aibu or was my doctor having a sly dig at my weight

[Foamybanana93]

so basically had an allergic reaction to a fabric plaster, it started weeping so went to the GP yesterday to check if i needed antibiotics, didn't even examine the area just looked at it and said i'll just give you 5 days antibiotics, she then asked if id ever been checked for diabetes and i said no i hadn't, she mumbled on something like because i have an infection i need to be checked for diabetes, can only assume this is a sly dig at my weight as i am a size 16-18, never had any issues before with my GP but this was someone completely new, aibu to feel a bit pissed off with this or am i over reacting

Wasn't a sly dig. Poor healing can be an indicator of type 2 diabetes. Also being overweight puts you at a higher risk so she did the right thing in mentioning it. Don't be so dismissive, badly or uncontrolled type 2 can cause blindness, ulcers, heart attacks, kidney problems etc.

I was 4 pounds overweight when I went to get some more of my contraceptive pills and the nurse outright said. You gained some weight since we last saw you, you should work on losing half a stone. (I wasn't offended I knew I'd put weight on) so no not a sly dig she probably would have just come out and said about your weight

They forever ask me - I have abscesses and slow healing

You are overweight. You had a very bad reaction to something people don't react to. You can get diabetes type 2 as a result of excess weight.
Your GP was right, it wasn't a sly dig but a very sensible question and you should be glad your health is being looked after properly.

You’re not reading people’s replies. Unexpected infections ARE a symptom of diabetes. So you do have a symptom of diabetes - it doesn’t mean you definitely do have diabetes. It is sensible to check.

So the doctor never actually mentioned your weight at any time during the consultation?

I'd agree that it's not a sly dig but a sensible precaution in the circumstances. If diabetes or pre-diabetes is diagnosed early enough the prognosis is much better - some people even seem to have reversed it, according to reports of a study last year. In my view, if there's a chance you have it, it's better to know so that you can deal with it.

But you do have a symptom of diabetes, the infection.
And you are over weight, which causes diabetes.
So she is checking for it.

Well you do have a symptom, an infection and you are over weight not a symptom but a cause. Would you rather the doctor ignored the fact there is a chance of diabetes or would you rather she provided good health care and ruled that out?
Not the doctors fault, she was doing her job. Try not to be so sensitive.

You DO have a symptom of diabetes. I had an infection that wouldn’t clear up; I was tested for diabetes. Standard good practice.

she mumbled on something like because i have an infection i need to be checked for diabetes

How is that having a “sly dig”?

Diagnosis: Touchy AF.

Sorry but you are overweight. I know you might not think so when you look around at friends/neighbours/colleagues, but the fact is we as a nation have lost sight of what is a normal weight.

That's why the NHS spends over 10% of its budget on treating diabetes. The GP was trying to help, best to heed her views.

I’d imagine though that raising people’s weight is a difficult conversation. I’d bet many GP’s wouldn’t even mention it.
Our GPs mention it at EVERY consultation on any topic.

Overweight people getting T2 and then T3 diabetes are a HUGE cost to the system.
They would be negligent not to mention it.

A symptom of diabetes is slow wound healing. Where is the wound? Feet are particularly affected in diabetics

Sounds like a very thorough GP to me - of course you probably don’t have diabetes - but you do have a symptom and an obvious risk factor. You could very easily be diabetic or pre-diabetic without other symptoms so certainly worth getting checked out just in case.

Yes you're completely overreacting.

GPs don't have time or reason to be making 'sly digs' they can sometimes be blunt when it concerns your health but passive aggressive digs, no.

Mine just said - we have to check your sugars with the abscesses and the fact they don't heal
I'm not diabetic (overweight), I have fuck all immune system and HS which causes them. That was the only conversation, once it was established what I had, no further weight mention

I think that you are overreacting because infection complications are known in diabetics type 2 (and i doubt it would be type 1 because you are often born with it and would know already if you have it. type 2 is very common). Yes you are overweight as you well know and with the way its infected it was sensible to check. Add on it if you are from a non white ethnicity you are more likely to have it too. GPs look at the patient as a whole not in isolation of one issue because there are often factors linked or one symptom that indicates or leads to other diagnosis.

be glad she is looking after your health.

known in diabetics type 2 ignore the striked out part it was a typo

In my experience, Doctors don't make sly digs, they are one of the few professions that can ask personal and maybe embarrassing questions for the sake of your well being. They can ask outright, no need to make a sly dig.

Perfectly valid question.

Dr looked at it but didn't examine - what do you exactly want them to do?

I have a feeling op won't be back.

Maybe they were, maybe they weren't. Get on the treadmill if you don't like it.

@BettyCrook people aren’t born with Type 1, but it can be triggered in babies, though more often older than that.

It is the GP's job to mention your weight because your weight has a direct effect on your health.

Would you expect a GP not to mention if she noticed a patient had a suspicious lump or would that be a 'dig' too? Should smoking be mentioned to someone with symptoms of lung disease or would that just be unkind?

You seem in denial about the effect your weight could have on your health. This GP could just have saved your life.