The Undying Lady

The short (45 minutes or so) visit to the local GP was rather interesting, as was the meeting with our designated patient.

She was a 93 years old lady, moved around with just one walking stick in a very agile manner, cared for herself in her appartment, her skin was spotless, she had no problems with her heart, blood pressure, joints, when there's enough light she could read without glasses, her hands didn't tremble one bit (heck, MINE do!)... Just think of any kind of ailment that accompanies old age and she didn't have it. In fact, she didn't have any kind of health problem. She was in a hospital some time ago because she fell down and hit her hip and before that because she fell down on the street breaking her wrist and shoulder. She took 3 pills a day to dilatate the veins in her head as she was afraid of having a stroke and being left paralyzed. Born in 1915 her direct family now accounts for 20 people, 6 grand-grandsons. I liked her and her miraculous health was just stunning.

The local GP visit was only awesome to certain degree, but still quite educational. Four patients came into the office – one valetudinarian, one old lady with recently passed away husband, one aging joker with failed spinal surgery refreshing his driving licence and one lady who had to drink urological tea. I noticed that the doctor did not let any one of them speak at all, asked a question and kept talking...

I don't know if I can elaborate on this matter further, but it was interesting to see the different kinds of patients. They really were quite textbook J

 

Adam