A New Doctor.... again!

Yesterday I met my new primary doctor.  Her name is Diana Chiromeras, MD.

For many years I had one doctor.  I started with her when she was just starting to practice and followed her around as she bounced from practice to practice.  She was close to where I was working and that worked for me.  I continues to see her after I retired but when she made another move to a different practice, I decided it was time to part company and I came back to a more local medical group.  I selected a new, young doctor thinking that she would be the last doctor that I would have to select.  I was wrong.

My lovely new doctor had a baby shortly after I started seeing her and she announced the last time I saw her that she would be leaving my group as they could not work around her hours for the care of her children.  I can understand that but it left me selecting a new doctor... again.

Yesterday I went to see one of a couple of new doctors that have come into the group.  I had a visit with Dr. Diana Chiromeras.  She is young, but not too young.  She seemed very confident, except when maneuvering around the computer programs.  It was her first day and I really thought that she was doing well.  We had a very nice conversation about all of my medical issues.  She looked at the results from the tests I had done on Monday and declared that, overall, I was in fairly good health.  I need to lose some weight (but I knew that) and I needed to exercise more (also a 'duh' thing) but rather than stating that, she wanted to find out what little thing I would be willing to do to alter my lifestyle.  She did not say I need to lose so many pounds or do so much exercise each day/week.  She wanted to know what I would be willing to change.  So we set a simple goal for the next visit.  It is attainable and something I agreed to do.  Simple.  She is not demanding, I feel I can do them, and so I will.  Interesting technique.  Perhaps this one might even work.

I followed that by heading to the grocery where I bought things I will make for dinners that should have me eating better along with a couple of nummie things that I can indulge in when I feel the need.  The rest of the day was studying the book for the class I have tonight.