The doctor told Amanda that “maybe it’s not such a bad thing” that she has been losing weight, that she “doesn’t look malnourished” and that her inability to eat normally might be a “BLESSING.” He refused to run a single test. NOT ONE TEST, Y’ALL.
Yes. I’m serious. She had stage 3A colon cancer that had spread to her lymph nodes.
“Oh, sorry Doc, I didn’t realize you were just being hilarious when you body-shamed me and dismissed my cancer as a chance to work on my summer body. My bad.”A lot of people are calling this a cautionary tale about gender bias in medicine. Hell, I even recently had a totally bullshit appointment with a manicurist. Anytime a fat body is in need of any type of care, from dip nails to colonoscopies, there’s a chance that shit is going to go sideways.
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