Better With Every Visit

It was a follow up

She looked rested

“I don’t know what you said to him but thank you”

I had seen her husband … apparently …and he had made some major changes…

MAJOR she said

I couldn’t confirm nor deny her “allegations” … but I nodded

My heart sang

Well not out loud

“He started walking 5 miles a day Doc”

“Has started eating fresh fruits and veggies… things I’d been begging him to eat”

Her nagging hadn’t worked

But he had seen me and made a change

This made my day

I hugged her

And confessed

Sometimes I feel like a nag”

“ I seem to be saying it -in different remixes- over and over again”

“We’ll keep nagging doc, it’s working”

I feel better with the meds and changes I’ve made- she continued!

“He feels better”

“Our marriage is better even in the “upper room”

If I could do a cartwheel I’d have done it

My cause: With each visit championing the cause to help my patients live long and well

Notwithstanding the diagnosis

There’s always a way to live better spirit soul and body!!

Her response:

“Well whatever you did It has helped me and my family.

So…Thank you! “

Need someone to nag … I mean nudge you or someone you love to make changes that make for feeling better …living long and well?

Well, please tell them!

I am still SHE!


In health,
Dr. Olabintan

Author

Dr. Tolulope Olabintan MD, AAHIVS, FAAFP, dipABLM Dr. Tolulope Olabintan is the Co-Founder and Medical Director of Livingspring Family Medical Center. She is a Christian, Family Physician, writer, mentor, mother and wife. She takes joy in empowering her patients and readers to live their fullest lives possible. She helps patients live long and well as she believes that the quality of life is just as important as the quantity of life. She is also a foodie and loves the colors teal and orange. Dr. Olabintan completed her medical degree at UMDNJ Rutgers Medical School in 2007. Dr. O went on to finish her Family Medicine Residency from Albert Einstein College of Medicine Family Medicine residency where she also served as a Chief Resident. She then went on to complete a women’s health/surgical obstetrics fellowship at St Francis hospital in 2011. She is a board-certified Family Physician, Lifestyle Medicine, a HIV specialist and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.