Listen you fat assed bitch.

[Bettie]

119. I'm sorry for your loss

I've realized over the years that hatred of fat people is the one reliable thing across the political spectrum and in our society as a rule.

Everyone hates fatties. I'm fat. Most people here would hate me on sight, knowing nothing about me, because far too many people equate body size with worth.

If you are thin, you have worth.

If you are fat, you have none.

I nearly died after the birth of my third son because doctors chose to focus on the size of my body and make assumptions rather than calling my OB as I requested in the ER. Five hours in the ER while they did every test they could, but didn't call the doctor who had done my c-section five days earlier, even as I took time to feed my new baby while waiting for the next test.

Eventually, the cardiologist came and told my husband (not me, him, no one spoke directly to me through the whole ordeal) that he should take me home and wait for me to die of congestive heart failure. They had found no blockages or issues, but clearly, due to my weight (yes, they told him that explicitly) it was only a matter of time and there was nothing they could do.

So, the next morning, I had a seizure in our living room after losing all of my peripheral vision.

Turns out I had post partum eclampsia. It happens...to thin women and fat women and moderate sized women. I nearly died leaving my husband with three little boys because doctors assumed that being fat meant things that it didn't.

Body size is not a measure of worth. It isn't a measure of health.

But a whole lot of people think it is both.

https://slate.com/technology/2015/03/diets-do-not-work-the-thin-evidence-that-losing-weight-makes-you-healthier.html

And from the favored show of fat-haters, The Biggest Loser:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/6-years-after-the-biggest-loser-metabolism-is-slower-and-weight-is-back-up/