Went to the doctor the other day for the annual physical and got a “clean bill of health.” He told me my sugar, cholesterol, liver, kidneys and everything else was just fine. About the worst he could say was that my blood pressure is “borderline high.” But then he added, “But with that cholesterol, you’re at a low risk for heart disease, so I wouldn’t worry about it.”
All good news of course. I mentioned to him that I thought my cholesterol would be high, because the night before we had hamburgers for dinner, and with my birthday just three days earlier, it had been a week of celebrating—too much going out to eat, cookies, cake, and a bottle of wine. He said, “Ahh! Celebrate your birthday! You’ve got….what? 34 of them left….so enjoy your birthdays!”
I thought it was odd that he said 34. Not 30, or 35, which would be a nice round number. It gave me a little chill and made me wonder…does he know something I don’t know? Can he look at my blood work and my chest X-ray and my EKG and predict EXACTLY how long I will live?
Or is he just being a jokester?
I wouldn’t mind if he had some inside track on how long I’m going to live. Another 34 years puts me at 88…a good, long respectable time.
I just hope I can get my blood pressure down a bit before I get there.
That is a little creepy. Reminds me of the Heinlein story “Life-Line”…
Yes, it WAS a little creepy. I don’t know what the Heinlein story “Life-Line” is…sounds like science fiction? Not sure I would want to read anything that was that creepy! 🙂