FAT

I can't breathe and my chest hurts.

When I lay down I feel like I'm suffocating.

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That's because you're FAT.

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I haven't been able to breathe, and my chest has hurt for 3 YEARS.

I've only been FAT for 1 YEAR.

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I didn't hear that.

It's much more convenient to blame your symptoms on your FAT.

Then its all your fault.

Then I don't have to help you.

You do realize, that FAT people don't get any help, don't you?

They get sent away and told to lose weight.

We don't believe what they say either.

In fact, we don't really listen to them at all; we just smile and nod and hope they hurry up and leave so we don't have to look at their FAT ugly bodies.

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But I wasn't FAT until the doctors gave me all the drugs that made me get FAT.

It was the DOCTORS and their CURES that made me FAT!!!!

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I didn't hear that.

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Have you ever taken Prednisone?

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I didn't hear that.

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Have you ever tried to lose weight on Prednisone?

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I didn't hear that.

You are FAT and so I'm not going to help you.

I'm going to send you away so I don't have to see you.

And I don't have to think about you.

Go lose 23 pounds and come back in 6 weeks.

Then, maybe I'll look at you and see a real human being.

Instead of a FAT slob that doesn't deserve help.

Then, maybe I'll listen to what you're saying and maybe I'll even believe some of it.

Stop crying because it makes ME feel bad.

It's not OK for ME to feel bad, just for YOU to feel bad.

Stop crying because it will ruin MY reputation.

It's ok for you to feel like you're dying inside, just don't cry in my office.

Just don't let me have to see your pain.

It spoils my nice, neat, little professional, happy, skinny day.

Just go away.

Quickly, so I can start to forget you.

Because you're just FAT, not SICK.