Last week I was seen by Nurse Practitioner Noele Thompson. Never in my life have I left a doctors office so humiliated and belittled. I went to this office, for the first time, for a wellness exam for work. I am overweight, I have been my whole life (I have a hormonal disorder and dealing with past trauma around food/body image) and this was initially discussed with her. I can read her notes on our exam in MyChart and in different parts she called out that I'm obese. Okay, I get that, but when we discuss it, she does not listen to me. She tells me I should seriously consider weight loss surgery or medical weight loss program - basically just trying to get me to take pills when I told her how I had tried different things in that past like that and it's not sustainable. The weight always comes back. I advised I was seeing a therapist and was aware of my disordered eating/anxiety/etc. around this, and when I got upset that Noele wasn't listening to me, she proceeded to ask if I thought therapy was actually helping when she just wasn't listening to me/making me feel heard or had awful bedside manner. This was her first time meeting me and she judged me so hard. She knew she did me dirty before she left because after she made me upset she tried to kill me with kindness. Learn someone's full story before you go making assumptions.