IME, doctors who are assholes about weight tend to be assholes in general, and I doubt the breakdown of asshole/non-asshole is all that different among doctors than in the population at large.

This. Absolutely this. I've had my share of interesting experiences with doctors, but the good experiences have FAR outweighed the bad.

Jessica, it's good to see your pixels. You all have been in my thoughts.

~ma to Drew! I hope they figure out what's going on soon, and that in the meantime they're giving you the good drugs.

Thanks, ND, that's the way the doctor bashing feels to me.

Hope your gall bladder gets fixed up quick! A good friend of mine went through that a couple of weeks ago. Sucks! But she's doing well if a little sad about having to limit her rich food intake.

I'm watching curling. I find it kind of calming.

This last end was stressful for me. If we beat Britain we have a shot at going to the finals but it's a very big if. Aren't our boys cute, though?

This last end was stressful for me. If we beat Britain we have a shot at going to the finals but it's a very big if. Aren't our boys cute, though?

See, I really have no idea what's going on. I'm just watching weights slide over ice. It's calming.

I've got a bunch of gall stones. Short term means low fat diet. Slightly longer term means getting my gall bladder removed.

Very glad to hear it's nothing more serious, Drew. (Gall stones - worse than gas, but better than appendicitis!)

At the risk of too much me-me-me/TMI, do any of our medical-type Buffistas know if there's any actual science behind the cabbage-leaves-in-the-bra-to-suppress-milk-production thing? I suspect it's BS, but I could really use some relief over the next few days.

I've lost about 25 pounds in the past nine months or so, and my joint pain has been getting consistently worse.

When I lost about 25 pounds last year, my blood pressure went up enough, and stayed there, leading to me going back on the BP meds that I had gone off a few years before. Fooking weird.

do any of our medical-type Buffistas know if there's any actual science behind the cabbage-leaves-in-the-bra-to-suppress-milk-production thing?

I've never heard of that. Let me poke around the intertubes and see what turns up.

It seems like it doesn't actually suppress the production of milk, but helps with engorgement from fluid trapped in interstital spaces: [link] (That's not a highly scientific web site, but the info makes sense.)

I'm glad it's not more serious, Drew. Can the reduced fat diet eliminate the need for surgery?

edit: I just saw Kristin's post. Wikipedia says the gall bladder is a non-essential organ so, simplification, yay?