Original Message Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 Subject: Doctors!
I should get my money back! My doc told me the same thing today he’s told me for the last fifteen / twenty years:
- Your ‘annual’ checkup? Good, cos your last visit was three years ago.
- You’re fat and unfit.
And for this I must pay him?
Also, the thing is, he's wrong! Fat compared to who? and Unfit for what?
Doesn't trust me, either, the skinny endurance athlete bugger. He asked for my weight and I said 80kg, and my waist and I said 88cm. So he stared at me and insisted on measuring, wasting my time and his; then announced triumphantly: "92kg and 112cm!"
What kind of doc does that? Hurt my feelings, sort-of. And also, I wonder when he last had his tape measure re-calibrated?
'Friend' Bruce wrote:
The older you get,
The tougher it is to lose weight,
Because by then,
Your body and your fat
Have become really good friends.
What? Is he trying to make me feel better? Or older?
~~oo0oo~~
Progress! Today, eight years later, I measured again with my Stanley metal measuring tape in the garage. Only 108cm. That’s actually 107 cos the metal kinks.
No need for a checkup! Think of the money I saved.
Update 2023: Just been yet again. The verdict, a clean bill of health. Immaculate. Never seen anything better in all my years of practice, said skinny Dr Steve. I paraphrase.