I recently picked a
new primary care physician.
After two visits and
exhaustive lab tests, he said
I was doing "fairly
well" for my age.
A little concerned
about that comment, I couldn't resist asking him,
- "Do you
think I'll live to be 80?"
He asked,
- "Well, do you
smoke tobacco or drink beer/wine?"
- "Oh no," I
replied. "I've never done either".
Then he asked,
- "Do you eat
rib-eye steaks and barbecue ribs?"
I said
- "No, I've heard
that all red meat is very unhealthy!"
- "Do you spend a
lot of time in the sun, like playing golf/sailing/ballooning/rock climbing
?"
- "No, I
don't," I said.
He said,
- "Do you gamble,
drive fast cars, or sexually fool around ?"
- "No," I said. "I've never done any of
those things".
He looked at me and
said,
- "Then why do
you give a shit if you live to be 80 ?"
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