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I NEED THAT SHIRT hahahaha!
One time back in 2019, upon getting my wife settled in an exam room at the orthopedic surgeon's office, I was dismayed to see a big, colorful BMI chart on the wall right across from where the patient sits. Nothing fancy or laminated, literally just printed out and then stuck on the wall... right above a giant t…
I NEED THAT SHIRT hahahaha!
One time back in 2019, upon getting my wife settled in an exam room at the orthopedic surgeon's office, I was dismayed to see a big, colorful BMI chart on the wall right across from where the patient sits. Nothing fancy or laminated, literally just printed out and then stuck on the wall... right above a giant trash bin. <light bulb!>
So I stood up, marched across the room, tore that sucker down, gleefully crumpled it into a ball, and tossed in the well-placed trash bin. As my wife stared at me with surprise, I said, in a loud, unaffected monotone: "OOPS! GOSH, I AM SOOOOO CLUMSY. I SHOULD REALLY WATCH WHERE I'M GOING, I COULD HAVE REALLY DAMAGED SOMETHING. OH WELL!" She burst into giggles and it was the first time I'd seen her laugh in months, because she was in so much knee pain 24/7! This was the 4th surgeon in 4 months of desperately trying to get her a double knee replacement - the prior 3 all happily took her money and put her through a painful exam, only to then say her BMI was too high to operate, regardless. So yeah, I took it out on that BMI chart and have zero regrets! To our utter shock, surgeon #4 was wonderful, didn't give a hoot about her weight, and did both knees in a single surgery only a few weeks later. :-)
(side note: I took a picture of the wall before/after and shared it with the "oops, I tripped!" story in a fats-only FB group I moderate, just for laughs. I found out a few days later that some JUDAS inside the group took it and shared a screenshot of the pics/story to a gross fatphobic subreddit. grrrrrr!)
I love that story! and glad that it helped her laugh and feel better even before the good appointment with that 4th doctor.
https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/23829899-the-bmi-is-trash?store_id=1196791 here is the direct link for it if you want. I hope the size range is enough, I have the classic fit male in 3x and it goes up to 5x in that one.
Thank you! I love the design and definitely need to get one. 😊