doctors, doctors, everywhere

Henry, an 80 year old man was walking down the street and spotted his doctor. The doctor noticed Henry wore a big smile and had with a beautiful woman on his arm.
                     His doctor said, "Henry, you seem to be doing very well for yourself".
                     Henry responded" Just doing what you told me doc, get a hot mama and
                     be cheerful".
                     Doctor looks at him with a frown and responds, "no I didn't, I said you
                     have a heart murmur, be careful!"

Claire from Cromwell, Ct was inundated with between 2 and 3 doctor appointments per week when she first retired. The doctors were cute, she reported, but there was waaaay too much doctor time in her schedule, and she just wanted to relax.

I had not seen my doctor, Dr. Sam from Hartford Hospital, in the cute category too, for a number of years. I suppose we tend to go to the doctor when we are feeling ill, and not for wellness visits. Realizing it was time I made my appointment and was met with Dr. Sam and his intern (what is with all these cute Drs?).
                      In the process of a thorough inspection the doctor asked, "are there any
                      heart troubles in your family?"
                      "No, Dr.", I said, "we don't have heart problems, we give them".
                      "That's funny" says he with a deadpan expression.
                       I think to myself, was it so funny that you forgot to laugh?

So much for my intended comedy gig.

Back to doctor appointments. While at the hospital, I made two others,  the OBGYN and the all important eye doctor, a neglected commodity in my world.

Claire still continues her regular doctor routine.  Barring a few falls due to dangerous conditions out there, (can't be helped at times), her health is fairly good for her late 70's, but her health is doing what comes naturally, slowly deteriorating.

As to all those appointments following retirement - yes, the doctor visits do take up some of your time and keep you busy, but, gees, why not get many of them out of the way before the big R arrives. For those of you with sick time and vacation time remaining in your work banks, take these days or half a day off and make good use of them for appointments. When the big day comes you'll have all that time to use for your house cleaning regimen. That oughta keep you busy, as well.