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#GoldenGirls
Grady Primary Care, Summer 2018
Her: "Look like I lost a lot of weight over the last 3 years. I guess it's good for my health but I just thought I'd mention it since I ain't been doing nothin' to try."
I clicked into the weight flowsheets in her chart.
#GoldenGirls
Grady Primary Care, Summer 2018
Her: "Look like I lost a lot of weight over the last 3 years. I guess it's good for my health but I just thought I'd mention it since I ain't been doing nothin' to try."
I clicked into the weight flowsheets in her chart.
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Her: “It's been gradual. It's only when I run into somebody who ain't seen me and they say, 'Dang! You lost a lot of weight!' or 'Girl, you look good! What you do?' I don't even have the heart to tell them that I ain't done nothing."
Hmmm.
Her: “It's been gradual. It's only when I run into somebody who ain't seen me and they say, 'Dang! You lost a lot of weight!' or 'Girl, you look good! What you do?' I don't even have the heart to tell them that I ain't done nothing."
Hmmm.
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I nodded at my patient—a Grady elder—and, following that prompt, moved back a few years to see what she'd previously weighed.
3 years ago: 228 pounds.
Now: 180 soaking wet.
Hmmm.
Me: "Wow. You have lost weight."
Her: "Told you."
I nodded at my patient—a Grady elder—and, following that prompt, moved back a few years to see what she'd previously weighed.
3 years ago: 228 pounds.
Now: 180 soaking wet.
Hmmm.
Me: "Wow. You have lost weight."
Her: "Told you."
