It's not often I make the trip to the doctor's office, so I figured, why not celebrate with a post? Well, I'm sure there's a very good reason why not, but I've been too busy scratching myself to figure it out. At any rate, enjoy some of the excerpts from my visit.
- When was the last time you had a check-up?
- Pfft... I'm sure it was like, six years ago. That's my cycle.
- Your "cycle" is six years between visits?
- Yeah, like clockwork.
- Really. So I can pencil you in for an appointment this week in 2012?
- Well I mean, I'll have to check my schedule.
- Been eating well?
- Eh... is there anything healthy about eating frozen pizza for dinner?
- Definitely not.
- Hmm. Howbout three straight weeks of eating frozen pizza for dinner? Does that make it any better?
- You want my professional advice? Get a girlfriend, and have her cook for you.
- Shit, that is a good idea.
- Watch out though, you might end up marrying her, like I did.
- Hmm.
- How did you get this? Looks like a burn.
- I sit with my laptop on my lap. One day I just had my boxers on, and I think the laptop touched my groin through the pee-hole in my boxers. The thing was hot as all hell. I threw my laptop in a fit of rage.
- Ah, the laptop-on-the-groin problem.
- You've encountered it before?
- Yes, a couple times now. I guess I'm still trying to figure out why so many people seem to enjoy being half-naked with a laptop on their crotch.
- Maybe it's a male dominance thing.
- How do you mean?
- I dunno... I was hoping I could say that and then you'd come up with some extravagant explanation to validate it.
- Alright, I'll think about it.
- Have you had a colonoscopy yet?
- Nope... I probably should.
- Yes, considering colon cancer seems to run in your family on both sides.
- I think my mom's side has more prostate and breast cancer than colon... is that a better one to have, relatively speaking?
- You're asking if prostate cancer is better than colon cancer?
- Well I mean, which one hurts less.... or kills you quicker...
- Well, you don't have to die from either of them if you get checked out early enough; hence the colonoscopy.
- Yeah but all the same, I think I'd rather it just kill me. I'd like to avoid all the drama.
- You've developed some bags under your eyes... do you sleep okay?
- Hmm, I sleep fine for the most part.
- You may wake up feeling alright, but I'll bet you don't get seven hours.
- Depends on the day I guess. Oh, but I just remembered this: sometimes, I wake up gasping for air, and I feel like I'm seconds away from suffocating to death.
- ...
- ...
- It's probably nothing. Sounds like more of a psychological thing.
- So you're saying it's "probably nothing" in the way that a mountain lion eating your torso is "probably nothing", simply because there's not much you can do about it.
- I wouldn't have thought to put it that way.
- Well, feel free to use it as an example with your other patients.
- Sounds great. I was through being a reputable physician anyway.