I was recently started on a new medication to help treat a hormone imbalance I’ve had for as long as i can remember. I should also mention that I have reactive hypoglycemia, which makes it super important that i eat small meals/snacks throughout the day so that my blood sugar doesn’t drop too low.

since my doctor increased the dosage of my medication, I’ve had absolutely no appetite—basically I have been completely forgetting to eat until I get lightheaded and realize that my glucose is low. So, I went to see the doctor, and expressed my concerns about the medication completely annihilating my appetite.



His response? “that’s wonderful!”



Wait a minute. Someone with hypoglycemia isn’t eating due to a change in medication, and getting to the point where she’s almost passing out due to low glucose levels, and that’s “wonderful?”



Apparently it is, because I'm fat. Because “you might end up losing weight!” The potential for weight loss is important enough to put my health immediately at risk.



Upon hearing this, I told my doctor that I wasn’t really interested in losing any weight— just managing my glucose levels and treating the hormonal issues. He continued to tell me that not having a single urge to eat all day was “great” for me, and that it was “going to help.” When I still expressed concerns, he assured me that “people would kill to have what you have!”



I’m sure that if I were a thin person with the same conditions, I would never be told that not eating for the entire day was “wonderful.” In fact, I might even get help with my medical concerns. Say, an adjustment in my dosage, or even a follow up appointment to see if my body gets used to the medication after a while.



But instead, because of the size of my body, all my medical concerns are dismissed, because apparently it’s better to pass out from low blood sugar than to be fat.