Good Day DU (June 17, 2021)

[Aristus]

1. Don't ever, ever, ever use the term "check-up" when scheduling a clinic visit with me.

For no reason other than its total lack of specificity, I've come to despise the term, and ask that people not use it around me. I recognize that this is me being a little irrational.

"Check-up" is a term they use on TV that has no meaning in the world of clinical medicine. It's used for anything from a complete, comprehensive annual physical exam to "I haven't been to the clinic in a while", to just sort of a vague "just see if I'm doing okay" kind of thing.

I reiterate that my loathing of the term is slightly irrational. I understand that.

But I stand by it.