Speaking Patiently
NOTE: This article has been recommended by Heather Bell from the England Center for Health Education, and is being referred to the Center for Obesity Re and Education for distribution to interested U.S. doctors. I AM SURE that this letter comes as a surprise to you since I rarely make medical appointments (except when uncomfortably ill) and patients rarely write their doctors before seeing them. I am not an exceedingly resistant patient yet have unique concerns that are rarely recognized or taken seriously by health professionals. The problem is that I have a health condition that literally overshadows and obscures