I have recently been having to go to my doctor every week because a blood test and ultrasound i had done found out that my liver was fatty and extremely unhealthy. Because I am short and my BMI puts me in the obese criteria, it took the doctor all of two minutes to suggest that i lose weight and eat healthy and exercise more.

I was quite confused as to why my liver was so damaged because i barely eat junk food and prettymuch never drink, as a nursing student i know some drugs can be quite toxic to the liver, so i thought it could possibly be the effect of some of my medication.

After the doctor’s 10 minute tirade on how i should lose weight, i asked him if it could possibly be the effect of a new contraceptive pill that i started taking a couple months ago.

He looked up the date of the blood test where my liver results started going haywire and found it was about a week after i started the pill. He also looked up the pill and one of it’s side effects is hepatic impairment(liver damage).

I am now off the pill and will be for a while until it leaves my system and i have a follow up with him in a month.

If i hadn’t asked him about it, i would be eating the same as i am now, meanwhile having my liver being destroyed by my medication. Thin privilege is being able to get medical attention concerned about the problem you present without irrelevantly being told you need to lose weight.