The Last Straw

Today was my Dr. appointment to review my blood work from last week.... It was the last straw... the final nail in the coffin so to speak...

I abhor going to see the doctor.  Basically I am pretty healthy... I eat well, exercise, and watch what kinds of toxins I put in and on my body... that includes perfumes, medicines and vaccines...

So I brought my crocheting with me... everyone knows that a long wait is associated with going to the doctor... so I prepared and was doing well... until they called my name and asked me to step on the scale.

The scale is not a woman's friend... We tend to judge a good day and/or a bad one by the numbers staring back at us... The Doctor got a new scale... It is digital and the first thing I thought of when I saw it was it looked like the scale at the vets office... Also I know my weight is up... Also it is cold today so I am wearing more clothes than when I weighed in last time.  So the number looked bad on paper.... or actually on computer screen.

Then the nurse was asking me questions...  Now this always annoys me- just take the BP first before you tick me off... I could literally feel my blood pressure rising... Did you have a flu shot?  Did you have a mammogram?   NO, I did not ... No, I do not choose to poison my body.... NO- NO- NO- NO- I do not want to have you draw blood for these stupid visits every 6 months!

Oh my blood pressure which was fine at home is now 126/80

Now I wait for the doctor.... crochet and wait... and wait.....

She finally comes in... My blood work came back fine... She retakes my bp and it is fine.  My cholesterol was borderline but with Easter and stuff and I know I had overindulged with some ice cream a bit the week before my blood work... anyway.... I don't think it's a problem...   But now instead of 6 months she wants to retest in 4 months... GRRRR

So she refilled my prescription and told me she wanted to see me for blood work and a visit  in 4 months and then again in 6 months...

And she says my weight (which is up from last time but still down from 2 years ago) is ok for my height... But she says she is going to put me on a diet...

Are you kidding me!!  I really think it would have been ruled justifiable homicide in a court of law by a jury of my peers!

So finally done with this visit... I left the diet on the chair in the Exam Room and went to make those other appointments.... while I was waiting making the appointments the nurse was nice enough to bring that diet back to me... I was going to leave it on the counter where she set it, but I figured she would bring it to me while I was waiting to pay my co pay.... good grief!

So being the big, bad, fatty that I am-  I'm tossing it into file 13.... I don't need no stinkin' diet!

I just need it to warm up around here so I can go outside and run or get out on the lake in my kayak... oh and you can bet I am looking for a new physician... That was the last straw... Good grief...