Ask your doctor – 1

”Take charge of hidden, sneaky sources of chronic inflammation that can trigger illness and disease by wearing comfortable shoes daily, getting an annual flu vaccine, and asking your doctor why you’re not on a statin and baby aspirin if you’re over the age of forty”.

David Agus

Yes indeed – ask your doctor… but you had better be prepared for what he or she might say – and indeed what that might lead to. Still, it is good to feel well looked after.

Gentle readers may recall that around this time last year my ever-zealous doctor drew my attention (as part of my annual check-up) to signs that my liver might be developing a certain fattiness and that a change of lifestyle was probably overdue – a diagnosis confirmed by means of an ultrasound of the organ concerned.

Actually – regular readers would not have been able to read about this last February as I didn’t post the pieces concerned until May. Well – one wants to see how these things pan out before committing word of them to an enduring forum such as this.

Anyway – as reported back then, a fair bit of weight was lost by yours truly (and remains so) and a variety of acceptable comestibles were sourced that were apparently both palatable and yet reasonably healthy. At this year’s edition of the examination my doctor nodded approvingly at my liver stats and suggested that – with the passing of another year – we might revisit the ultrasound process with a view to determining if the fattiness were gone… which is, apparently, a quite feasible outcome.

Now – all of these health related shenanigans seem to me quite enough to be getting on with, particularly with Covid lurking constantly in the background waiting for the slightest slip-up. The fact, however,  that my doctor complains (unsurprisingly!) of being swamped with work doesn’t seem to stop him jumping onto the slightest casual remark and turning it into a further investigation…

Actually – that is unfair. He is simply admirably conscientious – and I did raise another matter with him during the year the which set in motion a further unexpected chain of events.

The tale thereof will, however, have to wait for the second part of this missive – which will follow forthwith.