
CW: medical fatphobia, medical malpractice, and cancer diagnosis.
Imagine fighting tooth and nail through the dumpster fire of the US healthcare system for months dealing with doctors not taking your symptoms seriously, and then, when you finally get in to see a specialist you so desperately need to see, he dismisses your symptoms and makes a cruel joke about your weight. This isn't made up. This really happened. And it happens all the time to fat patients. Listen to this episode to learn more about medical fatphobia and how it is so dangerous.