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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