Miss_Emtastic
New Member
Hi all,
I thought I would write on here to moan and hopefully get some advice. I started my weight loss journey in September 2016 after being diagnosed with a rare knee condition that I was born with.
After struggling most of my childhood with my weight I found excerising very difficult and painful due to my undiagnosed knee problems. With many misdiagnosis (knocked knees/growing pains/overweight) I turned to comfort eating. I had so many dietians informing me to run up and down the stairs 10 times an hour in order to lose weight. As you can imagine it failed due to pain.
Fast forward to present day and I have lost over 5% of my body weight and still waiting to progress to tier 4! I've been told by the mdt doctors that I am a good candidate for weight loss surgery due to osteoarthritis in my knees and that I'm needing further surgery (orthopaedics won't operate till my bmi is 35 or below due to it being a rare operation).
However, in may a psychiatrist delayed me another 3 months due to my depression tablets needing to be increased. As I explained to the psychiatrist my life has turned upside down and my work has been unaccepting of my disability. To top it off I was made homeless in January because of my disability. Through all of this I managed to keep my emotions in control and maintained my weight. Yet the psychiatrist said it was protocol that if medication gets increased they need stability in my mood so I have to wait 3 months since my medication was increased.
So as my antidepressants was increased in April I changed my appointment that they sent me for September to July. I returned to get weighed and I've continued to maintain. However they still won't progress me onto the next tier due to them needing three months since my psychiatrist appointment. I truly don't understand why i am being punished for maintaining my weight in a very difficult time.
To me it feels as though they are delaying my life and expecting me to fail. Has anyone else experienced things like this? When I first had my appointment I got told as my bmi
Is high I only have to do 6 months of tier 3 then I will progress onto tier 4 if I meet the weight loss requirements. I have lost the weight and kept it off so why are they delaying me? I was told I would have my surgery date by the time It's been a year so my orthopaedic doctors won't even treat my dislocated knee cap until I've had surgery.
I'm really struggling with how I'm being treated....will I ever get my life back? Or will I be forever stuck in a vicous circle.
Hope someone can help,
Emily
I thought I would write on here to moan and hopefully get some advice. I started my weight loss journey in September 2016 after being diagnosed with a rare knee condition that I was born with.
After struggling most of my childhood with my weight I found excerising very difficult and painful due to my undiagnosed knee problems. With many misdiagnosis (knocked knees/growing pains/overweight) I turned to comfort eating. I had so many dietians informing me to run up and down the stairs 10 times an hour in order to lose weight. As you can imagine it failed due to pain.
Fast forward to present day and I have lost over 5% of my body weight and still waiting to progress to tier 4! I've been told by the mdt doctors that I am a good candidate for weight loss surgery due to osteoarthritis in my knees and that I'm needing further surgery (orthopaedics won't operate till my bmi is 35 or below due to it being a rare operation).
However, in may a psychiatrist delayed me another 3 months due to my depression tablets needing to be increased. As I explained to the psychiatrist my life has turned upside down and my work has been unaccepting of my disability. To top it off I was made homeless in January because of my disability. Through all of this I managed to keep my emotions in control and maintained my weight. Yet the psychiatrist said it was protocol that if medication gets increased they need stability in my mood so I have to wait 3 months since my medication was increased.
So as my antidepressants was increased in April I changed my appointment that they sent me for September to July. I returned to get weighed and I've continued to maintain. However they still won't progress me onto the next tier due to them needing three months since my psychiatrist appointment. I truly don't understand why i am being punished for maintaining my weight in a very difficult time.
To me it feels as though they are delaying my life and expecting me to fail. Has anyone else experienced things like this? When I first had my appointment I got told as my bmi
Is high I only have to do 6 months of tier 3 then I will progress onto tier 4 if I meet the weight loss requirements. I have lost the weight and kept it off so why are they delaying me? I was told I would have my surgery date by the time It's been a year so my orthopaedic doctors won't even treat my dislocated knee cap until I've had surgery.
I'm really struggling with how I'm being treated....will I ever get my life back? Or will I be forever stuck in a vicous circle.
Hope someone can help,
Emily