[indigogirl]

I have had some health problems recently and have been seeing a new female doctor at our practice.

I have had bloods done, blood pressure checked and at my request an ecg.

My problems have all been related to stress, I guess, and it is a relief to find out that everything is ok (especially the ecg as my dad died of a heart attack 10 years ago).

The most reassuring and comforting thing, however, has been the attitude of my doctor. At no time has she mentioned my weight as a cause of any of the problems, nor has she stressed me further by adding it as an after thought.
I had put off going to the surgery because of years of experiences where everything from a cold to a black eye has apparently had some link to my weight.

I actually feel that she has seen me as a real person, not just an obese person, which is a first for me!

[veggie]

Well done for finding a good doctor I think I have too!

I had a major doctor phobia for years and years I think stemming

from a visit when I was about ten when the doctor mentioned my

weight! But I have been going to the same doc regularly since

November for my anxiety problem and he has never

mentioned my weight even though I am obviously very fat!

[Smiling Sal]

Good doctors seem to be hard to find. Mine is slightly older than me, has two young children, works full time and wait for it, is over weight - probably about the same as me so that would make her severly obese. Never once has she mentioned my weight.

When I broke my foot a few years ago, it took a long time to realise it was broken. And a male doctor tried everything to see what was causing the problem. Yet again he never mentioned my weight although I obviously put a lot of mine on that foot.

Think I must have found a good doctors practice