Interesting Kirksville encounter of the day....

So I was in the elevator today on the way to get my chest x-ray for my "probable pneumonia" and I had an encounter with a woman that is just the epitome of Kirksville, MO. I was in the elevator to begin with because 20 mins earlier i climbed 4 flights of stairs up to the docs office and thought i was going to die, I was so out of breath. I actually felt more out of breath after that little climb than what I felt after running 26.2 miles just a couple weeks ago! Not good. Anyway, back tot he encounter. I was waiting for the doors to close when I heard this sort of muffled moan that may have been trying to get me to hold the elevator for them, i wasn't sure. It sounded like somebody was in pain to be honest, so i was worried, and i opened the elevator doors and checked who it was.

It was an extremely obese lady, in red scrubs (a hospital employee), who seemed barely able to walk at a normal pace due to the massive edema in her lower extremities...it was bad. She looked like she was using every ounce of energy to make it to this open elevator and I was sort of worried I'd have to use my CPR skills right then and there! So i helped her in the elevator and we had a quant little ride up to the 4th floor. All the while she's breathing heavy with her eyes closed, sweating, red face and hands, and I can't help but to stare at how distressed she seemed. So we get to her floor and i ask her if she's ok and she says "oh yea, this is my daily workout". I'm thinking "yikes!".

SO, as she's walking out, she turns around and thanks me for helping her, (i'm not really sure what I did other than stare at her) I notice her hospital badge....right there, under her name and picture...in bright red letters are the words..."NUTRITION SPECIALIST"

AAAAhhhh...this scares me. BUT, this is Kirksville, why am I surprised????????

p.s. still waiting on the chest x ray call from the doc, they wouldn't let me see my own xrays, which is kind of stupid. In the meantime, he gave me an inhaler I can use before exercising and at night. I'm just pumped he didn't say those awful words..."don't exercise for ____amount of time" I hate those words so much!

On the upside, it did get me out of having to look in the noses of crying babies for the afternoon, sweet!

I'll keep you posted!