needles, healthcare
Always a good sign when your reaction makes the phlebotomist feel bad!
Anti-fatness in healthcare
I've been going to the gym so when they tried to use the too-small blood pressure cuff on me, it barely velcroed together and when the person taking it started the machine, the cuff just popped open like I am the goddam Hulk or something.
The person taking my blood pressure was like "I don't know if we have a bigger cuff...." and I was like what in this whole building?? Fat people just can't get good healthcare here at all?!
Anti-fatness in healthcare
She said "I didn't know I'd be doing blood pressure or I'd have brought my own machine from home, it has a larger cuff."
The only suggestion she could make to get my stupid blood pressure taken is that I make an appointment with her and she can bring it that day!
And I can't even do that until three weeks from now!
So now I have another appointment, luckily no needles, but she's gonna weigh me too for BMI reasons, sigh.
Anti-fatness in healthcare
@bright_helpings wait, bring it from home? as in she herself works in a building where she herself can’t get her BP taken??
Anti-fatness in healthcare
@Satsuma She's a skinny lady so I don't know if she needs it! I don't know why she has it at home. None of this made any sense to me.