I so hear you, Kaitlyn. My GP had been giving me a hard time about my weight when I was fifty pounds heavier. She’s happier that it’s mostly come off and I keep pointing out that I haven’t done anything except change meds. Her thing now is my blood lipid profile which is admittedly scary-looking. But it’s always scary-looking. Even when I’m not eating meat and drinking coffee with soy milk the LDL and triglyceride numbers don’t move. And I won’t take a statin to lower serum cholesterol because I either wouldn’t be able to feel if I were having the really scary muscle-damaging side effects or they’d make the fibromyalgia pain worse. That and I can read a journal article as well as anyone and I know the number needed to treat for improved cardiac event outcomes is something like fifty treated for one patient who doesn’t arrest or arrests later. Serum cholesterol levels are a surrogate target.

Virginia: I know, right? I’m sure they don’t actually watch to see when you’re just getting settled down to call you back but sometimes it feels like it.

I’m really glad you found such a good one too, lilacsigil.

Oh, this is so true. I am five four and three quarters, dang it!

And I wouldn’t know without my endo visits.

Which have thankfully been about twice a year now for a few years, with a couple exceptions. It’s good that that issue is under control, but sad because he is my most favorite doctor ever!

Maybe endocrinologists treat patients with more respect re: weight because their whole field deals with it, in a way. Take the thyroid. (My problem.) Too little, you gain weight. Too much, hello fashion world! Endocrinologists, of all doctors, should know that weight (loss or gain) is often beyond our control.
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This great doctor was willing to talk to my stubborn father about my illness. (I was just lazy, according to him, but at the same time, he told me that if I went to Tae Kwon Do, I would die because the heart only has so many beats. Still puzzled over that one.)

I’m so glad you found a great doctor – it’s great when anyone does, no matter what their situation – monthly(bi-weekly) checkup or yearly physical.
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I love the ones that keep calling you back up to the desk for that stuff.
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