Well, in fairness, this one was a nurse. And she was pretty cool. But the numbers were still assholes. A little background: I'm still in London, and not going home as often / uninsured in the States, so I decided it was well past time to try to get my birth control on the NHS. So I went into the clinic affiliated with my Uni. And of course they had to weigh/measure me. And of course my BMI says I'm obese. Fuck off, BMI. Obese?? Ok, I could lose a few stone, but if you're seriously telling me I have to lose 50 pounds to be within the range of 'normal,' you're off your rocker. I'm a size 12, for god's sake! I know it's not slender, but it's certainly not obese either! I'm so sick of being controlled by numbers. Even the nurse, when I told her I'd had weight-loss surgery and had been leveling out within 10 pounds of my current weight for the past 9 years, said she thought the numbers were a bit silly as they don't take b
Life after Gastric Bypass surgery