Woman Offended by Doc's Obesity Advice

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[Millee]

Maybe Miss Hyper-Sensitive shouldn't go to the doctors if she doesn't want medical advice.

"So I go into my doctors office and he tells me I'm fat. I tell him I want a 2nd opinion and says, 'Okay you're ugly too!'" - R. Dangerfield

[poobear]

'Okay you're ugly too!'" - R. Dangerfield

;D! Thanks, I needed that.

[TADSLOS]

"I told a fat woman she was obese,"

He'll be prosecuted for hate speech.

[PaulaB]

If your going to the doctor because

of weight related health issues..

why are you mad when the doctor tells

you how to fix the problem?

I don't get it...

[Mr. Mojo]

"What really makes me angry is he told the truth," Mindy Haney told WMUR-TV on Tuesday. "How can you punish somebody for that?"

In a politically-correct world where "feelings" are more important than facts anything is possible.

[hiredhand]

He should have flattered her and told her that she didn't sweat much for a fat girl. :-)

[TexasCajun]

I saw Matt Lier interrogating this Doctor like he was Dr. Mengele himself!

The doc defended himself well.

[RexBeach]

When she sits around the house, she sits around the house!

[Cathy]

"He should have flattered her and told her that she didn't sweat much for a fat girl. :-)"

Or that she was "amazingly light on her feet" for such a big person.

[ShadowAce]

why are you mad when the doctor tells you how to fix the problem?

I don't get it...

Because the doctor was indicating that it was her responsibility to lose the weight, it was her fault she is fat, and there is no one to sue about her condition.

[atomicpossum]

Your career's not over 'til the fat lady sues.

[RockinRight]

Gotta love the late Rodney Dangerfield.

[texan75010]

This is NOT funny....this woman actually died......she was wearing a Malcolm X t-shirt and a helicopter landed on her!

[hiredhand]

Yep! For heaven's sake...she said that the doc helped her LOSE 150 LBS! I don't even WEIGH 150 lbs!

I don't think she was half as fat as she is stupid.

[ByDesign]

I get it.

Obesity is generally a product of poor eating habits and sedentary lifestyle, and caused in many cases by emotional issues. I know that's a broad brush, and there are people who have genetic disposition to heavyness and medical issues, but for the most part we know why most people get fat, the problem is between the person's hands and their mouth.

Then, take that person, who has poor discipline, and throw in the victim mentality: "It's not MY fault I'm fat! My mother blah blah blah blah..."

Throw that person into our culture where people will spend small fortunes on "magic bullet" "cures" to obesity - just take a pill, and you'll be skinny!

That's how you get this woman who's offended. She probably expected to be given a miracle cure to her weight, not told the cold, harsh truth.

[Puppage]

"I told a fat woman she was obese,"

And you're ugly, too.

[PaulaB]

years ago when I went to

a doctor for help

to quit smoking....he was

not nice...he actually showed me a lung

that was destroyed by smoking...I am so thankful to him for using tough doctor love...

it hit home...sometimes we need to hear tough

stuff to overcome our weak flesh....

[theDentist]

Maybe he shouldn't have started the letter of apology with "Dear FatAss".

[HamiltonJay]

He says he wrote a letter of apology to the woman when he found out she was offended.

Sorry, no way in hell I'm going to apologize to someone for telling them the truth.

Look Cow, you are FAT... its unhealthy, and you need to make an effort to lose weight, or expect to have health problems and die younger than you could.

GO to a nursing home, or Senior center, and look around... you will see there ain't too many old obese people around... THERE'S A REASON!!!

You are offended that you are FAT, then do something about it.

[netmilsmom]

>>"I told a fat woman she was obese," Bennett says. "I tried to get her attention. I told her, 'You need to get on a program, join a group of like-minded people and peel off the weight that is going to kill you.' <<

How big is this woman? If she's 10 pounds up, it was unwarranted, however if she 100 up, this doctor was doing his job.

This woman need to get her bunched up, big girl panties out of the crack in her butt and understand that she is overweight and the doctor is telling the truth.

I can understand that she is hurt by the bluntness of it, but sometimes the truth can hurt. Find a new doctor is this one is not in touch with your feelings, woman.

And to all the people who would like to flame me on this, I used to be a size 6 and will not revel now what size I am in but understand that after two kids (starting at 35 years old), the "baby weight" has not come off.

Get over it, I'm fat and I know it.
Rubenesque, fluffy, pleasingly plump, it's fat and those of us who are there should be realistic.