Good news from one of my M.D’s

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good news, health, maintenance, medical, postaday2013

Good news on the health front. My gynecologist Dr. Wool, who I like a lot, grabbed me as soon as he saw me in the waiting room to let me know that all the lab results from my procedure, almost two weeks, came back benign. He also said that he wanted to take a look and see attitude regarding my hormone levels, he wants to see how my body is going to respond now that all the polyps have been removed. I said wonderful, let’s see what Mother Nature has to say and what she has in store for me for the next three months. I really like Doctor Wool, he likes to talk and he doesn’t rush you at all. He is also very easy to talk to, a great bedside manner and I feel very relaxed with him. I find myself telling him all about my past medical issues and he doesn’t brush me off, he actually listens with interest. Moreover when he comes into the room, he knows why I am there and doesn’t waste ten minutes reading my chart. In my opinion that is a huge plus, I have been to tons of doctors and there is nothing more disheartening than sitting there waiting for your doctor to reacquaint himself with you. If I were a doctor, I would read my patient’s history before they came into the room so that they would feel reassured that I know what is going on with their medical issues. You would think that this would be an obvious way to treat your patients, but it is a rarity in our medical reality. I am very happy with Doctor Wool and especially in the field of gynecology, that is a huge deal.

Circle of five

A writer once said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” If this is true, which five people would you like to spend your time with?

I have an inkling that I answered this a while back, but I can't for the life of me remember what I had written. Anyway, this just means that I can approach this with a clean slate. I don't know if I agree with the idea that "I am the average of the five people that I spend the most time with", my reason is that as a grown woman, my temperament and personality have been formed for quite while, I do acknowledge that people still grow, but I don't know just how much changing goes on. I will acknowledge that I have tempered myself in accordance with my proximity to others in my constant universe.

Being married to my hubby for almost 23 years, I am no longer the young whippersnapper that I was all those years ago, I have mellowed, I have learned to listen first before immediately opening my mouth, I have also learned to take deep breaths and remember that it is always darkest before the dawn, it is usually never as bad as you might think, and perhaps the most important thing that I have learned: and this too shall pass. I can't say that five people in my immediate world had all contributed to what I have learned, I say this only because aside from my hubby, the others didn't quite approach life in the way that I would want to, they tend to be quick to judge, a little controlling and judgmental, aspects that I wouldn't want to emulate.

I would like to think that I had more to do with the person that I have become than just being formed and influenced, that I noticed things that I liked about myself and things that I felt needed to change, I changed in ways that I thought best. I know that this must seem rather ego-centric, but just because a writer makes a statement doesn't necessarily mean that it is correct or right.