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<blockquote data-quote="scent of cedar" data-source="post: 141128" data-attributes="member: 1721"><p>Oh, Star ~ how awful to have been treated that way. </p><p></p><p>If it helps any, I have a friend in her early sixties who went in to see about having a knee replaced. She HAS insurance ~ and she was made to feel like an irresponsible, fat and LAZY person who had victimized her own knees by being heavy. </p><p></p><p>AND THIS WAS BY THE PHYSICIAN WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THE SURGERY!</p><p></p><p>She had the surgery done by a different doctor, of course ~ but she can still be brought to tears when relating what it felt like to have been made to feel so small, so much less than human, that day in the doctor's office.</p><p></p><p>Like this friend Star, you will need to counter the emotional damage you sustained that day.</p><p></p><p>Those words were never meant to help you.</p><p></p><p>They were meant to help the person who spoke them elevate himself.</p><p></p><p>Leave them behind.</p><p></p><p>It's like they always say ~ others can only make us feel badly about ourselves with our compliance.</p><p></p><p>Well, actually, I think it was Eleanor Roosevelt (however you spell Rooseveldt!) who said that, when she was asked how she felt about people commenting on her appearance.</p><p></p><p>Though it is more difficult to defend ourselves, or to pick ourselves up after having been abused (which is surely what happened to you that day) than it is to fight for our children, that is what you need to do next, Star. </p><p></p><p>You have to be your own best mother, now.</p><p></p><p>Is there a free clinic in your area?</p><p></p><p>Maybe that would be a place to start.</p><p></p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scent of cedar, post: 141128, member: 1721"] Oh, Star ~ how awful to have been treated that way. If it helps any, I have a friend in her early sixties who went in to see about having a knee replaced. She HAS insurance ~ and she was made to feel like an irresponsible, fat and LAZY person who had victimized her own knees by being heavy. AND THIS WAS BY THE PHYSICIAN WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THE SURGERY! She had the surgery done by a different doctor, of course ~ but she can still be brought to tears when relating what it felt like to have been made to feel so small, so much less than human, that day in the doctor's office. Like this friend Star, you will need to counter the emotional damage you sustained that day. Those words were never meant to help you. They were meant to help the person who spoke them elevate himself. Leave them behind. It's like they always say ~ others can only make us feel badly about ourselves with our compliance. Well, actually, I think it was Eleanor Roosevelt (however you spell Rooseveldt!) who said that, when she was asked how she felt about people commenting on her appearance. Though it is more difficult to defend ourselves, or to pick ourselves up after having been abused (which is surely what happened to you that day) than it is to fight for our children, that is what you need to do next, Star. You have to be your own best mother, now. Is there a free clinic in your area? Maybe that would be a place to start. Barbara [/QUOTE]
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