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Re: Are you over 200 lbs? OH YEAH.
From: Catherine (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 28 Apr 2000 17:41:15 -0500 (CDT)
I have dreams every night that I am a thin person. Speaking of doctors,
when I was in junior high, I went in for a physical, not to my regular
doc. Anyway, I am 5'5" and she told me that I needed to weigh 90lbs. At
that time I was already at 165. I hated her. I just makes me mad that
people think we should all be less than normal weight. Unfortunetly I
am a lot more than normal weight and always have been. I have found
many men in my short 28 years of life that have been more than
respectable and date women for their personality. The problem is that
sometimes it doesn't matter what the man who is dating you thinks or
even what most men think. It only matters what the small group, that
are laughing and being obscene, thinks. It is hard to get that thought
out of our heads and it stays for a long time. I am married and my
hubby loves me for me, but I still wonder about the others and if I
hadn't found him would I have found someone else. I think that I fell
inlove with him because he is so wonderful and was the first man who
didn't care about my weight.
At Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Annie wrote:
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>Hi everyone,
>
>Thought I'd dive in with my first message to the "over 200 lbs" thread.
>I, too, am over 200... 280, to be exact. My frustration exists on so
>many levels, it's painful.
>
>I got diagnosed officially 18 months ago, after a lifetime of derogatory
>comments from doctors about my weight. I should point out, I haven't
>been thin one day of my life. I've been on every diet in existence. 18
>months ago, I finally met a wonderful GYN and Endocrinologist who know
>PCOS well, and together they put me on a regimen of Metformin, Actos,
>Spiro, Loestrin, and Bellergal for hot flashes. I lost 40 lbs. and my
>triglycerides, which had been in the high 300's, dropped to a healthy
>level. I'd begun low-carbing with Atkins first, then CAD--but when the
>endo realized I was having too much gastrointestinal distress and a
>large number of hypoglycemic attacks, he told me to get off the
>low-carbing. But since that point, I seem to have gotten somewhat
>immune to all medication, I gained back 20 lbs, and my exhaustion has
>returned along with the menstrual irregularity.
>
>Socially speaking, it's been a lifelong nightmare. People respect me
>for my brains but men shun me for my weight. I'm looking for the magic
>switch so I can shut off my emotions, thus not being so depressed about
>my "social leper" status. But I haven't found it, and so every time I
>have to hear another man telling me how much "in love" he is with my
>friend because she is sooo cute.... I get severely depressed and start
>thinking about suicide.
>
>Is anyone else on this list fantasizing about being one of those women
>who's admired for her looks, instead of her brains or personality? Or am
>I the only one?
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