Tips for good health
I have some sincere advice for local residents. First, especially at 85, do not break your hip. Second, if you do, break the left one: You drive with your right leg. Lastly, be sure to employ the Greensboro medical establishment. My family physician of 25 years, whom I revere, told me many years ago that, barring a very unusual situation, you need not go elsewhere for medical treatment. In that time, I have given his dictum many tests and have found it to be true.
I am now very pleased to be a patient, as needed, of local outstanding physicians and surgeons of many specialities.
And there are two outstanding general hospitals. With 7,400 employees, not all will be A+, but in my experience, they strike a remarkably high average.
Of course, you, the patient, must do a lot of the work. Learn all you can about ailments, treatment and medications so you can better understand the doctor, ask relevant questions, and do what the doctor advises. And take care of yourself to begin with.
As my old dad used to say, "In the final analysis, everyone must kill his own snakes." (Apologies to herpetologists.)
Dan W. Maddox
Greensboro