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Adams third child, Seth: What is that?

Seth:

Surgeons are not taught how to operate on fat bodies. Despite there being no limit for anesthesia based on body size and no real evidence of increased risk (beyond the risk of being treated by a surgeon who isn’t familiar with fat bodies) fat people are often denied surgeries that would improve quality of life. Of course no matter how risky a basic routine surgery is arbitrarily deemed to be they will always push gastric bypass surgery on fat people.

The medical industry refuses to meaningfully invest in developing imaging technology that can accommodate a diverse array of bodies. So we are denied CT scans and MRIs based on body size. And when we are able to get imaging done if the technology is not good enough to get a clear image our bodies are blamed instead.

It’s not uncommon for diseases like cancer and autoimmune disorders to go undiagnosed until they significantly degrade quality of life or kill us. Because anything that causes weight loss is seen as a good thing and certainly not cause for concern or investigation.

Trans folks are routinely denied surgeries, hormones and other gender affirming care based on body size. Despite the fact that it is well known that the best way to prevent death by suicide in trans patients is lowering and eliminating gender dysphoria.