red letter days in public health

ok, so in all of the other fuss yesterday...i completely forgot to mention my memorable client.......memorable because the conversation was unexpected.....and because i had no quick response........this 60ish gentleman was referred by his doctor for control of newly diagnosed diabetes...so far...so good.....and though i was surprised when he arrived....he was downright emaciated looking...leathery, tanned and wrinkled skin...and smelling strongly of cigarettes......i jumped right into the pertinent questions...like weight history.....what is the most you have ever weighed.....versus what you weigh now.......and this guy just looks at me with a straight face and replies......maam.....i used to weigh a whole lot more before my wife shot me in the belly..........gentle readers.......i must have been speechless for a full minute.....having no pat reply to such a declaration.....and now i wish i had asked just what he did to get his wife mad enough to shoot him.......ex-wife...i should say....as he spoke frequently about his girlfriend.......omg......that guy has a girlfriend......who presumbaly will not up and shoot him in the belly.......