I have gotten myself 1000% on board with not weighing myself, but haven't been able to throw out my scale because of the repeated experience of being asked my weight for virtual doctor's appointments. I always respond with "I don't track my weight" and they always follow up with "but just give us a number". The absolute worst of these …
I have gotten myself 1000% on board with not weighing myself, but haven't been able to throw out my scale because of the repeated experience of being asked my weight for virtual doctor's appointments. I always respond with "I don't track my weight" and they always follow up with "but just give us a number". The absolute worst of these just happened last week when my fertility doctor's office called needing my height and weight because MY INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD NOT APPROVE MY FERTILITY TREATMENT WITHOUT A FUCKING BMI. The nurse reassured me (when I asked) that is was just for insurance and would not impact my treatment, but I have no idea how to deal with this shit. (Sorry, is swearing ok here?) I haven't actually reweighed myself for any of these, just given a guess, but it makes me feel so trapped and hopeless. Any advice from you brilliant/wise/wonderful people?
Swearing is 100% allowed and maybe even required if we're talking about the fucking BMI. That doctor's office weigh-in piece I linked above may have some useful guidance -- 9 times out of 10, you can decline to give a number (just tell them to write "declined"). In the case of fertility treatment, it still seems SUPER SUSPECT, but making it up is probably the path of least resistance. If it's just to ensure insurance coverage and not to dose a medication, then it literally doesn't matter what you say. (Which is why it's so dumb that it's even required!)
I say "I don't track my weight" if my doc asks. I even refused a weigh-in at the ER when I went in for what turned out to be appendicitis. I kept waiting for them to ask me to get on a scale later in the day (because anesthesia is one of those medically necessary reasons) but they never did, so either there was some other way they got my weight before surgery, or they used an old weight from my records.
I have gotten myself 1000% on board with not weighing myself, but haven't been able to throw out my scale because of the repeated experience of being asked my weight for virtual doctor's appointments. I always respond with "I don't track my weight" and they always follow up with "but just give us a number". The absolute worst of these just happened last week when my fertility doctor's office called needing my height and weight because MY INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD NOT APPROVE MY FERTILITY TREATMENT WITHOUT A FUCKING BMI. The nurse reassured me (when I asked) that is was just for insurance and would not impact my treatment, but I have no idea how to deal with this shit. (Sorry, is swearing ok here?) I haven't actually reweighed myself for any of these, just given a guess, but it makes me feel so trapped and hopeless. Any advice from you brilliant/wise/wonderful people?
Swearing is 100% allowed and maybe even required if we're talking about the fucking BMI. That doctor's office weigh-in piece I linked above may have some useful guidance -- 9 times out of 10, you can decline to give a number (just tell them to write "declined"). In the case of fertility treatment, it still seems SUPER SUSPECT, but making it up is probably the path of least resistance. If it's just to ensure insurance coverage and not to dose a medication, then it literally doesn't matter what you say. (Which is why it's so dumb that it's even required!)
As if dealing with infertility isn’t emotionally hard enough! :(
I say "I don't track my weight" if my doc asks. I even refused a weigh-in at the ER when I went in for what turned out to be appendicitis. I kept waiting for them to ask me to get on a scale later in the day (because anesthesia is one of those medically necessary reasons) but they never did, so either there was some other way they got my weight before surgery, or they used an old weight from my records.