a lot of GPS are slow and quick to judge people,especially women assuming they are just being paranoid or making it up.

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Oh yes, my consultant looked me up and down and said 'I'll check your BMI, I expect it's high'! I was tempted to punch the air when he was proved wrong, I am amply blessed in the chest region and people assume the rest of me is too. They should reserve judgement until they know better. 😕

[pcgirl in reply to Hidden]

Me too,I have large breasts.Even my bladder weakness was blamed on my weight a few years ago by a male doctor who sent me to an exercise class with OAPs.A few yrs later a different medical professional examined me and said it was caused by child birth and needs an operation.As it has been left untreated,it got worse,causing my bowel to drop down,so now I have accidents both ways.

[GrittyReads in reply to pcgirl]

I would ask to be referred to a physiotherapist who specialises in amazing exercises for all the 'down below' areas. My friend was having huge problems and an NHS specialist physio taught her to do things 'down below' that have turned her life around, and she is in her 70s.

A really good Pilates teacher might also help - but I do mean: really good. Mine is amazing and every so often we concentrate on these areas. She says if we keep it up at home, we'll never need 'Tena Pads' or their variants - regardless of weight! Take care

[pcgirl in reply to GrittyReads]

I dont think you understand,the prolaspe is that bad my bowel has also prolasped,something exercise will not fix.Its that bad,they could not even get a camera in my bowel to investigate why I poo myself all the time.

[GrittyReads in reply to pcgirl]

Okay, profound apologies - although I really didn't understand the severity, as you don't mention 'prolapse' in the earlier comments.

I was basing my suggestions on what you said about 'accidents both ways' - in your reply to Cathy7 - as well as the initial reference to medics blaming everything on over-weight.

My friend was in a similar situation - both 'accident' and weight-wise - although she did have an op for the prolapsed uterus (I think she had to lose weight first). After the op the specialist physio taught her things she had not believed possible, to prevent all recurrence, and she has been amazing since.

I hope you manage to get some advice that helps.

[Geffy22]

I was diagnosed type 2 when I had Bmi of 23 and worked out in a gym 7 hours a week. Had to beg the doc to test me for it as family history of it (south East Asian origin).

Now with all the hysteria about weight and diabetes, lots of friends say, well if you lost weight you could get rid of it (2 kids and worsening insulin resistance = weight gain), which in my case is just not true.

I am sick of media always on about weight = type 2. In my case genetics = type 2, I held it off with my lifestyle until I was 34, everyone else in the family was diagnosed in their 20's - none of them were fat either, but weren't madly into fitness like I was!

Sadly pregnancy accelerates diabetes too, so been insulin controlled since the age of 36.

I am now at stage where I am determined to stop the cycle of insulin resistant = more insulin = weight gain as I'm 50 and my height will soon shrink and I'll be obese in a few years otherwise 8-}.

[pcgirl in reply to Geffy22]

My mother was not diagnosed until her late fifties and her father also had it,my mother is also thin.someone also told me,it can be hard to catch.with my gp,when they arrange blood tests,they are like in four weeks time after seeing them.

[Geffy22]

Yes they say father's give diabetes to their daughters, not sure how females pass the gene on... yes it does take time to get tested but if the gp bypasses the normal multiple rounds of fasting tests and orders a glucose tolerance test the result would be a conclusive diagnosis. If I recall correctly, anything over 13.5% is conclusively diabetic. If your mum has a testing kit, borrow it, test yourself 2 hours after a normal meal. If your test is over 8 youre poss diabetic (though ibs can also affect blood sugar). Good luck, hope you're free from it as it is not a good condition to have xxx