89 And Feeling Fine
Columbia, Medical Office, South Carolina, USA | Healthy | January 9, 2018
CONTENT WARNING: This story contains content of a medical nature. It is not intended as medical advice.
(My dad, who is in his late 80s, goes in for his yearly check up.)
Doctor: “Well, Mr [Dad], Everything looks good except the fact you have gained a little over 10 pounds since I last saw you.”
Dad: *sighs* “Does that mean I have to go on a diet? With Christmas coming up it’s going to be hard. My daughters, grandchildren, and son are all great cooks and they always make all sorts of yummy things for me for gifts.”
Doctor: “Sir, you are 89 years old. I wish my blood pressure was as good as yours. Your cholesterol is perfect, your blood sugar is perfect, your heart is as healthy as any 30-year-old, you can see perfectly with a little help of glasses for reading, you take NO medication of any kind, not even aspirin. You walk. Frankly, I wish I was in as good of health as you are and I am over 35 years younger. Honestly, at this point in your life, I vote you just eat anything and everything you want. You obviously are doing just fine.”
(Dad really loves his doctor and he enjoyed Christmas thoroughly!)
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