as the wife said, taking delivery of the christmas turkey.
Turning 50 can be a funny experience - unless you're overweight with a tendency to bronchitis...
Turns out my quack of 30 years retired a few years back. His replacement's eyes lit up as if they'd found the only living one in captivity. "What's the problem?" "Problem, doc? Nothing at all, fit a s a fiddle, me. Apart from this chest infection... usually get Amoxycillin... blood test? is that really necessary for bronchitis?. Oh, I see... " Seems as if he's met his screening targets this quarter!
And here I am, caught in the speeding trap of life; overweight (no surprises there), hypertense, high cholesterol, and type 2. Oh, and "if you could give up the booze and the one night stands it'd help". Not that the latter's been a problem lately! (Giving them up that is..)
I'd like to say it came as a shock, but I'd be lying. I suppose I'm a bit depressed about it - but to be honest I'm generally depressed when faced with the realities of immortality (or my lack of it!).. More like disappointed to have been caught, I think.
Anyway, I know have my own little pharmacy; ramipril 10mg, amlovasc 5mg & simvastatin 20mg at night and metformin 850mg three times a day. If I rattle as I pass, you know why.
Funny thing is, when I suggested that I should change my diet and get some exercise, the quack says "don't worry, it won't do any good".
The fun is going to be reconciling the good advice for all those conditions. I think I've got a lot to learn!! And to make it worse, one of the flipping drugs says I can't eat the only fruit worth consuming for breakfast - the grapefuit!!
Turning 50 can be a funny experience - unless you're overweight with a tendency to bronchitis...
Turns out my quack of 30 years retired a few years back. His replacement's eyes lit up as if they'd found the only living one in captivity. "What's the problem?" "Problem, doc? Nothing at all, fit a s a fiddle, me. Apart from this chest infection... usually get Amoxycillin... blood test? is that really necessary for bronchitis?. Oh, I see... " Seems as if he's met his screening targets this quarter!
And here I am, caught in the speeding trap of life; overweight (no surprises there), hypertense, high cholesterol, and type 2. Oh, and "if you could give up the booze and the one night stands it'd help". Not that the latter's been a problem lately! (Giving them up that is..)
I'd like to say it came as a shock, but I'd be lying. I suppose I'm a bit depressed about it - but to be honest I'm generally depressed when faced with the realities of immortality (or my lack of it!).. More like disappointed to have been caught, I think.
Anyway, I know have my own little pharmacy; ramipril 10mg, amlovasc 5mg & simvastatin 20mg at night and metformin 850mg three times a day. If I rattle as I pass, you know why.
Funny thing is, when I suggested that I should change my diet and get some exercise, the quack says "don't worry, it won't do any good".
The fun is going to be reconciling the good advice for all those conditions. I think I've got a lot to learn!! And to make it worse, one of the flipping drugs says I can't eat the only fruit worth consuming for breakfast - the grapefuit!!