Posted by Racer on September 8, 2006, at 20:52:30
In reply to What is it with MDs anyway?, posted by finelinebob on September 8, 2006, at 2:00:48
I have to be weighed backwards, so I can't see. (Guess that's not a surprise, considering my dx...) It's amazing what a problem that is for some people weighing me.
In March, I had surgery, and was weighed beforehand. I did say to that one, "You have to weigh me backwards and not tell me." She said, "Oh, that's OK, lots of people are like that." So, she moved the bars, wrote it down, and walked away -- leaving me standing there, backwards, on the scale because she didn't move the weights back, and I knew I wouldn't be able to get off without looking. When she came back looking for me, I told her she needed to move them back to 0, and she said something snotty about how she'd never heard that one before. I was too upset to say, "Then you haven't weighed someone in treatment for anorexia, I guess." (I was scared by the surgery. That would have been a bad time to see my weight -- just one more thing to send me over the edge.)
And the last time I saw my doctor, I climbed on the scale backwards, the nurse moved the little bars -- AND THEN TOLD ME THE NUMBER! I had started to call out, "NO!" but too late. Then she said, "Oh, you didn't want to know?" Uh, maybe that was why I got on backwards? Maybe I wasn't just confused by the technology? I was still freaking out about that number when the doctor came in. Kinda hard to concentrate on the point of the visit when you're experiencing an episode of psychopathology, you know?
So, FLBob, I believe those 501s are at least 3 pounds, someone else here told you those running shoes are 5 pounds (I'm sure that's each), t-shirts range from 1 to 6 pounds -- and everyone knows socks are about 20 pounds...
Besides, you look just fine from here!
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