Hi. It's nice to be in any room, even a virtual one, where people can understand where you are coming from. I am so sorry for the rant that's about to occur. I am fuming after my Dr's visit more than a week ago weighing in at 147kgs, BMI of 49 and it felt like a real bad dream when the GP said she couldn't help me.
I find it incredible that for someone that is ready to take charge of their health, that they won't even be offered the opportunity to do so. I've been trying to get on to mental health services and have been on waiting lists for over 16 months & in the meantime trying hard to counteract the weight gaining affects of two post pregnancy conditions, both of which cause reduced mobility.
I've stopped drinking and smoking since April this year. I have tried desperately to meet the NHS half way and not stumble into a GP's office a complete unhealthy mess. I know I am eligible for the intra gastric balloon procedure but I was just told 'let me stop you there, we don't do that procedure in Sheffield'. Explain to me then how you get help to the residents of Sheffield if a particular procedure can only be done in a different county?? Do you expect residents to move away?
I feel utterly helpless & the weight keeps piling on despite changes in diet. I left the GP's office without so much as an offer to do a blood test for the following 'current' symptoms;
nausea few times a day, stomach cramps and around the clock abdo spasms, lower abdo pain, breathing difficulties, headaches, swollen feet, dizzy spells, dry mouth, chronic fatigue. NOTHING.... they can do nothing for me.
As for not being able to lose weight and my weight gain. I am unfortunate enough to have the worst fat genes out of the whole family. My weight is not something I blame on bad genes but I can guarantee you that every one of my siblings and their daughters are plagued by our bad genes. And now with a daughter of my own I want to explore what I can do differently. Surely we've come a lot further from just your average thyroid and hormone test? Why won't they help me? I feel humiliated. I've never ever asked a Dr for help with my weight before but yet all my life I was subjected to their opinions about my weight?
You know what I feel now? I feel this is going to end in one of three ways; either I can do it myself at a great financial cost to my family, or I'll be sitting in that same GP's chair when my BMI is 60, or I'll be dead. I wish I had said this to her. So so mad and so so so sorry for the rant. Just glad it's off my mind for a little while.