Please Don’t Make Me Exercise!
What kind of doctor are you anyway?
“You’ve got to be kidding!”
Carol spit out these words as she stared at her physician and the white piece of paper she’d just been handed.
“No, I’m not kidding,” replied the doctor. “As a woman who is 40 pounds overweight, you meet the criteria for mild obesity. You also have underlying conditions of high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, and borderline diabetes. And you have given me a list of additional problems including fatigue, low-grade depression, trouble sleeping, and poor self-esteem.”
The doctor continued, “The prescription in your hand is for the most state-of-the-art treatment available for this particular diagnosis. If you take this prescription faithfully, I can almost guarantee you’ll see rapid improvement. In fact, I predict after one year on this prescription, most of your current ailments will be resolved.”
The prescription
Carol felt numb as she picked up her purse and got ready to leave. Then she glanced down at the prescription and read it again. With irritation in her voice, Carol said to the doctor, “I can’t believe this is all you are going to offer me. Why can’t you just give me some weight-loss pills?”
