Comments on: Blinded by fat

By: pianoamy

pianoamy — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:47:41 +0000

Ok this comment is little more than a “me too!” But… that’s exactly where my mind went when reading that paragraph, too. I’m hoping that the connection seemed sooooo obvious to me (and obviously others), that at least a few readers will pick up on it, too.

By: shinobi42

shinobi42 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:21:20 +0000

Yeah… I really don’t see how the Washington Post just totally glossed over that potential connection. It seemed to jump out from the article and bash me over the head.

By: vesta44

vesta44 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:04:23 +0000

When I read those paragraphs, the first thing I thought was “Duh! If you don’t get paps and mammograms because of the fat-phobia of your doctor, of course you’re going to have a higher risk of dying from those cancers!” After all, if it’s not diagnosed, it’s not treated, and it will kill you. And of course, if you’re fat, and your doctor is fat-phobic, every ailment you have will be cured if you only lose weight, you don’t need (or get) medicine or any kind of treatment other than weight loss.