@Branleuse
Some people are really gaslighting the OP
YES some of these comments are very gaslighting.
Ignore them. They must be vindictive, cruel, like to feel better by putting people down. Maybe just having a bad day, but still, no excuse.
and to dismiss op as lying cuz she has mental health struggles (the ED, health anxiety she mentioned) is further gaslighting, which also tells me some people like to use mental health issues to further silence someone and appear superior. Like, "oh, well she's just crazy so obviously we have a license to say she's lying all the time, her emotions, thoughts, fears are invalid, and any abuse or cruelty is ok cuz she is a subhuman "crazy" person.
Ya, ignore them; it is THEIR issue. Same with the awful dr; sounds like SHE has some severe internal issues.
And YES there are MANY terrible health "professionals" around. They say extremely rude, cruel things and should not be placated with "well, they were just blunt or you took it wrong."
And why the dr wouldn't do the scans if in her mind she was sooo sure it was weight which caused pcos. It doesn't matter if the dr was just too blunt, had a bad day, etc...that dr is/should be responsible for her reactions even if the op was hysterical and crying, screaming the whole time, which she wasn't.
Seems another case of dismissing someone cuz they have or have had mental health struggles, for one thing.
drs like this are the reason MANY people, the world over, are quickly retreating from "modern" medicine/healthcare. The chemicals make you more sick half the time and drs think they are God, never wrong, never to be questioned, allowed to spew insults and cruel judgment. I literally boycott 98% of anything from the big pharma medical mafia.
Also, that dr's comment about you could starve for 6 months. Besides being cruel (and that is cruel, not just blunt), it isn't true because there are many factors that contribute to how long someone would survive without food, anyway. And the op wasn't morbidly obese anyway! The average is 4-6 weeks, like 40-80 days or so. Hydration, other health conditions matter. It's thought an obese person could survive anywhere from 4-25 weeks, but again it depends, and usually people surviving longer are taking at least vitamins and water. You can die of starvation while being fat. Starvation affects your organs and body systems! So the dr would rather her be thin but have a bunch of other health problems. Even if you did survive 6 months with no food, your body would be messed up, and would your mind; starvation affects your mind, too. But even if it was an undisputed medical fact that every single obese person could live 6months no food (which it isn't), it'd still be a messed up thing for a dr to say.
hell, I would've told her, so I shouldn't eat for 6 months. Ok. Are you gonna monitor my vital organs, systems etc during all this so that the starvation doesn't cause worse problems? I mean, maybe the dr meant to just eat less but for a dr to say you could go 6 months w/o eating. Dr should go to therapy, has unresolved issues herself but hides behind a superiority complex cuz has a MD. rolls eyes
Op, listen, I believe you that this dr was a shit dr. Others do too. The rest have their OWN issues and are trying to feel better by putting others down. F*%k em!
Don't go back to that dr. Complain about it if you'd like, though it might cause more stress and probably wouldn't even change that drs mind or how she treats people, tbh, unfortunately. I only once tried to make a complaint and I was literally shrugged off. They are gonna make it about your mental health struggles and think the dr is God. Sorry. It's angering and sad.
Just chalk it up to the fact that drs can be jerks like anyone and don't go back to that one if possible. And gaslighting people here; forget about it. Hope you recover nicely and I hope the eating disorder goes away, same with anxiety. Stay strong; don't let some gaslighting jerks and idiot, cruel drs bring you down! 