Heck, y'all. I'm 4'10" and while leg room's not a problem for me, the seats are STILL pretty cramped for me.
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02-15-2010
11:35 PM
To all that think that the "fatties" are all people who can't take care of themselves and just simply eat too many potato chips or something...
Sometimes it's not that simple. I live with kidney failure. Though I wouldn't say that my body type is going to get me thrown off a plane, I do live with the frustration that because of the fluid I retain (due to the lack of kidney function), I tend to have a rounder tummy than I'd like. I've had to come to terms with this. Should I be deemed a lazy person who doesn't exercise and take care of my body? Am I to be judged subhuman because I'm not a stick thin model? Because I have a chronic condition that won't be resolved until I get a kidney transplant in a few years?
I'm so disappointed in some of the comments I've been reading here. 😧
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