Why I Love My Doctor

[Jason Donaldson]

I just had an absolutely shitty physical at my parents' G.P.. The nurse practitioner who examined me offered the usual bullshit diet/cholesterol advice (no fatty foods, no red meat), weight/BMI chiding (I'm 207 at 5'-10"), and the obligatory "did your clinic physician explain the risks of increased prostate cancer with testosterone supplementation?"

And before you ask, the only reason I went was for a separate medical issue that's developed over the past couple of months which was the reason I went in in the first place. But of course, they have to get you when you tell them you haven't had a physical in longer than you can remember.

Also, the nurse/aide that took my information and did the EKG was so awkward and seemingly dimwitted that I wanted nothing to do with the practice. I have no intention of going to the follow-up.

Jason, can you ask your DO if he's got any half-way not stupid colleagues in New Jersey?

That sucks that you had that experience, Satch. I'll see if I can get any info from my doc - not sure how long it'll take to get hold of him, but I'll try. I hope everything's okay for you, needing an EKG and all.

[Satch12879]

That sucks that you had that experience, Satch. I'll see if I can get any info from my doc - not sure how long it'll take to get hold of him, but I'll try. I hope everything's okay for you, needing an EKG and all.

I’m fine; the issue was urological, which neither that office nor the specialist could figure out. Thankfully, it’s seemed to have resolved in its own. The practice does an EKG as standard procedure for annual physicals. I don’t think they see a lot of patients my age to be honest.

I appreciate it, Jason!