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Funny incident at Dr's office today
I had a doctor's appointment today for something completely unrelated to
low-carb (a toenail fungus, yuck!). The nurse who weighed me and took my BP and temperature was new. After doing these things, she was reading my chart and got a puzzled look on her face. She looked up at me and asked, "Have you had a bypass?" My initial reaction was fear! What was she reading on my chart that made her think that I needed a heart bypass?! I emphatically stated that I had NOT had a heart bypass, and why would she think so? She said, "no, no, no!" "I meant a *gastric* bypass! I realized then how it must look to her on my chart, since as of this weighing I've lost 46 pounds in 15 weeks (just under 4 months)! I laughed and said, "No bypass surgery." "Atkins." She left the room muttering under her breath. Heh. My doc is a proponent of low-carb eating, and she was impressed today. I had dropped another 7 pounds since my last visit on March 12th. She calculated my BMI, and told me that it had gone from 35 in December to 28 today. I'm no longer in the "morbidly obese" or even "obese" ranges on the charts for my 6'2-1/2' frame; I'm down into the just "overweight" BMI category. Another 20 or 25 pounds and I'll be in the green! Incidentally, she also checked my BG just to see how it was doing. It was 112 (non-fasting)! :-) -- Peter 270/224/180 website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo |
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Funny incident at Dr's office today
"marengo" wrote in message s.com... snip Thanks for sharing your success story. I'm down 23 lbs since Feb 23 and look a *bit* thinner, but no great change yet in how people perceive me. Can't wait to progress to a genuine body type change as you have done. Thanks again for sharing, very inspiring! Mike |
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Funny incident at Dr's office today
marengo wrote:
I had a doctor's appointment today for something completely unrelated to low-carb (a toenail fungus, yuck!). The nurse who weighed me and took my BP and temperature was new. After doing these things, she was reading my chart and got a puzzled look on her face. She looked up at me and asked, "Have you had a bypass?" My initial reaction was fear! What was she reading on my chart that made her think that I needed a heart bypass?! I emphatically stated that I had NOT had a heart bypass, and why would she think so? She said, "no, no, no!" "I meant a *gastric* bypass! I realized then how it must look to her on my chart, since as of this weighing I've lost 46 pounds in 15 weeks (just under 4 months)! I laughed and said, "No bypass surgery." "Atkins." She left the room muttering under her breath. Heh. My doc is a proponent of low-carb eating, and she was impressed today. I had dropped another 7 pounds since my last visit on March 12th. She calculated my BMI, and told me that it had gone from 35 in December to 28 today. I'm no longer in the "morbidly obese" or even "obese" ranges on the charts for my 6'2-1/2' frame; I'm down into the just "overweight" BMI category. Another 20 or 25 pounds and I'll be in the green! Incidentally, she also checked my BG just to see how it was doing. It was 112 (non-fasting)! :-) -- Peter 270/224/180 website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo Right on Peter! I love it when we "surprise" the medical type folk. You story completely reminded me of a trip to the doctor (not my current GP), she was taking my blood pressure, pumping away and she got this really confused look on her face as she was looking at the numbers. She released the pressure and proceeded to start pumping away again. I was getting nervous at her reaction because I've always had good BP, so finally I asked what the heck is wrong. As she looked at the numbers again bewildered, she said, "nothing actually your BP is really good, 110/70." I could of smacked her. 110/70 is my usual blood pressure numbers. Monica -- Started 01/20/04 362/319/250 __________________________________________________ ______ "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.651 / Virus Database: 417 - Release Date: 4/6/04 |
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On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 06:15:10 GMT, "marengo" wrote:
My doc is a proponent of low-carb eating, and she was impressed today. I had dropped another 7 pounds since my last visit on March 12th. She calculated my BMI, and told me that it had gone from 35 in December to 28 today. I'm no longer in the "morbidly obese" or even "obese" ranges on the charts for my 6'2-1/2' frame; I'm down into the just "overweight" BMI category. Another 20 or 25 pounds and I'll be in the green! Incidentally, she also checked my BG just to see how it was doing. It was 112 (non-fasting)! Wow! What a great check-up! I'm so happy for you, Peter! Carol |
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Saffire wrote:
:: LOL! How GREAT is THAT that a medical professional thinks you've :: had a gastric bypass? Great? That's absolutely sad that a medical professional would automatically assume that someone who has lost a lot of weight had to do it through a bypass!!! :: Your success has always AMAZED me, Peter! Now that part IS wonderful! |
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Funny incident at Dr's office today
In article , says...
Saffire wrote: :: LOL! How GREAT is THAT that a medical professional thinks you've :: had a gastric bypass? Great? That's absolutely sad that a medical professional would automatically assume that someone who has lost a lot of weight had to do it through a bypass!!! Okay, not "great" in the bigger scheme of things, but it HAD to be GREAT for Peter's EGO :-) -- Saffire 205/160/125 - 5'2.5" Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 |
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"Priscilla Ballou" wrote in message
... In article , wrote: For those of you unfamiliar with Atkins, Are you stupid, or what? How would people posting on a newsgroup for support with low-carb diets possibly NOT be familiar with Atkins? Priscilla There are plenty of people on a low carb diet who are not familiar with Atkins. Are you stupid, or what? |
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Funny incident at Dr's office today
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 17:29:37 GMT, Priscilla Ballou
wrote: In article , wrote: For those of you unfamiliar with Atkins, Are you stupid, or what? How would people posting on a newsgroup for support with low-carb diets possibly NOT be familiar with Atkins? Priscilla, you're talking to an anti-low-carb troll. Just a heads up. Carol |
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