amethist
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FAIR QUESTION......GOOD ANSWER. FROM PATIENT TO DOCTOR
WILL I LIVE TO BE 80?
I recently picked a new primary care doctor. After 2 visits and exhaustive lab tests, he said I was doing "fairly well" for my age. (Just turned 60). A little concerned about that last comment, I could not resist asking him,
"Do you think I will live to be 80?."
He asked "Do you smoke tobacco or drink beer or wine?'
"Oh no" I replied... "I'm not doing drugs either"
Then he asked "Do you eat rib-eye steaks and barbecued ribs?"
I said "Not much, my former doctor said that all red meat was unhealthy!"
"Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, playing golf, fishing, sailing or hiking?"
"No I don't" I replied.
He asked "Do you gamble, drive fast car's, or have a lot of sex"
"No" I said.
He looked at me and said,...."Then why do you even give a shit"
WILL I LIVE TO BE 80?
I recently picked a new primary care doctor. After 2 visits and exhaustive lab tests, he said I was doing "fairly well" for my age. (Just turned 60). A little concerned about that last comment, I could not resist asking him,
"Do you think I will live to be 80?."
He asked "Do you smoke tobacco or drink beer or wine?'
"Oh no" I replied... "I'm not doing drugs either"
Then he asked "Do you eat rib-eye steaks and barbecued ribs?"
I said "Not much, my former doctor said that all red meat was unhealthy!"
"Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, playing golf, fishing, sailing or hiking?"
"No I don't" I replied.
He asked "Do you gamble, drive fast car's, or have a lot of sex"
"No" I said.
He looked at me and said,...."Then why do you even give a shit"