I feel the same way about obese people as I do smokers and druggies. It's self inflected and they are a drain on the NHS
Originally Posted by: speckledjim
Interesting. I'm obese (just, I'm on the borderline) and I've been to the doctor three times in the last 30 years. Once when my mum died... I felt a bit odd and they gave me a blood pressure test - it was fine.
Next was when I bit the inside of my cheek while eating a crusty roll - it formed a mucocele and I was sent to the outpatients at the local hostpital to have it removed, a procedure which took half an hour... much to my relief it didn't even hurt. While I was at the doctor they sent me for full blood tests, took a pee sample and anothe blood pressure reading.
The third time I went to the doctor was to collect the results of the tests, which were fine aside from a slight deficiency in vitamin D. The doctor showed me the screen on his PC, they had results for all sorts of things, including phosphorus and magnesium, I think it was. Quite remarkable!
I don't consider the above over 30 years especially draining. I was annoyed at myself with the mucocele, as it was caused by me gobbling my lunch on a particularly busy day at work!
My dad was obese too, but lung cancer got him at 67. He didn't get to drain much of the NHS resources, aside from a bronchoscopy and three consultation appointments. Aside from that, he had a hernia repaired at 65, but before that, all the time I'd been alive - nothing.
My mum seldom went to the doctor either and yes, she was obese. She did go once with vertigo, the doctor said it was nothing. Two weeks late she had a massive stroke and died.
None of the above have caused a great drain on the NHS, but that's just a sample of 3.
(In my case, I don't smoke, I don't drink booze, nor sugary drinks, I don't eat meat and very rarely eggs. I have chips maybe once a month. I think my weight is mainly due to eating bread and cheese - I have salads, baked potatoes and pasta, but my main go-to is a nice cheese roll or sandwich, usually with some salad inside. I also don't exercise much, as posted in this thread a couple of days ago school managed to put me off pretty much for life! I also find the idea of running or jogging incredibly boring, but that said I have got myself a Switch with Ring Fit Adventure - that should help.)
The smoking bit is interesting too. My dad died of it, but it was a quick death and didn't take many resources. Three of my four grandparents had a similar story, lung cancer is a most efficient killer!
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02 May 2020 12:18:07
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