Good morning Twitter family! I’m having a horrible morning and I have time so I’m about to vent. So for the last month i have been having severe symptoms tied to my acid reflux (nausea, pain, sore throat, general uncomfortableness). So I needed an endoscopy. 1/13

They couldn’t get me in for several weeks so i have been patient and pushing through my symptoms waiting for today to find out what my problem is. They scheduledme for 6 am...Because I’m a single mom far from my family i Had jump through hoops to make this work 2/13

I had to ask a friend to come watch my kids at 5 AM, and bc they sedate you for the procedure I had to ask another friend to pick me up after my procedure at 715 AM, I had to take a lyft from my apt 25 min away to get here. 3/13

Asking for help was hard for me because i hate inconveniencing people. But i need this endoscopy because I need my body to be healthy enough to handle my responsibilities and take care of my kids. 4/13

I get here, fill out paperwork, get naked, n get ready. Then they come in and tell me that actually, because my BMI is too high i can’t get it done at this outpatient center and that they should have scheduled me to get it done at a hospital. And that they are sorry for the 5/13

Inconvenience. I ask, so yall don’t check the BMI of the patient before you schedule them?! They say they do and jdk how i“slipped through the cracks”. Its 645 when I’m being told this. The doctor said he “might” be able to do it at 10 AM after he’s done with his patients here 6/

This is after i paid $372 in a physician fee. $100 out of $262 for a center fee (i couldn’t pay the full $262). $40 for a Lyft to even get here. Begged a new friend to watch my kids at 5 AM. All this and they couldn’t check my fucking paper work to see my BMI in advance?! 7/13

Atp I’m crying. So i ask, I’m here w/o my car and explain all i had to do to get here. What am i supposed to do until 10? I can’t afford another lyft to go back home and then take another lyft to get back to Austin to the hospital at 10. I just want to feel better 8/13

So now I’m just sitting in an “overflow room” waiting for more information and confirmation on what time they can do my procedure and how I’m going to get to the hospital to do it. 9/13

And what’s worse, is i feel embarrassed for being in this situation. Like bc I’m “too fat” I cant get my EDG done like a “regular” person. am i the first fat person to get an EDG?! Do they not check bc I’m such an outlier? Is this my own fault for not eating right & working out?!

Its like as a fat black dark skinned woman I’m constantly reminded that I’m on the outsides of beauty and acceptance. But damn do i not deserve humanity and attentive health care? Or do i get what i deserve bc I didn’t “push away from the table”? 11/13

Does being fat make me less human? How am I somehow MORE flesh while simultaneously less human?! 12/13

Anyway I’m done. There’s no conclusion to my story. Sorry for my rant. I literally have nothing to do but sit here and starve to death while waiting to find out if I can get the procedure today.... 13/13

Sorry for oversharing or being too transparent. I’m just frustrated