i talk about medical fatphobia a lot and kinda feel like ranting again. it negatively affects every aspect of the care i seek and receive, yet no one except other fat people speak about it.
it is insidious, it affects everything, fat people die from it. but no one speaks up.
i am mostly housebound, and the time i spend at home, i spend 95% in bed. i live with severe chronic pain and moderate-severe MECFS to name the worst of my conditions. i struggle with walking both due to excruciating pain and due to PEM & crashing from MECFS. i am mostly housebound, and the time i spend at home, i spend 95% in bed.
i use a rollator, but it isn't enough, i need a powerchair. but when i scheduled an appointment with OT i got told that they can clearly see my need for a powerchair, but that they won't prescribe one because "i need all the exercise i can get".
it is torture, it is cruel.
all my health issues have been blamed on my weight, to the point where they will not even examine me. they see that i'm fat and won't bother to even do a physical exam. i get denied treatment, i get denied medications, i get denied lifesaving mobility aids, i get denied healthcare.
i am scared. my pain will remain severe and my MECFS baseline continues to worsen, because of medical fatphobia. and no one talks about it. no one.
LEARN ABOUT MEDICAL FATPHOBIA.
SPEAK UP.
THIS IS ABLUT MEDICAL FATPHOBIA AND FAT DISABLED PEOPLE — DO NOT DERAIL.