seems to me the more we go to the doctor the sicker we feel. your enzymes and blood pressure are too high, you've got lumps and bumps in places your shouldn't, and what's up with that freckle? we'd better make another appointment for a month from now so you have plenty of time to work yourself into an incoherent and terrified wreck and that's why we can't see you sooner.
and then you come on back and we'll cut and dig, scrape and remove, take photos and use lots of plastic. and then we'll smile and tell you that you did great! and hopefully everything is fine, we'll let you know in a few days, so it's ok to keep on worrying if that is what you need to do. meanwhile eat more fiber, take some folate, don't drink and exercise every day for a really long time.
didn't people used to live to ripe ages like 75 or more having never heard of folate? who invented cholesterol anyway? this afternoon i'm missing dear old friends and relatives who lived long lives, worked hard, laughed harder, drank to their fill and smoked 'em if they had 'em. and they didn't worry much. nothing was in place to scare them to death in those days. eventually something came along and got them, but up till then they lived how they lived and that was that. all in god's plan.
meanwhile as you are watching tv in the middle of the night next time you are worrying about your own mortality and whether your insurance will get you through the next abnoral finding, just remember that
sleep deprivation can be deadly, too.
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