Saturday, June 23, 2007

Routine medical care

Thursday night I went to the doctor to get a diagnosis & drugs for the low-level yet persistent intestinal parasite problem that's been dogging me for the past week. The doctor (a public hospital employee who was very clearly seeing me under the table) was taking a quick history:

"Any sore throat? Pain in the stomach? Do you have a fever?"
No, no, and no; at which point he paused and politely asked, "And when was the last time you were de-parasited?"

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