isn't it strange,? we have the same here, ... apart from the very young, nurses all seem to be very overweight.... this is a fairly recent phenomena...
I don't really remember what doctors and nurses looked like years ago, but there are some fairly obese nurses and nurse assistants at our local hospital. Some folks might really wonder "why are they working here with the way they look?" The word "obese" has never gone with the word "healthy", but...… OTH, my eye surgeon was very good looking and wife and I did give her a nice compliment on her looks. Even though she was acting, Julie London as Dixie McCall on Emergency, was very nice looking for a ER nurse. But, there was one scene where she was smoking a cigarette in the Break Room. I thought that was odd to see a nurse doing that, even on a tv show.
Three doctors in a single day does seem like a bit much and to tell the truth, I doubt if I could stand such a thing particularly knowing that the next day would be very similar or worse. Perhaps @Lon Tanner, you might be able to convince at least one doctor that just the time sitting in the waiting room might call for something noted as being fairly healthy such as a nice glass of red wine. Yeah, I know that the suggestion is absurd but imagine how much better the whole experience would be if such a thing were possible. As to the obese nurses, I have had my share of those unhealthy looking ladies poking and prodding around, but when I least expected to have a slap gorgeous young blond at my bedside it was during my colonoscopy! I do not know why, but if it had to be a lady rooting around down there, I would have preferred someone with an anchor tattooed on her arm and weighing in at about 250. And now to the smoking thing. In days gone by, nearly all of the actors on TV smoked with the possible exception of Ben Casey and Dr. Zorba but to see a dirty ashtray in a real doctor’s office was also a normal thing. I do remember when I was much younger, a doctor performed a entire examination with a lit cigarette either in the ashtray or hanging out of his mouth. I remember that it was a normal thing to joke about a doctor warning people that they have to quit smoking while the doctors and nurses openly had the same habit.
The older I've gotten the less doctors I see. I had my share from bad drugs and a bad surgery and so my doctors are my nutritional supplements and Dr. Google as I love to find and fix myself as best I can. Doctors don't like people like me. I don't need them too much..thank goodness. Pharma is rich enough. And you mention some social life, I'll bet you had a great social life before the arrival at this time in life...I sure did and count those wonderful memories. Now I'm in a period of reflection and just happy to be breathing GOOD. Many people don't do that good. Today I see the D.O. for some bodywork...and I have to tell him to go easier on my achy body and if he fights me, he's lost me. There are other cranio and myofascial workers in our town. Lon, I know a lot of seniors and many just about camp out at doctors. Hope your appts turn out well.
I think many of the nurses I know are overweight because they have very sedentary, somewhat stressful jobs. For the most part, the Emergency nurses aren't fat, as they are too active and have to keep on the move, at least in busy ERs. The floor nurses sit around most of the day/shift, and only move when meds have to be given. Much of the rest of the time, they are doing paperwork. They aides and CMAs do most of the patient care. That didn't used to be the case, as the nurses were the ones who did most of the patient care. In medical offices, the "nurses", who often aren't nurses but CMAs, get treated well to lots of donuts, Danish pastries and soft drinks.
All my appointments went well Joy and I don't see the same docs for 6 months as a follow up. Yes you are right, I did have a busy active social life pre assisted living. I am very fortunate to be feeling pretty good other than stiffnes. I eat well and sleep good and have avid interests to keep me busy. Compared to many of my peers I am indeed fortunate.
Lon, I find myself sucked into slide shows of celebs in our world when they were young and how they look today. Many have had a lot of face work done and amazingly a lot have not. Watched a slide show last night as I was shutting down for the day and there it was so I watched for a while. My first impression is many could look a lot younger had they done some great antioxidants like Grape Seed Ex which I've been taking for 25 yrs soon .. Jimmy Carter looks really rugged. He's been doing a lot of habitat housing after he left the white house, so all that outdoors work is aging. Sun does age skin. Got kinda OT but everyone is aging ..
I had a very good D.O. bodywork appt yesterday, got my D.O. down to 30 minute mostly upper body work including neck and shoulders. I was really rejuvinated when I walked out of his office. Then I had the great pleasure of talking to a couple people in the waiting area as I was waiting for my friend, and introduced them to Grape Seed Ex...two more people in this huge population now know about this precious antioxidant.
What does familiar mean to you Lon? Have you ever taken for your health? When I found it my mother was 85 or so and I got her on it, and she had no more colds, flu or cold sores, and her voice became so clear as her system was getting cleaned up. She lived to 91 and went of other issues and just old age too.
Like most Seniors I am covered by Medicare including a Part D Drug Plan with Aetna & a Medicare Supplement with United Healthcare. I have no complaints at all about costs, doctors, hospitals or any of the medical services that I receive and use. I have a personal Long Term Care Insurance Policy that I purchased when I retired 26 years ago. What services that I presently receive here at Assisted Living are paid for from my pensions & personal assets .At a point in time that I require more assistance with daily living activities my LTC Policy will pay 90% of the $5,000 monthly that I currently pay.