A VISIT AT THE DOC'S
Nope. This is not at the clinic that I worked for.
Self: Good morning, Dr.
Doc: Morning. How are you? So, you finish taking your medicine?
Self: Yes. Today’s is last portion.
Doc: Good. Now we take your weight first.
Dropped handphone, car keys and purse on Doc’s table. Going on to the scale.
Doc: I think you have lost weight, even without weighing. What have you done? Diet?
Self: No appetite to eat lah.
Doc: Wow! 6 kgs! That is a very good progress.
Delighted.
Doc: Just diet? No exercise?
Self: Nope. *laugh*
Doc: You have to incorporate some aerobic exercise in your routine. Else, when you lose weight, your whole body will be saggy. Try some aerobics. In fact, you can build muscles in two weeks time.
Self: So fast meh?
Doc: Yes. Now we take your blood pressure.
Self: Ok.
Doc: Any dizziness? Headaches?
Self: Nope.
Doc: Have you been sleeping well?
Self: Not really. Insomia for the past few nights. Work pressure, I guess.
(What work pressure?)
Nurse with big mole helped doc with the apparatus. Doc took blood pressure.
Doc: Very good. Very good. 130/80. Now, pulse.
Doc looking at his watch while placing his index and middle finger on my wrist, reading pulse.
Doc: 84. Good. Now, heart beat.
Doc put statoscope on chest. Self breathe in, breathe out. Doc nodding his head in approval.
Doc: Everything is fine. You’ll be okay. I will put you on the same medication for another month and we will see your progress again.
Self: Doc, how long must I take this medicine?
Doc: I’ll put you up till 7 to 9 months, the maximum.
Self: After that, how to control it?
Doc: Well, it is self..
Self: Sheer will power?
Doc: .. discipline. Yes. You have to depend on will power also.
Both of us laughed hysterically. The nurse with a big mole was emotionless.
Doc: Let me tell you. A lot of women who are on medication, they will hantam food coz they know they have this pill to rely on. Once they have lost weight, and they still hantam, they’ll increase their body weight to about 5 kgs. Then they’ll come back again for advice. This is not miracle pill. You have to work with it also. With proper diet and exercise, you will make it.
Self: Okay. Thanks, Doc.
Made a mental note to join gym next month.
Self: Good morning, Dr.
Doc: Morning. How are you? So, you finish taking your medicine?
Self: Yes. Today’s is last portion.
Doc: Good. Now we take your weight first.
Dropped handphone, car keys and purse on Doc’s table. Going on to the scale.
Doc: I think you have lost weight, even without weighing. What have you done? Diet?
Self: No appetite to eat lah.
Doc: Wow! 6 kgs! That is a very good progress.
Delighted.
Doc: Just diet? No exercise?
Self: Nope. *laugh*
Doc: You have to incorporate some aerobic exercise in your routine. Else, when you lose weight, your whole body will be saggy. Try some aerobics. In fact, you can build muscles in two weeks time.
Self: So fast meh?
Doc: Yes. Now we take your blood pressure.
Self: Ok.
Doc: Any dizziness? Headaches?
Self: Nope.
Doc: Have you been sleeping well?
Self: Not really. Insomia for the past few nights. Work pressure, I guess.
(What work pressure?)
Nurse with big mole helped doc with the apparatus. Doc took blood pressure.
Doc: Very good. Very good. 130/80. Now, pulse.
Doc looking at his watch while placing his index and middle finger on my wrist, reading pulse.
Doc: 84. Good. Now, heart beat.
Doc put statoscope on chest. Self breathe in, breathe out. Doc nodding his head in approval.
Doc: Everything is fine. You’ll be okay. I will put you on the same medication for another month and we will see your progress again.
Self: Doc, how long must I take this medicine?
Doc: I’ll put you up till 7 to 9 months, the maximum.
Self: After that, how to control it?
Doc: Well, it is self..
Self: Sheer will power?
Doc: .. discipline. Yes. You have to depend on will power also.
Both of us laughed hysterically. The nurse with a big mole was emotionless.
Doc: Let me tell you. A lot of women who are on medication, they will hantam food coz they know they have this pill to rely on. Once they have lost weight, and they still hantam, they’ll increase their body weight to about 5 kgs. Then they’ll come back again for advice. This is not miracle pill. You have to work with it also. With proper diet and exercise, you will make it.
Self: Okay. Thanks, Doc.
Made a mental note to join gym next month.
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