I refused and increased my exercise program, went back on keto, and lost weight.
In my next checkup, my weight was down 20 pounds, my blood pressure was within normal range...and my cholesterol had dropped.
She was shocked.
I was shocked that she was shocked...because she had no idea that keto and more exercise (4+ hrs of relatively high-intensity cardio a wk.) could have such an immediate impact.
She should have known.
I’m 72, and if people ask me what my doctor says, I don’t know what to tell them - because I don’t have a doctor.
Thirty years ago I was having weird lower back pains and someone suggested it might be gall bladder or pancreas, so I checked in through the emergency room. They asked me who my doctor was and I said I didn’t have one. They ran all sorts of tests and said it was pancreatitis. They put me on IV and liquids for five days, and cleared it up - haven’t had a problem since (never changed my diet or alcohol intake).
About 25 years ago my shoulder was so bad I got rotator cuff surgery - again, i didn’t know who my doctor was. I think there were times for health insurance we had to put down who our doctor was, so we picked someone - but we never met or even spoke.
That’s what I think of doctors.