Doctor!

I’m looking for a new doctor—one less judgmental and more open-minded. My old doctor had too many rules about how high a person’s blood pressure and cholesterol should be. He’s always on my case about losing weight and eating better. Why can’t he just be positive? I don’t need all the rules and negativity.

His clinic wasn’t very inclusive and had really old-fashioned ideas about cancer. I can understand people personally not wanting to have cancer, but why shove your opinions down the throats of other people? It should be our choice. We all have a right to our own opinions about what is a disease and what isn’t. It’s relative.

Change is good—and we’ve had a negative view of disease far too long. We don’t need to be so narrow. What gives a doctor a right to call something a tumor? I need a doctor who accepts me as I am.

About Mark

I live in Myrtle Point, Oregon with my wife Teckla and am the father of four boys. Currently I teach writing and literature at Southwest Oregon Community College. I am a graduate of Myrtle Point High School, Northwest Nazarene College, and have a Masters in English from Washington State University.
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