Her doctor weight shamed her. Then she found out she had stage 3 colon cancer at 27

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Her doctor praised the fact she couldn't eat because she was in so much stomach pain.

, exhausting all the usual remedies with no success, and navigating the necessary insurance process and wait time, then 27-year-old Amanda Lee was relieved to finally get an appointment to see a gastroenterologist near her home in Los Angeles in February.

"He said, 'Maybe it's not such a bad thing' that I couldn't eat because of my pain," Lee told TODAY Health."He was praising the fact that I was not eating." "I said, 'No, I'm still caught up on the fact that you told me it's OK to starve,' and he said, 'Well, you don't look malnourished,'" she recounted to TODAY.

 

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I would have put that so called dr. name out there to let others know not to go to that dr.

Unfortunately this happens to a lot of people who are plus size I could go to the doctor with my arm hanging off and automatically it’s because you’re fat it makes me so mad

It happens, a lot, and it shouldn't. My late fiance had issues and because he was young (21 when the first issues happened), they blew it off. Years later (at 23) he started having problems again and finally found out he had Stage 3 Colon Cancer. He fought it almost 3 years.

Doctors are often held in high esteem because of their status as a highly educated and trained medical professional. Then again, that doesn’t mean they can’t be assholes.

Can we get a follow up on the asshole doctor who blew her off?

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