New doctor forces adjustment of lapband to cause weight loss – against...
Vee writes: Here’s my story. Twelve years ago I had a lap band. I lost weight at the time but regained all of it after a subsequent pregnancy. Since that time I have yoyo dieted and after some...
View ArticleER doctor coerces patient into making appt for bariatric surgery consult (not...
happyduck writes: This story took place at Hadasah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel. Most of the story actually took place in English, so I know it is not a mishearing/mistranslation. The bits...
View ArticleMiscarriage, D & C scheduled, doctor suggests WLS
A reader writes: First I want to say thank you so much for this blog. It makes me angry, but it also helps me feel understood. I have always been fat. I was a fat child, a fat teenager, and now am a...
View ArticleToo fat to get pregnant – need WLS, ob-gyn doesn’t believe patient
Mel writes from Australia: Hi I found your blog and thought my story would fit right in. I don’t have a good relationship with doctors. Frankly they terrify me, and I avoid them at all costs. Before we...
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