Going to the doctor for chronic pain in legs while fat
Me: hi my feet get really swollen and painful if I stand or sit with my feet down for longer then 30 seconds or if it's really humid or if the temperature drops or if the air pressure is wrong. And I will wake up like that and be unable to walk without excruciating pain. Please help.
Doctor: you need to move around more
Me: I would love to but I can't because of the pain. The pain is so bad it makes me want to throw up.
Doctor: okay you need to lose weight and move around more
Me: can you give me pain killers that will stop the pain so I can move around?
Doctor: no
Me: okay can you give me advice to deal with the pain without medication so I can move around more?
Doctor: yes! Lose weight :) and move around more :)
Me: why do I bother?
Anyway actual things that have helped me:
COMPRESSION STOCKINGS. You can find ones for fat people that aren't 50 quid if you look around enough
HYDROTHERAPY POOLS: just being in the water in general. If you can do an aquafit class all the better
SITTING EXERCISES: you can find youtube videos for gentle exercising if you need to
TENS MACHINE: YMMV if it works it is a blessing if it doesn't you spent 30 quid on something that doesn't work which sucks ass
