A Kaiser Permante Novelty

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After a slight correction to last week's posts I am ready once again to sally forth blogwise. I did not visit the ACSD this week but I did check in with Kaiser Permante. They did an ekg and listened to my lungs. Both tests (tap) were negative. I tentatively raised the question of whether the cause of my sudden lack of stamina could be 'gas related' (another tap). I explained briefly that I was being gassed by the neighbors upstairs and the reply was, 'I don't know what to say about that.'

I felt extremely foolish (tap) as I succinctly told him the bare bones of the situation. I was ready for anything, of course, and my voice recorder was running all the time. But his only reaction was, 'I don't know what to say about that.' I though his reaction very kind: the last two or three Kaiser physicians I told the story to immediately expressed concern for those neighbors who were gassing me, wondering whether I intended to do them harm. His attitude was a novelty.

I was impressed by his choice of words, 'I don't know what to say about that.' Did he realize he was on 'candid microphone?'

His advice was to ride my bike, and that if my stamina did not return, come back for a 'stress test.' I will do my duty and ride my bike.