1 ginger (of 2)

the ginger didnt hang in suspension

he had to keep stirring his tea

stirstirstirstir  sip


 
                        a little bit later stirstirstir sip or he wouldnt taste its heat and zest

he was convinced the ginger helped him sleep it overran the pain that forced him awake and to stretch his body out after a paltry two or three hours of sleep up at three in the morning or earlier moving through the lighted house for hours before he could turn them off and be treated to the new day bathed in the rising sun

these early mornings tempted him to go next door to his neighbours and goose his roosterCockadoodledo!
so other human beings might join him in the mornings darkness

misery loves company and he had an opportunity to embrace it and deem if it was a justified tenant because before he couldnt

No
    he was better than that    

so he left the rooster his neighbour and the neighbourhood unmolested

he was just a tad better than that though sorely tempted  bitterly he amused himself with its thought as he gazed exhausted into the dark house before flipping the electricity to overhead fixtures




the rheumatologist checked insomnia on his list as he remarked his pain woke him

Excuse me doctor  Im not describing insomnia

the physician curtly asked him if he was telling him his business(he was irked the physician referred to his health as the doctors business)(a tete-a-tete) 

Business  No
Im telling you Ive resided in my body for fifty years  I cant assume you might possibly know my body better than me

the rheumatologist darkened the X he placed beside insomnia

it joined the X beside joint pain without comment and concluded the doctors list where the other symptoms were un-Xed because they didnt present                            

then leaning back the doctor pronounced he exhibited classic symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis
Or as we prefer  RA



Classichuh
Youll excuse me for noticing doctor but youve marked only two symptoms of  wha  sixteen

And doin the math  if yadont mind Ill do the calculations  they aint your specialty  we have two of sixteen as you say classic symptoms 
                        By my reckonin    sixteen into forty   two         eight  eighty
sixteen into eighty  five   What we have is a mere twelve and a half percent

If we flop the statistics  twelve and a half pro  we have eightyseven and a half con  theyre not convincing
Im not convinced 

I assume you sought me out for my medical specialty my years of experience
Those credentials should convince you

Your years of experience are with others peoples bodies
Not mine 

Then why did you make this appointment

I made this appointment to have a frank discussion regarding my health with a professional

Fine  Ive given you my opinion   RA


Doc  everyones entitled to their opinion however you must admit that statistically your opinion is questionable  Id expect youd have animosity towards such a low probability

I work in health not probability

Okay lets put it another face on itId have no problem putting a revolver to my head play a game of Russian roulette pull the trigger with twelve and a half percent odds against me

And Id take my odds enthusiastically when compared to your eightseven and a half percentor nearly nine out of ten

Would you put a revolver in your mouth – Id want you to do it right – and pull the trigger with your odds


This is absurd

No  Supposition
We went off your professional checklist  To make matter worse I disagreed with you checking off insomnia 

Therefore one of sixteen was struck  Thats not seven percent doc  Not seven percent

I wont answer suppositions

You wanna tell me what the hells the matter with considering a supposition a possibility

People act as if they entertain a supposition its punishable like having their nuts put in a vise and it twisted Tits in a vise  Absurd  What can possibly be absurd in the realm of medicine  People Patients They defy expectation all the time They exceed and fail 

Were not finely-engineered and machined German and Italian motorcars     

Our disconnects arent as readily apparent as cars are to trained mechanics

You act like youre fingering Lincoln logs taking em out of their tube one at a time scrutinizing them singularly rather than just upending the lot and dumping all the pieces out onto the floor at once and see recognise in their tumbled heap their myriad of possibilities 

Then sort them out from there

Its open season no holds barred

I think your fastidiousness possibly mars your perception  Diminishes your objectivity

I have never suffered insomnia
Though Ive drank black coffee too late into the evening and paid for it




My opinion is you have RA

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