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"Becoming Interesting" is a humorous look at the aging process, and my experience in going from being a hypochondriac, to being someone who has good reason to worry about medical issues, but tries not to.
The flip side of my experience of dealing with the medical establishment is that I've learned to appreciate my relatively good health and value many other things in my life, with a greater sense of appreciation and gratitude.
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"Becoming Interesting" is a humorous look at the aging process, and my experience in going from being a hypochondriac, to being someone who has good reason to worry about medical issues, but tries not to. The flip side of my experience of dealing with the medical establishment is that I've learned to appreciate my relatively good health and value many other things in my life, with a greater sense of appreciation and gratitude.
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Becoming Interesting
Judah Leblang/2007
Word count: 770
I?ve reached the age, and the stage (of growth? decay?), in which I?ve become interesting to medical professionals. But that wasn?t always the case. Back in my thirties, I was consumed with fear that I would follow in my father?s footsteps and have an early heart attack. At the time, I was dismissed as a hypochondriac, ?overly concerned,? according to my long-suffering internist, ?with the functions of your own body.? Now, that I?m no longer obsessed with my heart, other systems have taken over, so that I?m no longer classed as a member of the ?worried well; now I have real problems to obsess over.
Today, though I do my best to avoid the folks in white coats, I?m suddenly in demand. The physicians? fascination with my maladies is inversely proportional to the interest shown by available men and prospective dates. This tho...
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