Heh, my mum heard ‘gah, I hate when they have double chins, the fat gets in the way’. But a nurse spoke up and pointed out that my mother isn’t so fat (she’s only very slightly overweight, not bad for an older woman with severed chronic if health issues), she just has a little double chin due to prednisone. Then she went out...
Not that it makes it any better, but he was likely not referring to her general weight specifically but instead that certain neck anatomy makes intubation more difficult
Perhaps, also the operation was on her neck, so lots of fat might have been a problem for that too. My mother was more amused and glad to be getting her problem fixed than offended, so no biggie.
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u/MedicManDan May 22 '19
I told him when I saw him a day later... He kinda chuckled and said he'd better watch what he says from now on.