Because just four or five months ago, Christie was very thin, weighing just over a hundred pounds (50 to 60 kilograms). However, now, after just a few months of not seeing each other, Christie has become a big fat ball!
The impact of the contrast before and after was even stronger than the shock Felipe gave people!
Christie was very sad and frustrated, and beckoned Taylor and Felipe to come and sit at home, so Taylor took his son there.
In fact, Taylor still likes Christie very much. There was a time when she even dreamed of Christie marrying her son and having several cute babies.
But obviously, that is impossible!
Christie weighs more than 100 pounds and has a slender figure. How could she fall in love with Felipe, a loser who weighs 400 pounds and only plays games at home?
I just didn’t expect that now that Christie is also fat, is there any hope?
Tyler's heart came alive again.
My son is so old, he should find a wife! That way, she can also hug her grandson or granddaughter.
"Felipe, Tyler, what are you drinking? Coke or coffee? Or beer?"
After the two entered the house, Christie greeted them warmly.
Taylor said: "Just give us two glasses of pure water!"
"Ah?" Christie was surprised and said immediately, "Okay!"
Felipe and Taylor were given a bottle of mineral water each, while Christie took a bottle of beer, opened the top and drank it, and asked: "I want to know if the gastric surgery hurts? Will there be any sequelae after the operation?" ? To tell you the truth, I, um, want to have an operation!"
Taylor asked: "Christie, what did you do? Why did you suddenly become so fat? Didn't you go on a trip?"
I thought to myself, isn’t traveling generally very tiring and easy to lose weight?
Christie looked up to the sky and sighed softly, and said: "I don't know what's going on. It's like being inflated for no reason. I suddenly gained so much fat! I'm really worried!"
Taylor thought for a while and said, "If you want to have surgery, Dr. Zhou at Iris Clinic is still very good. I highly recommend him!"
Christie's eyes lit up and she said she would go take a look!
Taylor then shared Iris Clinic’s phone number with Christy.
Then, Christy Lavelle called the Iris Clinic, made an appointment, and came to Zhou Qiao's clinic on time at the appointment time.
When Ava received her outside, she had already registered her information and filled in the relevant information.
"Suddenly gained weight? Gained 80 or 90 pounds in four or five months?" Zhou Qiao was very surprised after hearing Christie's description, because this is not common.
Sudden weight loss, Zhou Qiao knew, was probably a sign of disease, but if he suddenly gained weight, was it simply because he ate too much, or was it... other reasons?
Zhou Qiao had a hunch that this disease was not simple.
"Ms. Lavelle, can you tell me specifically how you gained weight?" Zhou Qiao said.
"Please just call me by my name, Christie. My experience of getting fat is probably like this..." Christie started to talk aggrievedly.
Since she gained weight, no one has complained. When she told her family, they were impatient. One of her stinky cousins even ridiculed her, which made her angry to death!
Now, finally, someone is willing to listen to her talk carefully.
It should have started in May or June in the first half of the year. Before that, she was a woman like the wind!
She loves sports, has a lively personality, and was once a college football player. She did not go to college. After graduating from high school, she stayed in San Francisco to work as a salesperson in a mobile phone store.
The salary is not high, but it is not a problem to support yourself, and you can travel around during vacations.
In the first half of the year, her classmates invited her to go to Chicago for development. She thought that even if she couldn't find a job there, it would be good to travel. She especially likes traveling.
Then when I arrived in Chicago, I felt something was wrong. First, my hands would shake unconsciously, and then my body would become fatter day by day, like blowing up a balloon.
Originally 165 centimeters tall and just over 100 pounds, her face and body continued to become rounder, and she was out of control.
That classmate in Chicago even jokingly asked her if she was following some kind of "weight gain plan"! Does your favorite boyfriend like fat girls?
But, how is this possible?
She had already found a job in Chicago, but she was ridiculed by her new colleagues because of her weight gain. She always felt that Chicago was not suitable for her and that there was something wrong with the city, so she quit her job and returned to Chicago. Arrive at home in San Francisco.
Zhou Qiao nodded. According to the Chinese, is this acclimatization? Or is there a feng shui problem?
Anyway, it’s definitely not your own problem.
"I initially thought I was eating too much and exercising too little, so I started exercising more and started lifting weights, playing basketball, and rugby. However, it had no effect at all and I couldn't stop it!"
Christie was almost crying!
She never thought that obesity would come to her, and that she would suddenly become obese in a short period of time! It’s really unacceptable and feels very hopeless! She is not married yet, is she going to live the life of a middle-aged aunt ahead of schedule?
"In addition to obesity, are there any other symptoms?" Zhou Qiao asked thoughtfully.
Christie thought about it carefully and nodded: "Yes! When I was gaining weight, I always had acne on my face, and then my menstruation was also very irregular, and it came and went."
"Dr. Zhou, am I suffering from endocrine disorders? In addition, since I gained weight, I have often been depressed, and sometimes I feel like I'm having a breakdown. Am I suffering from depression?" Christie was suspicious.
Zhou Qiao shook his head and said, "Stand up and let me take a look."
"Ah?" Christie was surprised, why should she look at her figure? Am I good looking?
But he still stood up cooperatively, and when he saw Zhou Qiao staring at him, he twisted his body again.
However, I felt a little embarrassed inside, thinking, does Dr. Zhou have extraordinary taste and like fat girls like me? Looking so carefully? !
Zhou Qiao actually has no distracting thoughts. He likes Elena, Ava, and tall and thin people like Murphy.
Or as fit as Loya!
I just don’t like fat and bloated ones.
Or to put it another way, he likes beautiful people with good figures and dislikes ugly people with bad figures.
He is also very specific and only likes young and beautiful people!
Zhou Qiao stood up, walked to her side, motioned for her to sit down, and said, "I need to check your legs."
In fact, Zhou Qiao already had an idea. He had borrowed some tomes in college and was very impressed by some of the diseases. Christie's situation was very consistent with one of the obesity diseases caused by endocrine disorders, but he still needed more evidence. .
Although he has a system, he also wants to verify his knowledge to avoid being accused of knowing nothing but relying on the system!
What a joke, after all, he was once a top student. University was not wasted. He didn’t even find a girlfriend and just focused on studying every day!
I have studied hard in the cold window, and I have learned a lot and memorized it. How could I not know anything?
Christie raised her feet in cooperation, and Zhou Qiao rolled up her trouser legs, stretched out his hand to press them, and saw that her legs and feet were swollen!
Look carefully at her face, it looks like a full moon!
Li Bai's poem says: "When I was young, I didn't know the moon, so I called it a white jade plate." Well, Christie's face is like a big round plate! "Full moon face"!
He went around behind her and pinched her shoulders and neck. The back of her neck was protruding, and her back muscles were obviously bulging in a half-moon shape, a bit like the back of a hunchback patient.
This back is called "buffalo back"!
It is a symptom that is often caused by the side effects of taking hormones. In addition, hormones can also cause weight gain.
"Have you ever taken hormones before?" Zhou Qiao asked.
Christie shook her head: "Not really..." She was full of doubts. Why did she ask this question? What hormone should I take if I have nothing to do?
Zhou Qiao nodded and looked at her belly again!
Christie quickly tucked her belly in, but unfortunately, with her current figure, she couldn't get it in at all!
I saw that her belly was extremely big, as if she was eight or nine months pregnant! The drums are swelling!
Not actually pregnant!
This is "central obesity"! Zhou Qiao nodded again!
Central obesity is a type of secondary obesity and is related to glucocorticoid levels in the body.
This kind of obesity is often characterized by trunk and abdominal obesity, so it is also called "abdominal obesity" and "visceral obesity". However, the distal ends of its limbs are relatively thin, making it look extremely uncoordinated and lacking in aesthetics.
Although Ariel is strong, her whole body is strong. Not only her trunk, but also her hands, feet, arms, thighs and calves are all strong and strong. Generally speaking, she is relatively well-proportioned.
"Can I check your abdomen?" Zhou Qiao requested.
Christie was stunned and quickly said: "Okay, okay, do you need me to lie on the examination bed?"
Zhou Qiao said: "That's not necessary. I just want to look at the skin on your abdomen."
"Oh." Christie thought Zhou Qiao was going to press and hold, but she didn't know that it was called abdominal palpation, which is mainly used to check the condition of abdominal organs.
Now Zhou Qiao is only checking the surface of the skin, so there is no need.
"As expected, there are purple stripes. It seems that he is really sick!"
All I could see were wide, spindle-shaped purple cracks on Christie's abdomen. They were dark and wide, different from white stretch marks or slender and light obesity marks.
Zhou Qiao said: "If my prediction is correct, you have these wide purple lines on your inner and outer thighs, buttocks and upper arms, right?"
Christie was shocked and asked quickly: "Dr. Zhou, do I have a serious illness? You mean, it's not just obesity?"
Zhou Qiao pondered, this was just his preliminary judgment, and further inspection and confirmation were needed, but it was almost indistinguishable!
He had a system, and he could make a diagnosis now and verify his judgment, so he thought in the center of his mind and silently issued an order to the system.
(End of chapter)
