Today at the Doc’s
Doc: Any giddiness? Headaches?
Me: No.
Doc: Good.. breathe in.. breathe out….
Me: Doc, a friend of mine dropped dead last month one week before his wedding.
Doc: Is it heart attack?
Me: I believe so.
Doc: Must be from all the anxiety before a wedding.
Me: But he was only 34.
Doc: Oh.. yeah.. now, the mortality rate is getting younger. In fact, compared to 10 years ago, heart attack would affect people above age 45 but now, the average age of getting a heart attack is 38.
Me: That is why, after listening to this story, I went jogging last week 2x.
Doc: That’s a good start.. but this week? It’s already the weekend.
Me: No.. I only jogged 2x last week and I went drinking last night.
Doc & Me: HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!
Me: If a person has a weak heart, what can he do to strengthen it?
Doc: It’s very hard to tell you if you don’t get me the diagnosis. It maybe the valve problem, or arteries or a hole in the heart.. blah blah blah….
Me: My other friend told me, his friend also dropped dead in the car park. But I think it’s due to stress because he worked in a stock trading company. But he lived quite a healthy life – he didn’t smoke, he went to the gym, and he looked pretty fit.
Doc: Oh well, if you are a working professional, living in the city, living a sedentary lifestyle, the food you eat, you would be subject to all these diseases.
Me: But he was only 28.
Doc: OMIGOD! You are making me worried with all the stories.
Me: You mean you don’t exercise?
Doc: No I don’t.
Me: Then, why did you tell me to exercise?
Doc: Well, we all doctors will tell you to do something which we ourselves don’t normally do. I told patients not to eat prawns but when I go home, I whack two tiger prawns.. deep fried some more!!
Me: Wah.. you are very honest! Anyway, I think this serves as a reminder that we shouldn’t take this too lightly… before we start to drop dead like flies.
Not sure who is the doctor now?
November 18, 2006 at 9:27 pm |
Muahahaha!!!
This is so cool…!
Never fully trust the doctors, they told you to do things that they don’t. Hehehehe…
What a ‘iron proof’ this is…
Dr, Geena….!! What can a person do with his weak heart?
November 19, 2006 at 1:11 pm |
Haha..lol. Hypocrite!
November 19, 2006 at 4:04 pm |
Gosh !! Just die like that …
I need a prescription and need it quick before i end up like flies ^0^
November 19, 2006 at 11:59 pm |
Your doctor kelakar la… So honest to patient…
November 20, 2006 at 9:56 am |
OMG. Now I am freaking worry!
But then again, dropping dead just like tat is better than getting a stroke and being paralyse for life. Of course this is only my own 2sen.
November 20, 2006 at 12:19 pm |
classic example of ‘do as i say, not as i do’.
November 20, 2006 at 4:27 pm |
Check out this book, a doctor recommend as an essential reading.
“Fit for Life” by Harvey Diamond
Useful link http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/fitforlife.html
November 20, 2006 at 8:15 pm |
Did you pay him for the consultation?
Or did he pay you?
November 21, 2006 at 3:26 am |
for sure, u r the doc la.
November 21, 2006 at 8:34 am |
Doctor Gina,
Only one comment.
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.”
November 21, 2006 at 12:31 pm |
Wan2: Need the medical report leh for the doc to decipher.
Ina: Yeah. Everyone is, I guess.
Puzzled: Life is unpredictable.
Ann: You shud have seen the shocked look in his face! Priceless!
kleio: I agree with you. Might as well just die if get stroke.
Yuin: Well said.
VJ: I am reading it now… but reading and practising are separate matters. :p
Shine: Usually, I don’t pay for consultation. He always give me free consultation as he finds me entertaining. Hahaha!
Takeshi: Yeah… hahahaha. Dr Quack.
Albanian Goat: Take my breath away is my favorite song. Haha.
November 22, 2006 at 12:22 pm |
cool doc u went to see …. hahahhaha ….. well, these days, i guess patients r very well more informed than docs for docs r technically trained in med while most patients r not ….
November 22, 2006 at 1:09 pm |
i’m confused. who’s the doc? muahaha… i tink u should charged him consultation fees instead :p
November 23, 2006 at 9:58 am |
Shae: Yeah. He is alright.
Frankenstein: Probably. Next time I will remember to do that!