Kauvery Kathaigal : 3
Better Half: How a supportive partner can turn health trouble into hope
Patient: A young, large and cheerful person.
Diagnosis: An infection in the leg that swiftly climbed to his lymph nodes in upper thigh.
Patient's Story
He was a young, large and cheerful person. But he worried me. He was substantially overweight. More worrying was that he had an infection in the leg that swiftly climbed to his lymph nodes in upper thigh. That did not bode well for his future, it signaled trouble ahead. I discretely inquired about the reason for the dramatic increase in weight. He cheerfully pointed out his wife as the reason! She laughed out loud , that was when I noticed his wife, bright as a button.
Conclusion
I recruited her for help. I requested her, for the better health and happiness of their life, to trim her husband down to size. She laughingly promised me to bring a much trimmer and fitter husband to my office in three months’ time!
A supportive partner is a doctor's great ally in patient’s recovery.
