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ong by Richard M. Sherm

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sn't in my blood to turn down so

ald out my room and sat down to comp

came a voice fr

the person to take a seat and

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here she sat with an imp

! I have work to do, so

s is a surpri

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ment on her phone bu

I help you

om severe headaches lately. I have seen my doctor plenty of times befo

nd do a quick examination, then we ca

to do a th

pressure from the patient to jus

a chance to get close and personal

and looke

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are 32 ye

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last time you saw

go. All was fine so I h

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ast 10 years. But I can see

time do you spen

en lot! My busi

Miss James. How str

s my life. And secondly, it is 10 out of 10 on the stress s

then I instructed her to sit on the

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from the look i

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o her set my ho

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ut I was shaking - what is wro

as quickly as possible, not

I took a moment to

e you spend on your phone. I am going to prescribe you some pain tablets but you need to address the cause of the problem.

u see my catering business is relatively new and was hit hard by Covid-19

ere's a suggestion. Let me take you out for dinner this week and I can try and help

but I seriously don't have time

s a business meeting and besi

t begging h

second, picking up her phon

ing. I have a function that will

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ate, time and plac

dication for her, I walked

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night last fore

from Kel

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ctor is very

ave to go for

and then I pop in to the ph

rong - not the over

ay I phoned

tor was on holiday for a few week

escription but she told me that

now?"

ut he doesn't take appointments, so I suggest you t

s and made a turn la

this doctor was a la

- ones which sho

redicament to he

hat I can do. Take a s

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sticated and

and watched a rerun of

the recept

as soon as he is finished

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ling out and I was ushered

y in a thick file, so I entered and

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ly recogn

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a doc

coinciden

so embarrass

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looked so

ssional and took me thro

ntly answ

anted to

ny doctors before but this

like he was f

ugh it, like he di

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chance to c

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ctor, he was nice loo

see he was a

problems I would probably

e to join him for dinner to

ice but I was adamant not to le