Fat But Healthy

So Wifey and I belong to a company called MDVIP, which is a concierge medical practice.  You pay an annual fee, and in return get primary medical care the way it used to be -- immediate appointments, always talk to the doc, if you travel you can use another MDVIP doc. 

We joined when our friend and family doc Dave became a member. Dave would waive our fee in exchange for free legal work I 'd do for him.  In return, I'd use the service as little as possible, including the annual physical, which checks many vials of your blood for any hint or illness or disease.

Three years ago, Dave retired, and Dr. Mary came in from Texas.  She gave us the first year free, too, to make sure we liked her. We did, and continued the plan. But since I pay full freight, I DO use the benefits, and today was my annual physical exam.

A few weeks ago, I saw Nurse Nancy, who took 5 vials of blood. Today I went over the report in detail with Dr. Mary, after she did a complete, old school exam. I was with her over an hour.  The good news was that, despite being a fat pig, I'm surprisingly healthy. Last year I had flirted with "pre diabetes," but this year the flirting ended, thankfully. Even my PSA, which measures for prostate stuff, was within normal ranges.

It's so pleasant in the office. Dr. Mary has a friendly, large Doodle dog, who follows her around. I always take her photo and sent it to the Ds.

Dr. Mary's husband writes for Major League Baseball, and moved here to cover the Marlins. So a lot of our visit was dissecting the Cubs, even though Dr. Mary, as a native Missourian, is a Royals fan.

I celebrated the good health news with a carb-less breakfast at Bagel Emporium. Actually, it came with a bagel, which I bagged and gave to Bill, Stuart's Dad, in our office. He's 83 and not too worried about blood values anymore...

So all I have to do is lose about 40 lbs, and I'll be good to go for D1's wedding  next September.  It could be worse...