She never yells at me to lose weight, even though I know that would make her happy, and of course, be the greatest thing for me. So the morning of my doctor's appointment I go through a routine to weigh the least amount of weight.
1. Shower (Check)
2. Clean out ears (Check)
3. Cut toe nails (Check)
4. Clean out belly button (Check)
5. Take off all jewelry(including big rock of a
diamond ring) (Check)
6. I must be dreaming – diamond isn’t big, put back on (Check)
7. Weigh myself naked, holding breath (Check)
8. Weigh myself naked, breathing (Check)
9. Weigh myself naked, crying (Check)
10. Take the average of the 3 weights, divide by 2,
find perfect weight (Check)(Swear)
11. Decide the clothes I am wearing by weighing each article (Check)
Did I mention that I try to eat foods that will, um, "empty" me so I weigh less? Yeah. I can't skip breakfast, or I shouldn't because I'm diabetic, but it's crossed my mind.
Anyhoo, did you ever have a tic suddenly appear somewhere on you body? It's not bad when it's on your arm or something, but when it's on, say, YOUR FACE, it's not a good thing. I've had a tic under my left eye for a few days now. Have no idea why. At least if it were the eyelid, I'd look like I were winking at someone, like a Sarah Palin wannabe.
But, alas, the tic is underneath, so I look like a freakazoid. Luckily my glasses cover it up some, or maybe it magnifies it. Yikes! And,yes, my nose was whistling, too. Nice. So I'm looking like an escapee from a freak show at the circus.
The first thing they do to you when you enter the doctor's office is what? WEIGH YOU. The scale is usually in the hall for all the world to see. But what's this? The nurse is leading me directly to a room. Can it be that they just don't care what I weigh any more? I say a silent pray to Budda that this is true. The nurse points to the room and says the dreaded words, "I'm going to have to get your weight here, if you'll step on the scale." Dun,dun, dun.
"Can you wait while I take off my clothes?" I say half-kiddingly.
The nurse doesn't even crack a smile. Oookay.
I obviously don't know when to shut up.
"Well, at least the scale is in the room. I always wanted to strip even when it was in the hallway!" I laugh. Nothing.
I at least take off my shoes because they've GOT to weigh 50 lbs, right? (I'm Italian - there's got to be cement in there somewhere.) I lumber over to the scale. Take a deep sigh. One foot. Step. Other foot. Step. At least the scale didn't say "TILT". Then the nurse says,"I want to take your height." She measures me at 5' 4 1/2 inches. It is official. I AM SHRINKING. So apparently those mirrors in the trailer that I think are defected because they look like circus mirrors are in fact for real.
I really AM short and fat. DAMN! I try to convince the nurse to write down my height as 6 ft tall so I'd be the right weight, but it's a no go.
My doctor finally comes in and asks me how I am doing.
"Well, doc," I whistle, my eye ticking, "it's like this." And I go on to explain my latest problem. But I don't seem to have her full attention. She's gazing outside to see if the circus came to town.
12 comments:
The dreaded Dr. visit! I need to make an appointment - maybe when I lose a few pounds. :)
Love your self-depricating humour. Truly a hoot. I know I will always smile when I come here.
Oh yes the evil scales. Been there, done that. It is funny the lengths we go to make ourselves weigh 1/2 pound less.
Very funny!!
Oooo Pat, a tic on top of everything else, no wonder you were fed-up. I've got one in the eye (a tic) I think it's worse when I'm nervous. Loved your account of the visit to the doctors though, you put it over real funny.
What is it with those nurses in the doctor's office. I actually asked one if she left her sense of humor at home that day......... no reaction. I am a old ER nurse and I always joked and chastised accordingly with my patients. It is true that I sort of bathed everyone I encountered and taught them how to bathe their offspring, but I was quite pleasant doing it....just saying....
Oh my goodness! That was so funny and so me! Ron used to kid me all the time about what I'd take off before I weighed. Did I go to the bathroom before I got on the scales? Did I take off my glasses? How about my earrings? Puh-leeze! Everyone knows earrings don't weigh that much - but maybe I better take them off just to be sure they don't add anything.
And, I never weigh with my shoes on and I always weigh between articles of clothing so I can see what is going to weigh the least amount on my doctor's scales. LOL! I've lost 50 pounds in the last year so she's very pleased with that and has lately taken to telling me how good I look. I have 40 left to go (and I'm stuck) so it's nice.
As much as I hated to get on the scales yesterday, I was really too sick to care what they said. I wasn't too surprised that they were up a couple of pounds from before I went to Washington. I didn't eat right while I was there.
enjoy your humor.
when my under eye tics...or twitches...or spasms...it usually means i have a large dose of TIRED. not the light doses from after a day outside or thrift shopping, but tired as is go to bed at 9 the next 7 nights and call me in the morning.
I am laughing so hard right now I can barely type. That is just way too funny, I love your writing.
But the scales in the doctor's office are totally wicked and no matter what they say I think their wrong!!!
Girl, I haven't been on a doctor's scale since I was in the army! I refuse. I'm like, "no thanks." It leaves the nurses baffled, but I don't care. I'm a rebel like that.
You are a hoot...!
You know, those nurses probably hear the same jokes from every patient, so after a while they're saying to themselves ... "Oh, goodness..." We're all the same. You're just like us. I even take off my earrings when I get weighed. :-)
I hate those scales. I swore the one I stepped on when I was pregnant was broken. It once told me that I gained 10 lbs in a week! I was all, "I don't think so, broken scale!"
I hate the dreaded weigh in!
Sunny :)
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