Drugs = Proactive Health Care

I now fully understand why we keep stealing South African doctors. They are just too wonderful. The extremely rare times I go see a doctor in Canada; they listen to a couple of my symptoms, tell me I’m probably fine and kick me out. Granted this is possibly because I tend to go to walk-in clinics and not my family doctor, but the point still stands. This doctor, however, listened to all my symptoms, checked out my symptoms (I don’t even remember the last time someone checked my blood pressure), asked me questions, listened to the answers, and called my t-shirt a blouse (I love South Africans, they make everything sound classier).

The first thing he asked me after I described my symptoms was “Coffee?” meaning…have I been drinking an excess of coffee lately and not was I interested in consuming some, which would have been nice. This got me thinking. I wonder how many students come in during exam time (as now is SA exam time) with caffeine overdoses. Furthermore, is a caffeine overdose a legitimate reason to postpone an exam? ‘Cause that’s a pretty easy medical condition to inflict on yourself…not that I would ever do that…nope.

On a related note I realized that today is International Feel Sorry for Yourself day.

In addition to this I have recently (as of 30 minutes ago) discovered that Chris Leavens, the inventor of IFSFY day, is having his first live show anywhere near Vancouver in Victoria on May 30. First Bloodhound Gang and now Cute with Chris Live…why are all these awe-inspiring people playing shows near my home for the first time when I’m on the other side of the world.