Tell Em Steve-Dave - #622: Doctors of Podology

Episode Date: January 20, 2025

Q returns from LA, Bry Walt & Q interview Dr. D to potentially become TESD Town's official (non-psychiatric) doctor.

You gotta get you gotta jump You don't get that when your dad's a construction worker. Or a subway driver. I never got any of that. Or MIA. Tell them Steve Dave. Tell them Steve Dave. Hello and welcome to this week's edition of Tell them Steve Dave. Hey, Walt. Hello. Walt's back in action, feeling good, huh?

I'm completely 100% recovered from whatever it was that I had. Last year, I mean last week you didn't want to laugh because you said it sounded too gross. You were too flemmy. I'm completely flem-free. Nice. We're going to laugh it up. Of course. So please make me laugh this week. Make you laugh this week? Okay. I tried last week, didn't work. I need it. Of please make me laugh. Make you laugh. Okay. I tried last week, didn't work.

I need it. And of course, BQ. Hey. Hey guys. Who single-handedly picked the worst possible week to go to LA. That is, in the whole year. There will not be another week that's worse to go. I mean, I guess if the state falls off and goes into the water, like that would be a

worse week, but yeah, to land on like the first day of of the wildfires and just be there for that was pretty crazy. Was it a business trip or was it a vacation? It was business. So was the business postponed? All of it. Oh yeah. Every ounce of the reason I went out there was for nothing, but that's not the tragedy I'd like to focus on. It was funny because I was supposed to be meeting, everybody was supposed to meet out there, either lost their

houses or were living in a hotel. And it was like, all right, this is fucking crazy. And I went to the hotel to visit my friend, the Biltmore downtown LA. Beautiful. It's where they shot Ghostbusters. I learned when I walk walk into Bus Slimer. Oh yeah? Yeah, like when he's flying in the ballroom above you. I got to see all that anyway. It was a who's who's of Hollywood. There were celebrities in the lot. Everybody was living in downtown LA to escape the fires. Everybody had dogs, which was kind of fun.

But it was crazy, man. It was like three-volc. Everywhere you looked, there were these giant plumes of smoke. The whole city stank. I was in my room and a haze started entering. That's when I was like, I'm just going to leave. When smoke started coming in my hotel room, I was like, I guess I'm just going to go home.

You were there for a while though because I talked to you on Thursday and you sounded not happy. No, I flew home Thursday. You flew home Thursday night, right? Yeah. On the red eye. You flew home first thing night, right? Yeah. On the red eye. That was fucking the worst hour on the tarmac. Six hours in the air.

Maybe I am the biggest tragedy to come out of this coach, sitting next to a fan the whole flight. Oh, are you? Oh, to be burning. That's what you got. And you missed the first Tellem Steve Dave of the year. So that's your punishment right there. That's what you got. And you missed the first tell him Steve, Dave of the year. So that's, that's your punishment right there. I paid, I suffered.

Yeah. I suffered, but I felt bad for you. I was like, God, he went out there for no fucking reason. And is he going to be able to get back? Cause I wasn't sure what the, uh, yeah, it was pretty crazy. I couldn't believe what I say. I think that people like, look, I haven't been there now for a week. So I don't think I realized, but like at the time I was like, this is worse than people realize.

Like just the whole city, just everywhere I went, just the smoke smelled like it. The fire across the street from the hotel I was staying, literally across the street. And they put that one out pretty fast. I watched the whole time, like given hints under my breath to myself. You guys missed a spot. That's going to flare up. But yeah, it's pretty, it was pretty great. I feel really bad. I mean, it's just like, it's madness out there.

I don't know what they're going to do. I know it's like, it's beyond major reconstruction. It's like, what do you, it's a- Cities are gone. Like, I know everybody just thinks LA is one big city, but like Palisades is really its own city. Like it's, it's just gone. Yeah, it's nuts. Yeah, that's why some people are giving Khloe Kardashian shit because she lives in

Calabasas and she was like, Mayor Bass, you suck or whatever, you're useless. And they're like, fuck you, it's not even your mayor. It doesn't matter. The whole world is looking at this and seeing it and thinking probably when you look at the budget cuts and the information starts coming out, you're like, all right, well, what there were some pretty major failures at a high level. I mean, yeah, I haven't really kept up with that aspect of it, but I'm guessing like anytime, what are you going to do, man? I mean, it's fucking force of nature.

It's mother nature. There's nothing you can do. I don't know what they could have done. Definitely. I think they're talking like reservoirs being empty and not deploying this million dollar plane that they had to, uh, to put out fires and shit. And I've never seen someone looks more shell shocked than that mayor though.

Whenever they talked to her, it was like she had just seen a ghost. Yeah. Well she's, this is going to be a legacy. Like the city burning under her. Yep. I would look shell shocked too. I'd be like, oh fuck. And she had promised before she, before she took office, when she was, when she was running, she was like, I will not go abroad. I'm staying here in LA.

Oh yeah. To watch over LA. I'm not going overseas. I'm not going anywhere. And she's in Ghana. So a politician lied. News at 11. It's shocking, isn't it?

Yeah. Yeah. But we also have, uh, we have a guest here, Walt. Yes. Invited a guest here. What did we decide on? Was it Dr. D?

Dr. D. She is here to make her case to become the official general practitioner of medicine in TSD town. Now, because we already have a doctor in Dr. Eric. Right. But he's a head doctor. I think he's also an MD, but he doesn't really, he doesn't focus on that.

We could use a general practitioner because there's so many crazy people in town. Yeah, he's got his hands full. And Eric's hands are full. Just alone his brother. Just one of his brothers. I don't think you thought this through. You're going to be getting a lot of phone calls from Jimmy the Hair Guy when he's got a boil. Yeah, fuck.

If you're going to get him alone, he's going to have a standing weekly appointment. Yeah. Yeah, that responsibility. You can't turn down, get him when he needs medical advice. Well, I approached Walt at Black Friday and I said, listen, you know, you're lacking in some of your members. You have like clergy, you have a lawyer, you have law enforcement, but you don't really have a general medical doctor. Yeah, but Troy has gotten a phone call at one in the morning to bail people out of jail. I'm not kidding. Like he has and he responded.

I called Troy at 5 a.m. when my daughter was missing and he got on the phone and he was up and about and he said, yeah, it comes to more than this just coming down and getting on mic and having a couple of giggles. You're going to have to really, you're going to have to put the work in. I can put the work in. I can put the work in on that. You're going to have to set up a dedicated email just for talent Steve Dave. Maybe even a phone line.

It would be an honor. We've got to keep everyone in line and in good health. It's important for the universe. Nobody's young as they used to be. It's all downhill from here for most of us. You're like a mechanic of a Titanic right now. That's what you're signing up for. We're going to lose a few.

You're going to have to be okay with that though. Take it one step at a time. Going in, you know for a fact, about 10% in about five years and I ain't going to be here. Oh, no. There's a certain culling rate you're going to have to be accustomed to. Okay. I mean, I love the guy, but Tim the record store clerk is looking tired. He's not looking, he's looking exhausted.

He needs a consultation. Does TSD have, will TSD have death panels? I know who's up first. I got a vote on it. You better hope I'm not sitting on the board. We're not talking about – I know we're not talking about Git-Em, but I still nominate Git-Em. Wow.

So you're going to answer some questions for us. Sure. Well, I'm curious though. I have a couple of personal questions. It's always impressive to me. All listeners are awesome and wonderful, but there is a little bit of a charge when you find out someone who is a pillar of society also listens. You know, how did you become a listener to TSD? What, cause I imagine you're busy, you're way busier than most people in TSD tell you. Are you a Jersey, Jersey resident?

I'm in Tri-State area. She does not want to give. She doesn't want anybody to know who she is. Smart. So yeah, so I think, uh, what I would say is. You and me both. Smart. You said that and like my heart lifted. I was like, there's such a thing?

So around the pandemic, I was watching a lot of comic book men. Really? And my husband was like, if you, you know, and we have listened to, we had listened to the show before, like on trips, road trips, podcasts, things like that. So like, you know, if you like the show, you really should listen to this podcast. So I started listening to it every day on the way home from work. And the job is very, sometimes it can be depressing, sometimes it can be difficult.

I'm more of a silly person. I like to laugh and I'm into comedy. So at the end of the day, you're just like, oh. And I like my job, but you, you want to try to like relax. Decompress. Yeah. So at the end of the day, get into my car and I can't get the whole podcast in one day because it's too long because then I don't have enough free time.

So every day I listen to like 20 minutes until I finish the episode. So I usually get done by the end of the week, the whole podcast because it's usually like an hour, an hour and a half. And then that's like I look forward to it at the end of the week, the whole podcast. Because it's usually like an hour, an hour and a half. And then that's like I look forward to it at the end of the day and like catching up from what I heard the day before. And of course like I watch a lot of the behind the scenes stuff because I think it's hilarious. Like we were watching Frank Five's Re-Wound. Oh, so you're on the Patreon too?

Yeah. Yeah. Nice. Glory a respect. And I cry laughing at the behind the scenes of Frank. Well, what's here? Find out what's here. It doesn't matter. Before you start applauding.

I'm not giving away all my secrets. I'm going to assume the best. A doctor? Yeah. So I just like to laugh and it's good for my being. Yeah, yeah, for sure. Nice. So, do you have anything off the top of your head, Brian? Any questions?

I'll write right off for Dr. D? Oh, yeah. How do I make it stop? That would be my main question. I don't know. I don't really have any health questions. I'm pretty fairly assessed of my health at this point. Not good.

You've been up on a lot of things. You've been up with a lot of things. You say you go to your appointments, you're staying hydrated, doing all the good things. I trust that comment. Yeah, more up on it than I have been though. I don't know what it is and I don't think you can help me with this. Every night I'm like, I'm getting up tomorrow. Tomorrow's the day I start the workout.

I'm going to start working out and get back in shape so I can, when we're down at Q West, I mean Q West, my mistake. Oh, you're going to Q West? Oh, nice. Oh, awesome. I'm psyched. Oh, you're going to Q West? Oh, nice. Oh, awesome. I'm psyched. Well, it's going to be hard for you to keep under the radar surrounded by a bunch of ants.

They don't have to know. How would they know? What if there's an incident? What if somebody falls off a golf cart and is like, is there a doctor in the house? Well, then at that point, I'd have to step in. I couldn't just sit back and watch. Now, with that knowledge that she will be at Q West, I hear it's being called now, Q West, will that change your drinking?

Now you can do a way more now that you have a doctor right at your disposal. Where's my first thought? I can now get kicked up a notch or two in terms of drinking. Close to as close to comatose as possible. Yeah. I don't even want to remember it happened. I want to be like, is it next week? Yeah.

I struggle with that too sometimes. Drinking? No, no. Oh, boy. No, the gym aspect. It's not that hard. Just go slowly. The gym thing, yeah, it's rough.

Is it like? And I'm just like, why? The hardest part is getting there. Once you're there, you're so proud of yourself and so glad you got there. There's no – you just have to force yourself. That's it. Just sheer will. Yeah, you have to force yourself and keep saying you just got to do it.

You got to do it. You have to do it. Should I talk down to myself? Like look in the mirror and look at you fatally piece of shit. You can. You can. But positivity always works a little better. But isn't it for someone like yourself though, who obviously is extremely like the discipline

that you must have to become a doctor, I find that that probably isn't in the water in TSD town, the discipline that it takes. The discipline. There's too much fluoride, if anything. It's possible, yeah. The discipline that I found in TSD town residents, it's like if it was a nutrient of life, yeah, there'd be nobody alive. It'd be a ghost town, the discipline. You ever see those towns in Brazil that are like made out of corrugated metal?

Right, in those ghost cities? Yeah, that's kind of what TSC town is. Yeah, some barrels on fire, everybody warming around them. I would, you know, I do have another question. Yeah. You know, I went to the urologist lately and he said that my blood's too thick. So that's why I've been hydrating and I haven't donated any blood yet. It seems like it's more difficult to donate

blood than you think. So many listeners have weighed in and to me to tell Brian that if his blood is thick, he's got to donate blood. Oh really? So that's true. It's from testosterone. Yeah. Yeah. Damn right. What do you think? Once weekly. As from testosterone. Yeah. Damn right. Well, what do you think? Once weekly. As your testosterone. His blood looks like molasses.

He's so virile now. I'm all red and shit. So when your testosterone goes up, your body intrinsically makes more red blood cells and that's how your blood gets thicker. So a lot of times when men are on testosterone, before they kind of find their levels or when their body starts getting used to it, not only do you have to avoid dehydration, but giving blood they recommend every so often is helpful.

Because there's no way to really shut that down. It's something that's just gonna happen when you use the testosterone. Just gonna happen, it's nothing I can do. Yeah. So you just make it a lot of my patients will make an appointment at the Red Cross every so often and just give a pint of blood and their numbers come down nicely. Some men track their blood count at home and then when they get really high, they'll go

donate blood. How do you do that? They sell a little machine I think you can check. Like Pritchard Fingers? Something on Amazon, I would assume. I don't know the name of it. I forgive you. There's no way he can just – like does he have to go to a clinic to donate blood?

Could he just do it at home? Like leeches? No. Some bloodletting? No, you would have to do it medically. He's drained stuff. I thought maybe that maybe get him to drain some of the blood. No.

I've already – back in the day, I've advised him not to do that. He, you know, blissful ignorant ignored me. But yeah, so I think you should... And plus giving blood is good for the community. I have rare blood, so it's good. You do? Yeah. Do you have A negative?

I have B negative. Oh, okay. No. Disappointed. Wow. So now... At least it's not gutter blood for Christ's sakes. Give me that.

Any blood is a donation. So yeah, it's true. Very true. So now if he gave someone his testosterone blood, could he force a kid to go into puberty earlier because of- Oh yeah, like a five-year-old might grow a beard if he gets a blood transfusion. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. He wakes up one day as your full beard. What happened?

No, it's fine. Now, will they, when they take his thick blood out, will they do something to the blood to make it not so thick if they're going to use it on another patient or they'll just give you thick blood? No, it's just that it's not that your blood is thicker, it's just you have more of it. Suppose a normal blood count is 15, like yours could be 17 or 18 and that's just too much. Your body made too much This is nuts when I was drugged out and in poor health I was anemic and I used to have to go get iron

I weren't eating well This figure said he was so you need like you need for Back in the day when you were you day when you were in bad shape. When I was in a bad way. Yeah. We needed some vitamins. Not now. We probably needed some vitamins.

Probably needed some vitamins? Yeah. I mean, I was getting blood transfusions. I was so low. Wow. Yeah. Well, do you think you were bleeding inside from all the inflammation from the meds? Any outside.

Could be, yeah. Thank God that's over. Yeah. Yeah, that's all over. Oh, here's, get them just pulled up. $130 and I can check my blood levels. Yeah, see, it's easy. See, my doctor took me down 25 whatever, no leaders or whatever.

You play around with it. You see where the patient lands and what makes them happy, what numbers look like, you know, got it, got it. See, I want to take more so I can get all bulked up, right? That would help with the weight loss. Gym time. Gym time plus testosterone. Yeah.

Got to hang out with Jim. What about steroids? Yeah, do you recommend them? No. Are there any shortcuts? Not even to get a hard body? Like he needs a quick. Go to QS. Go to QS in two months.

Oh man, I'm sorry. I'm going to be in a long speed up. Yeah, I'm sorry. Not a big proposal. What are some foods that you can eat that are high in testosterone? Beef? No. Well, they say that you can eat that are high in testosterone? Beef? Well, they say that the healthier – Filet mignon.

They say the healthier you eat, the better your hormone levels are. Mostly exercise and probably eating high protein diet. What's a high protein – what's an example? Like meats, lean proteins, you know, antioxidants, things like that. I don't know if it's going to make a huge dent though. Beans? Sure. Could eat some beans? Yeah, I think so. Yeah, sure, sure. The more you eat, the more you know what. I've been on a lifetime of a bean-free diet.

He's doing great. Oh, real quickly, did you hear David Lynch died? No. That's a shame. Yeah, David Lynch died today. Yeah. And so did Bob Uecker? Bob Uecker, yeah. Oh, man. Just a little outside. Who's going to be the third guy, yeah. Who gets more press? Uecker or Lynch? I don't know. When I looked at it, they were both pretty far down the, it's

not like they were on page one. That was like, that was some press conference. Who was Mr. Baseball, or was that Joe Garagiola? I think it was Mr. Baseball. Yeah. Yeah. Johnny Carson called him that, right? Mr. Baseball. I think it might be John Garagiola. It's probably more than one Mr. Baseball, I imagine. Look that up, you know.

Well, it's going to come up today. It's him. Like on the day he died, they're going to give it's him, like on the day he died they're gonna give it to him. Any health questions for Dr. D? What is, what is like the, what is, what's the, what's the one thing that you would say the residents of the town can do without really not going to the gym? What's the easiest thing they could do for their health? What's the shortcut? Mine is go to the gym. And by they, he means we.

Um. Like, what is it? So some things, so you're talking about, okay, so health I think is, one thing I think is like the worst thing in the world is sugar. I know it's no fun, but it's literally a poison. So if you stop drinking all sugar in your drinks and you'll easily lose like five pounds straight off the top,

especially men more so than women. So I always tell my patients like, try to just get like you need some sugar and carbs to live, but you don't need a lot of it. And that is simply what will, I think that's like the most poisonous thing you can do. Like I won't, I know that I'm not perfect, but I won't drink any juice or any soda. I'll drink, you know, like anything that has sugar in it is a no-go. But naturally, like fruit has a lot of sugar in it, right?

Yeah, but you're only supposed to have like two servings of fruit a day. I think some people go a little bit overboard with the fruit. If I only eat fruit, can I have soda? In moderation. Okay. Yeah. Maybe like a mini can. Says I can have soda. Yeah, there you go.

So I think that's the one thing that I stress is it's just so inflammatory and bad for you. They're saying now that could be a marker for, what am I trying to say? So if people who have consistently high sugar are at higher risk for dementia because it's so inflammatory. So I think if you really want to save your brain, make sure your heart health is okay. I think that would be the one thing I would steer away from. Candies and sodas is what you're saying? What about those full body scans that all the rich people get? Because where they're like, they look at every cell.

What are those things? Because they're almost mythical. Have you guys heard about these? No, they have one in New York. Yeah, it's like down by World Trade Center. My friend just got one for free and he's like, it's going to be fucking amazing. He hasn't done it yet. But what do they do?

What are they? So I think that, I don't know if I can, I can probably say the company. There's a company called Penovo, I think it's called, and there's not one, the closest one here is New York, and they basically, you pay a fee, it's usually like $2,000, $2,500 to $2,000, and they scan your whole body. Oh, they would say it was like six grand. No, this one's pretty, it's much cheaper, the one that I've heard of. And you get a full page report of your entire body and pictures of your entire body.

And a couple of my patients have done it and we've found like prostate cancer, we found like that they have really bad coronary artery disease that we didn't know about, lung nodules. So I think if you have the means to do it and you want to be very aggressive about your bad coronary artery disease that we didn't know about, lung nodules. I think if you have the means to do it and you want to be very aggressive about your health, it's definitely worth it. I think $2,500 to know if you're good or not is not that much money if you can afford it. Do they look at... But when they show pictures of your body, like, is it...

Are they going to see your weenie? They see everything? Yeah, they see everything. So you got to jump up a little bit before you go in. Yeah, you can't wear like lead underwear to like block. Yeah, you need to be prepared. Yeah, right. Is that it? Oh yeah, they do have one at the Princeton Longevity Center. I think they do.

They have a full program for wellness where you can go and pick the tests that you prefer, what you want. That's what it's called, PLC? Mm-hmm. So that's a pretty good program. I think that's what it's called. I think that's what it's called. I think that's what it's called.

I think that's what it's called. I think that's what it's called. I think that's what it's called. I think that's what it's called. I think that's what it's called. I think that's what it's called. I think that's what it's called. I think that's what it's called. have a full program for wellness where you can go and pick the test that you prefer what you want. That's what's called PLC? Mm-hmm. So that's a program that they specifically have where you can pick and choose what images

you want and what tests you want. If you do the PNOVO, you just show up, get in the MRI machine, pay your fee, I guess, and then get the report back. But what is it? What is the technology? All right, so because this is just what I hear it is like, it's first started with celebrities and then the price came down where now people I know are getting it and stuff. But what is the technology?

Because how is it not just an x-ray? How is that not dangerous? Those pictures of every single thing inside of you. So it's really not dangerous because it's using magnets. So an MRI machine uses magnets. How the fuck did they work? It's really loud. Stupid hair guy's not here. He was like, sorry, that was an Insane Clown policy reference.

Get him, he's dropping on you. I didn't want him to die alone. I had to support him. Let him know he was hurt. If we're going to drop, I want to say then, shout out to Dave Lindorf, the original magnet. So magnets. All right.

So it's essentially MRI. Yeah, it just uses magnets and it makes thin slices and someone looks at every single slice and looks for problems. So say like Pam just had a heart attack. I know, I'm sorry. Oh man. Now say a week before. Oh yeah, I didn't tell you.

Yeah, what was that? Oh yeah, we talked about it last week on the show. Yeah, she had like a partial occlusion, is that what they call it? Yeah. In one of her veins or arteries. In her unartery around the heart. Yeah, so she's like, I was telling Walt, Edgar had a hernia and it turned out he didn't get the operation.

They just pushed it back in for temporarily. How do they keep it in? What's that? How do they keep the intestine in? I don't know. They must put like tape over it or something, right? They just put a cork in there and tape it up, you know, like a wine bottle. No, I'm just kidding.

You can reduce a hernia with your hands. That's what he said the doctor did, yeah. Yeah. Oh, until it heals on its own? Or the riff always beat her? It depends. Sometimes you can press on it very hard and push it back into the body. If it's stuck outside, then that's game over.

You need to have it surgery. You can't just like finagle it. Move it around and try to get it in there. You can if you're good with your hands, but I think that some of them are not fixable that way. Yeah, so he just actually got it pushed back in and the operation is like next week or the week after or something.

So they go, they get that done, and then Pam that evening is like, yeah, my chest, I'm having chest pains. So they go back to the hospital. It turns out she's having a heart attack. So they went in there and fixed her up. And next day she stayed one day and then the next day after that she's fine. I'm, she thinks she's immortal.

Like it doesn't bother her. The witch stuff. Yeah. Mind over matter. Yeah. She's like, she's convinced she's going to live to over a hundred. And like when you see her walking around, she's all bent over like an old lady's walk and stuff. Now she's having heart attacks.

Why the hell would you want to live to 100? Yeah, I know. She's only – I don't know where you're going. 22 years. Do you want her to call her and tell her she's not going to live to 100? Why are you – I'm tired of her being so optimistic. Yeah. I guess you were asking if that could have been prevented. Yeah.

Like, if she went in a week before, would they have seen that? So you probably need a different kind of CAT scan with dye to look much closer. Oh, you got to drink that shit, right? That, oh, it's the worst. Yeah. That's so you can see your colon. And then the dye through your arm is so you can see your arteries. Yeah, so.

What is that stuff called that you drink? Contrast. Chalky contrast. Yeah. That's disgusting. Oh, it's so bad. I'm sorry. Back to the Pranova. I'm sorry about your mother, dude. I wish you had told me that. Yeah, well, yeah. You had just gone away and she was fine, so yeah, I was going to call

you. So that's it. So they sent you in there and then what can they spot on that? Everything? Brain tumors, cancers, lung nodules. Is it cancer focused or is it? No, it's everything. So you can see if you have arthritis in your knees, you can see if your spine is out of

alignment, you can see your... You could see everything. It's almost guaranteed though that there's going to be something wrong though. Not so, not. At this stage. Yeah. Arthritis, my shoulder's going to hurt. Yeah, I mean most.

I don't need a $6,000 scan to tell me I got arthritis in my knee. Yeah, you're going to find some age-related things, but the main thing is just to make sure that you don't have anything that's, you know, a cute red flag, you know? But yeah, you're gonna see arthritis, you're gonna see, you know, little things like that. And what do you think of these guys like these billionaire, tech billionaires that are trying to like reverse the aging process

or at least halt it? One is named Brian Johnson, he's probably the best known one. Yeah. I think he, I think it's a bit much. Hold on, somebody's hammering. That is weird. Yeah. Yeah, we hardly ever have much. Hold on, somebody's hammering. It is weird. Yeah.

We hardly ever have any signs of life in the building. I was supposed to say this time. Is it a ghost? Was it the ceiling or was that next door? Yeah. What do you think? Go ahead, though. Yeah. What was the question?

Brian Johnson, the millionaire. Oh, Brian Johnson. The billionaire. Yeah, what do you think of these guys? I mean, here's the thing. You can do as much as you want, but you can't live forever. So I think some of the stuff that he's doing is ridiculous. Well, there was that guy, it was his name, Jim Sheehan. He was like a huge proponent of jogging back in the 70s and eventually had a heart attack.

I think that was his name, Jim Sheehan. But that whole jogging craze was like, hey, you want to live forever? You should jog. You want to live better? You should jog. Jogging was like that whole jogging craze was like hey you want to live forever you should jog you want to live better You should jog jogging was like the thing thing Yeah, and I guess it just goes to show that no matter what you could be in for it Yeah, I it's hard. It's hard. Well, it's right like I don't want to see any scan of my body right now I don't know what's going on. There's too much probably look like the guy from operation Too much probably. I look like the guy from Operation. Water on the knee!

Is that a breadbasket in his fucking stomach? What's the medical term for blissfully ignorant? Happy. I don't know if there is a poor insight in judgment. Okay, that's what I got. That's what we document. Healthy case of it. What about cryogenics though? How do you feel about that if you don't think this guy is going to live forever?

I think once you're gone, there's no coming back. You don't think that cryogenics could work? I don't think so. But why? The theories kind of sound, doesn't it? Because once you throw yourself out, isn't your brain dead? Yeah. Well, I mean- Well, I think the idea is like future technology will figure out.

It's the damage, right? Like the crystallization? Yeah, I think it's like the microbiology of it is like the cell synapses stop working, the muscles become rigid and stiff. There's nothing that you can... I don't know how you come back from that. Nanobots. Probably nanobots. I wish I was smart enough to know how you come back from that. Nanobots. Probably nanobots.

I wish I was smart enough to know how you come back from that, but I don't. I don't think anybody does, yeah. I don't think. Nobody's smart enough to know yet. I don't think, I don't think it's gonna, I don't know. Yeah, but it can't be impossible, right? Like, I'm not doing it, I'm not arguing for it.

I'm just like, like theoretically, how is it falling on their impossible for you? Yeah. I just feel like that even when you're – I don't know how to explain it. It's like when someone dies, you can tell that like their soul is – it leaves them and I don't know how you get that back. It weighs two ounces. Or 0.21.

It's weird to look at but it's like you can – it's when you see someone pass, it's weird that you could tell but I don't know how anybody could make that come back. You try, you freeze it. I know but it just don't – You freeze it so it can't get out of you. I don't want to crush your dreams. I don't want to have the dream. No, no, no. I don't want to crush your dreams. I don't want to get frozen. I don't have a dream.

No, no, no. I'm not doing it. I just don't see. I can't micro, like on the microscopic level, I can't see how it could happen. But let's say like you're, you know you're towards the end, right? And you're like, freeze me. Just freeze me to death right now. Yeah.

That way the soul can't escape. It's frozen in place. Right? Frozen in place. Yeah. So I mean, that's a possibility because when people have massive strokes, we do freeze them to save, to make you more viable so your body doesn't have to spend a lot of energy keeping you alive. Oh, so you keep people really cold?

Mm-hmm. Yeah. So you try to preserve or after – I said stroke. After a major cardiac arrest, sorry. After a major cardiac arrest, you cool them down to a level where their body doesn't have to maintain all of the things it needs to do to keep your body temperature up, keep your, you know, it's like.

All the regular operations are. Yeah, you kind of like freeze it down so everything is a lot easier on the heart to recover. Hmm. And that's an active thing in medicine right now. We do it all the time in intensive care units. These people. Yeah.

Well, that's impressive. What about you know, sorry, I don't want to be I read something the other day that fucking freaked me out where they were saying like, all these people who are in hospitals, immobile and like they think they're brain dead, they're kind of just staring at the ceiling like vegetables. They're now thinking that a good portion of those people are conscious and just can't move their bodies, can't move anything. Because what they did is they put these sensors on their heads of a bunch of them. And they're telling these vegetable type people, think of a blue horse and the same parts of the brain that light up in our brains to imagine a blue horse are lighting up in these people's

brains. Not all of them, but some of them, which is leading this report I read to be like, yeah, that means that there's probably has always been and probably now a lot of people who have just been locked in their own bodies. Well, nobody thinks that they're even around, but they are, which is to me sounds so fucking terrifying. Like sounds like a horror movie. I mean, they think of the boredom of just sitting there and like, like just staring at the ceiling while your fucking family comes to visit and nobody wants to be there

because you're a vegetable. Right. Yeah, but that's fucking frightening. How do you prevent that from happening to me, Doc? That's what I'm worried about now. Constantly think of a blue horse. Yeah, let them know. 24-7.

Just have to make sure that you don't have any, so the things that mostly cause that are like strokes. Oh, fuck. I already had one. I'm already in one. Then we got to work on prevention. Can never happen again. Never, ever, ever. I had mine because of encephalitis, viral encephalitis. Oh, really? Yeah, it affected, we found that later on, it affected my spinal cord and the tissue around my brain and it just popped.

Inflammation. Yeah, and then it had an infarction or whatever, and then there was bleeding on the brain. It's pretty crazy. So that was caused by a virus though, so probably not prone to more strokes, right? I would say if it was from a viral etiology, then no. Really?

Yeah. All right. Let's hit fuck it. All right. Yeah. Looking good. Yeah. Let's hit, where are we going? Stay positive. I have one.

Yeah. So, I've had a few people I know get the shingles and I've heard about the shingles virus and I'm very, I mean the vaccine. Yeah. And I'm really, like I want to get it because of the stories I'm hearing, I mean the vaccine. Yeah. And I'm really, like I wanna get it because of the stories I'm hearing, the horror stories. But with the, you know, vaccines in the news lately. Uh-huh.

You know, you start to hear crazy shit. Yeah, I know. And I'm like, I'm really terrified of the side effects though because I looked at, there are some side effects possibly for the vaccine. What do you think I should do? Should I get it? So I would say, I, and this is honest, I've never met a person who had a long-term side effect

from a vaccine. And I've been a doctor for 15 years. There are people that can get Guillain Boré from any vaccine, which't a type of paralysis that you can get. That's what I was just talking about. Usually, you do recover, but obviously it's horrible side effect, but it is rare. So I mean, during the course of a year, we probably give out hundreds of vaccines and other than like a sore arm or a fever, most of the time everyone does pretty well but there are the rare occurrence and it could be with anything. It's like if you

take an antibiotic and you're allergic to it and you die, that's not going to happen every single person that takes that antibiotic. It's just an unfortunate side effect but it is a risk. But I would say it's a low risk. I don't want the shingles. So then get the shot. I know. I'm terrified though. I give the shingle shot out. The side effects aren't fun, right? If I had told you to bring the shingles vaccine, could you have just shot me up right here? 100%. Oh, damn it. Yeah. Bring a cortisone shot too. Okay. What do you want? Can I get some GMSO in the cortisone?

Can I get some GMSO in the cortisone? You look at all this anti-vax stuff and you're like, come on, man. It's really hard to be in the medical profession these days because everybody gets a bad rap. What do you mean? I feel like a lot of people don't trust doctors anymore because of things they see on Instagram or in the social media. When you think about it, we went to school for a really long time to take care of people. We don't intentionally want to harm anyone. You take an oath not to do that.

What about the checks? Big pharma. We don't get paid by drug companies. They don't do anything to, they don't take people out to dinner anymore. If you go to an educational program, that's an educational program, but they don't do the things they used to do, like take doctors on cruises. Mary Beth's dad is a doctor and he said the 90s were the salad days. Really? Yeah. She went on vacations thateties were the salad days. Really? Yeah. They don't do that anymore.

She went on vacations that were funded by drug companies. Yeah. They used to go out to dinners and stuff. Yeah. All kinds of stuff. Jesus. Yeah. So the way I look at it.

You don't get that when your dad's a construction worker. Or subway driver. Yeah. Yeah. I never got any of that. Or MIA. Tell them Steve. Aww. But I think it should be a personal choice. No one should force you to do anything you don't want to do, but I don't think any – at least

I can only speak for myself. I would never do anything intentionally harm anyone. I just tell them what is the recommendations and we talk about the risks. And if someone says to me, I'm never getting a vaccine, I say, okay, well, then if you get sick and you need my help, call me right away and we'll figure it out. But you know, vaccines are still recommended. You know, we got rid of a lot of bad diseases that way. So, it's a personal choice. So are you saying you disagree with the vaccine schedules? It's not that I disagree with them. That we're putting too much chemicals in our children.

Did you like it when Gideon wasn't on mic? How do you feel about the show? He's coming. We're going to get her diagnosis of this. He's very distracting, but very... She's going to be able to write a paper. It's going to be published in the medical journals about this fuck up. But like do you think social media and all the nonsense and all the disinformation, you really think that has been – because I'm always like

– how can people believe some of this garbage that's being out there? Because if there were like – like take this or take that. They don't want anybody to know ivermectin cures cancer. Like if that was true, then nobody's – no doctor's family would ever die of anything if that was the magic bullet. You idiots. Why do you think that's true? I know. It's led to a lot of distrust in the medical community, which is hard because we spend

a lot of our lives dedicated to education and working and working a lot of hours. It's sad. You've come face to face with it personally, that distrust? 100%. How does that show up in your day to day? People who will tell me that they're not going to take a certain drug because they hurt on Instagram that it can cause XYZ. And you're supposed to be a team with your patient, so you're like, listen, I don't believe that. You can believe what you want to believe.

Is there any other way we can work around it? Maybe another med you might want to try? Or can we work on this? It happens like a lot. A lot more, even in the 15 years? Yeah, a lot more than I would say before the pandemic. Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, there's always going to be people who want to argue and discuss and- You don't say. But it's been, it's a little worse than it used to be. And then there's some people who are really cool and they respect your decisions and we work as a team. And that's the best part of my job. But then there's other people who have a lot of distrust. And that's hard.

Yeah. But at all, like you said, though, tell me and we'll work as a team. That's great bedside manner. Because a lot of it is, all of it comes from fear. All of it just comes, like people hear this, they see this, or somebody told them this. So they get scared.

That's all it really is, is they don't know what to do and they don't know who to trust. I remember when I got sick with COVID and I had to go – I was so dehydrated, I had to go to the hospital and get some fluid. I remember the bedside manner of the nurse in there or the doctor in there was crazy. She was like, did you get the COVID back? I got it after I got sick. That scared me. I was like, I got to get it now. And I told her, I wasn't like bludgering or I was like, I just didn't get it. And she goes, why? I go, I don't know. It's kind of new on the market. I

was like, I want to see how people fared with it. I wanted to just kind of wait to see how things went before I was first in line to get it, yada, yada. And then she was just like, I guess you regret that now, right? And she was very just like… It's perfectly valid what you're saying. Yeah, but she was very mean though. And you could tell that my wife was livid because we were in the emergency room and she was just like… You're not feeling at your best. You don't need to be a shit-fuck-hard.

No. I wasn't confrontational. I was just like, you know, yeah, I regret it. But now I don't need you to be like, I told you so. Don't rub it in. There's a time and a place. She has way too much free time on her hands. If you're interrogating you about that kind of stuff, she should be like, all right, let's

go. Let's get you stabilized. Let's do this. It was so crazy. It was so crazy. Then when I had my plumbing got messed up downstairs four years later from that, emergency room again, same doctor, same doctor. She would not help me.

She would not give me what I needed, which was I need to get drained because I was so backed up. And she was like, she knew what I needed to feel better because I was in such discomfort because it was days without going to the bathroom. And she knew what needed to be done. She wouldn't do it though. She said, you'll have to go make a urology appointment. And this was on this Friday night. so I had to go two more days. That's insane. Isn't that insane? The doctor told me that was nuts. Yeah, it's not appropriate.

That they wouldn't just give me a, like, drain me. That's not appropriate at all. Drain me, baby. Drain me. She's very young and Russian, I think, but she was cold. Wicked American. She was the she-wolf. All they would have to do is call her. Oh, you know what?

Even though you're going to be – I think you're going to pass the mushroom and become the TSD town general practitioner. I promise Eric, he's the only one that can give me any kind of finger inspections. My wife also said I'm not allowed to have a female do any of that stuff. She wants a man over 50 doing that stuff. I have to respect that. I respect that. I respect that.

I respect that. I respect that. I respect that. I respect that. I respect that. I respect that. I respect that. I respect that.

I respect that. I respect that. I respect that. I respect that. I respect that. I respect that. I respect that. I respect that. I respect that. I respect that. I respect that. She might be like, all right, but she wants to make sure that I got a weak pulse before she lets a female doctor down there.

Otherwise it's cheating. 30 years of marriage, this is how you treat me. That's not fair. I would have just said to the nurse, put a catheter in and let me know how it goes and then he can just be discharged home. How awful she was. But you're saying, no, that I should get the shingles one. I would. Okay. I'm going to do it.

I mean, you've never had a reaction to anything else, right? Well, when I got the COVID Vax, the two-parter, Jeff went with the one-parter, which nobody did. I thought that was like, that's a man. Yeah, back in the day. That's a man's man. He never got it. He never got it, too.

He got the one injection one. Wait, did you have chicken pox? Yeah. Okay. So then you're allowed to get the shingles vaccine. Well, I think you have to. I think that's recommended. If you had chickenpox, it's just a time bomb. Yeah.

If you didn't have chickenpox, then you need a different kind of vaccine. Yeah. Wait, what do you mean? If you had chickenpox already. You can get shingles. You can get shingles. Yeah. But if you didn't have it, then you can't get them.

You probably would have to get vaccinated against varicella, which is chicken, AKA chicken box. And you get shingles by what? Somebody coming up? Stress. Oh, stress? Yeah. Oh my God.

Stress. This guy's locked in an office. We'll get him all fucking day. But wait a minute. I really just thought it was living inside you just waiting to come out. Yeah, when you're stressed. That's homosexual. Or when you're...

That's a different... There's no vaccine for that, buddy. They tried that. But it can't be stress. It's one of the reasons. So it lives dormant in your nerves. And then you get sick with something, you get, God forbid, cancer or chemotherapy or just random. But most of the time it's like stress induced with something else. Someone will say, oh, I was really sick with XYZ and then, oh wait, and now I have this on my back and they lift up your shirt and you have the rash back. And it's super painful.

And it's a lifetime thing. It never really goes away once you get the change. No, it can go away. If you get it treated right away, it can go away. You have to talk to your doctor. I appreciate the advice. I needed to hear it. Is this one and done? He doesn't have to have it again after that? So it's two shots.

But then he's done. Yeah. And they say, GlaxoSmithKline that makes the drug says it's like 90 plus percent effective. Yeah, right. It's not 100 percent, but nothing in life really is. I got to get it too. Yeah. You never had chickenpox, Q?

I think I had it when I was young. Yeah, kid. You want just all three of us go down one thing? I'm pro-vax, man. Shoot me up. Where does it go? Like in your arm? Oh, well, give it another year. Is it going in your arm or is it going in your arm? In your arm. In your arm. In your arm.

In your arm. So I can't get shingles in the next year of my life before I turn 49 in March. You can, but they recommend insurance. If only I had someone on the inside. Yeah, you could get it early if you wanted. You're going to come here next time with just vials and needles? I got some needles in the back. No doubt. Some of them are clean. I got some needles in the back.

No doubt. Some of them are clean. We don't know which ones. I said we don't know which ones. I can tell by taste. Oh, God. Yeah. How long do you, as a doctor, give, get them?

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I introduced you to my torso. Yeah, that's got to stay in the closet. Wow. Go back to that torso, get him. Yeah. I'm going to have a second look at that. Can that be one of Q's four toys that he gets for $20? He's a realistic torso, yeah.

How do you do it? I don't know. So you're studying to be a doctor. I mean, that is a pretty realistic looking body. That's for sure. That is, I don't know how you're able to pull that off. But hey man, you know what? I've done weird. If you're ordering a torso. I don't know how you're able to pull that off. But hey, man, you know what? I've done weird.

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Yeah, I just saw one, not that it's a sex robot, but the most realistic robot. They just unveiled it and it's amazing. But I'm talking like the real real, like it seems like it's real. And you just wait to be closet feet for it to walk out. Oh yeah, I think there's a lot of guys at who will never interact with society ever again. They will just lock themselves in and order door dash and dehydrate themselves by just – So far you're explaining my life.

Doing things until they can't do them anymore. I'm getting interested. Don't have enough energy to play Halo, nothing. It's all the energy's going into that robot. That's right. Go back to the closet. Give me a half hour. Come out of the closet.

I don't know. It's not as good as my torso was. Is it weirdo? Doc, Doc, is it weirder to have a torso or a full... This is your husband? Yes. Okay. So 20 years from now, is he allowed to get a sex robot? What am I? Am I going to be dead in 20 years? No, you're around. Well, I would still like to participate.

You don't know that. You're working overnight at the hospital. What if it injures him in some way? Well, come on, you can say that about anything. But let's assume everything goes really well. Like it goes rogue and turns on you. That's why you gotta have a backup torso, in case your robot goes rogue. What if it does something horrible? An adamant torso that can't hurt him. I would say if he can't be inside he really wanted one, I would say sure.

It's 25 grand. No, it's more than that, it's 50. It's 50, yeah. There it is. I don't really... Oh, the fantasy doll. It's not made for that yet. It doesn't... Pricey. It's not made for that yet. It's made more for interaction. It can have a conversation with you.

We know where it's headed. Yeah. Yeah. It can even laugh at jokes, they said. Oh, really? I didn't use that. Yeah. I could. I don't know if people are telling me I'm not funny. So, wait. So you don't mind? You think

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Now we can talk about Gidham. Right off the bat, Gidham had – he wanted to get a diagnosis of one of his lumps. Now where is this lump located for the people who cannot see? That's on my other elbow. Is that cake batter on your arm? No. It's like dried skin. Okay. Yeah. I can scratch it off.

Oh. Yeah. You can do it right now if you want. I would have loved to. I would show you. It might bleed a little. Does it bleed? This guy was made for torso, second-worst.

I have something similar on my knee that does if I scratch it too much. Okay, so that looks like stucco keratosis, which is like just an inflammatory skin thing that you can choose if you want to to get it like cryo'd off with like liquid nitrogen. But you can just scratch it off. Yeah, you can just – Dirty fingernails? I wouldn't do that. I would say moisturize or if it really bothers you, yeah, if it really bothers you, you could

get it removed. Okay. That's what I suspect now. If it bothers everyone else, then just go get it removed. It's to remind myself to have it. I don't think it's infectious if that's what you're worried about. What about the other bumps and growths? Well, you've seen that one.

All right. Yeah, the other bump on the Popeye elbow. So do you lean on your elbow a lot? When it started, yes, because that's when I was living in the basement a lot more. Yeah. And that's how I'd watch So all of your body pressures on the elbow it was yeah, that's when it started like creep How many years ago is this lump in there started right after the fire? Okay, so it's almost six years Yeah, okay. Have you ever consulted with anyone about it? I

When it drains right now When it drained it drained at one point. Yeah. And I went to an emergency doc and they just gave me antibiotics. Okay. So it's basically inflammation of the elbow bursa, which is like the protective covering of the elbow. And it can be from gout, it can be from trauma, it can get infected. So you have

to just be really careful. Yeah, that's why it got very hot and then – Yeah. Hot pocket. Yeah, this is the time I actually went to see a doctor. Nobody balked for it. So you can get rid of it if you get it drained by a medical professional and then have it wrapped really tightly so the fluid doesn't come back. There is a really high success rate.

So that's … Show her that thing you wrap it around all the time, that sleeve. Yeah, it's in the other room. It's a compression sleeve. A copper sleeve. He thinks copper is going to take it away. No. I don't believe when I'm farmed with copper.

It's just a regular compression sleeve. You totally – Jerry Rice told you that if you used his copper sleeve, it would go away. Look, I only trust if the gop did it. The copper sleeve probably won't help until you get the fluid removed. Okay. So you're probably wasting your time with – Because I was hoping it was like when I had the ganglion cyst. Yeah, why is he prone to ganglion cysts?

Is it what he thinks it is? I don't know if you know, but we won't, do you know, you know, okay, you could whisper to her why he, why he, he, he diagnosed himself and why he's prone to ganglion cysts in his wrists. Well, why I got it that one time. Well, all.

Is it possible to dittle yourself into a ganglion cyst? I don't think so. Is that why you think you got it? Yeah. Oh, no. I don't think so. Is that why you think you got it? Yeah. Oh, no. I don't think so. Because I was doing a lot of like – Not himself.

It was on his girlfriend. Right. Oh, yeah. Right. Right. No. I don't think so. So, okay.

So it's just correlation, not causation. I think it's completely not related at all. Okay. Okay. But that's how I got rid of it was I would just – every day I would press on it. Oh, I thought you were Okay. But that's how I got rid of it was I would just, every day I would press on it. Oh, I thought you were gonna say, that's how I got rid of it too. I diddled my way into this.

I diddled my way out of this. Of course, of course. Of course. Get him. Would you be willing to get that scan? Oh, yeah. Really? Yeah.

Oh, God. I don't know, man. He doesn't have enough money to pay for all the things that are probably, that scan's Oh, yeah. Really? Yeah. Oh, man. I don't know. I mean, he doesn't have enough money to pay for all the things that are probably going to get it. That scan's going to be what they're going to find out. Why don't we just start with, like, blood work and your blood pressure? See what's going on inside your arteries and your veins.

What do you think? OK. You think you have gout? Oh, I know I do. I was diagnosed. Do you take any medicine for it? Why not? The medicine they gave me gave me the runs.

Oh. And when you can barely walk and I was looking. Thirteen percenters everywhere like, no. If you're going to ask the questions. They're going to have their own ganglion cysts right now. They're going to town. If you don't want to hear the answers, don't ask the questions. That's the stuff.

There's more than one kind of medicine and some of the medications don't have that bad of a side effect. So I would say if you don't want a lot of lumps and bumps moving forward, you should maybe just try one of the other meds. Okay. I will say I've not had a gout flare up in a while, but like I said, I keep up on my hydration, flushing my system out with water. With Natty though.

Well, water and Natty. I drink two bottles of seltzer a day plus three. How many Natty's a night though? Three. Tall boys though. Tall boys, yeah. So how much is that? 75 ounces.

Which is a gallon? No, it's 128. That's close to half a gallon. It's over a half gallon actually. It's over a liter. Yeah, but I drink a half gallon of seltzer a day. It's over two liters. Yeah, it's over two liters. Yeah. But I drink a half gallon of sulfur a day. It's over two liters. Yeah.

It's over two liters. You're right. Yeah. How do you feel about that? That's like one of the main things that causes gout. So it's like – it used to be a disease of the rich because they could – and I don't want to bring up a sore subject with the whole pork situation in the office. Oh, the pulled pork?

Yeah. But – We're over that. Yeah. I should have been more specific. We're over that. You can talk about that. Okay, we're over that. Okay. That, those- It's nice of you to give off the trigger warning.

Yeah, I'm so sorry. No, that's okay. If you put both of those together, that's just like welcome gal here. You know, come on in. It's like nitroglycerin, right? It's like- Pull pork and natty or two liters of natty. Well, I avoid organ meats in general.

I also avoid selfish in general. Okay. Those are foods that are high in uric acid and what alcohol does is alcohol does is make Well, I avoid organ meats in general. I also avoid shellfish in general. Those are foods that are high in uric acid and what alcohol does is alcohol takes, it forces uric acid out of solution in your blood which causes the deposit. Are you writing this down doc? No, I mean he's right. If I'm wrong, please tell me. No, he's right but he's still doing things that contribute to it. So you seem like you're making a slight effort, but not a full effort.

Yeah. That's about right. That's his entire existence. Just enough to get by the get him Steve Dave story. So gout is a really inflammatory condition, so it can cause other issues too in your body. So a lot of times if people want to look into longevity, they look at lowering their uric acid. So the fact that it is higher, we don't know the level, could lead to other...

Yeah, I've not had my level tested in a long time. Yeah, so that could lead to other long-term health issues. Now, I will say my first bout with Gout was before I had even a drinker. I thought I had broken my toe somehow during my sleep because it became inflaming. That was the first time. Yeah. Then it slowly went away. Then finally, it happened that it flamed up during work and I had insurance. So I went in, they're like, okay, yeah, you have gout. What is inflaming when you have gout? What is the thing that's inflaming?

I could show you pictures of my... Sure, let me see. Okay. So, Google the crystals that are in your joints when you have gout. They're scary. So, they're like monosodium urate crystals, which deposit in your joints and cause like all kinds of havoc. So, if you let it go for too long, it can actually destroy the joint. How long is too long? I mean, this has got to be since the 90s, right? There's probably some long-term damage, for sure.

Yeah, I definitely have calcification in that toe. Yeah, and I'm sure – I know that you have an issue with your ankle. Can you take the toe off? You feel like amputated? No, man, I'll try. You want to take your own video? No, no, no. I used to have chronic ingrown toenails and I asked that question as a child and they

said no. Oh, man, the 13%ers O face is never going to leave. There's like permanent old face. They have to listen to this episode. The point is we can get rid of all of this. So that's the point. We need to start working towards a goal. I think you're going to offer them $5,000 to lose weight.

You don't have a toe folder? Google the crystals, though, so they could see what they look like inside your joints. They're scary and they cause all kinds of trouble. It's like millions of needles. Yeah, look at them. Oh my God, look at that. Holy cow. Microscopic world.

So that just forms in your joints? Hell raiser. Yeah. So like my toe will get about twice the normal size and like beet red and inflamed hot everything you got a big toe to begin with yeah this is they looks like the fortress of solitude just coming up in your joints yeah good analogy thanks buddy I'm always thinking about Superman you know that he's always there flying around so I'm willing to help but you have to take the step. Oh my god. Here she goes. Welcome to the fucker rollercoaster that we've all been on.

I'm willing to help but you gotta take the first step. I wanna help you. That was a flare up there. And then you get the middle finger. You can kinda see how. Not literally middle finger. I get extremely close up in the toe. Oh that's disgusting. Your toenail is yellow. Is that a fungus? No, I have a fungus. Fungus is among us. I don't want to shame you, bud. But still. We've got to turn this around. I'd love to picture you do that for you.

We've got to turn this around. We've got to turn. I've been trying to, I've been wanting to turn and get him around health-wise. Walt's been working on his life, his brain. I used to. Yeah, I used to. Gave up on it. I would love to get him healthier.

Why don't we, you know, get him to the point where he's like, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor, I'm going to be a doctor been working on his life, his brain. I used to. Yeah, I used to. Gave up on it. I would love to get him healthier. Why don't we get a blood panel and just check your blood pressure? Because that would be

a first baby step. Okay. Okay. He said okay. He's going to do it. That's the question. What, do you got to go down to Walgreens and get a reading and then send it to you? No, you would have to just take a prescription, which is easy to do. Oh, they don't have those chairs at Walgreens where you sit and get your blood pressure? Oh, they're trash.

Are they? I kind of feel like they're trashy. I use those and I was... Do you think that... I don't feel like they're that accurate. What about an Apple Watch? Can we get an Apple Watch? Will that help?

That doesn't check your blood pressure, just your heart rate. Yeah, I'm thinking about getting a new one anyway, so... I can check your blood pressure for free and heart rate. Yeah, I'm thinking about getting a new one anyway. I can check your blood pressure for free and the right way next time I come over. I don't have any of my stuff. You don't travel with your bag? Actually, it's in my car, but I don't have my car. You don't have a sphygmometer?

I have everything, I just don't have it with me. Do you have this stereotypical bag that you travel around with? That's cool. Yeah, yeah, I have everything. Is that mandatory? Like you can get your license, it's like, boom, you got to have this bag. Always.

No. Do you have the headband with the? No, I actually don't. You do home visits? I do. That is something. That's very rare anymore. Gone era.

I usually save it for people who are paralyzed. Do you live in a real rural area, or do you don't have any hospitals or anything? No, it's for mostly people who are paralyzed. Do you live in a real rural area where you don't have any hospitals or anything? No, it's for mostly people who are paralyzed or really bad. And get them. You'll do get them too. Do you have any other questions for Dr. D before I go? I can take the heat off you. I have some questions from TSM Town Residence.

I think that's pretty much the only one, you know, the elbow, which also I'll show you the knee later. Okay. It's a little tough right now. Don't get jealous, bro. To see if it's the same. You have your torso, she has get them. To see if it's the same thing, because I thought my knee was psoriasis.

So I'm not sure. It might be this. Oh, you have pants on. Okay. Yeah. More shockingly. That might actually be psoriasis okay yeah okay so that was rises could this also be okay that would resolve okay this thing oh no cues showing his body part so that every once a while, that's like a spot and every once in a while it'll break out like that.

It was like a wart. I think you ought to get that biopsy. Oh man, I knew I had cancer. I think- Damn. That happens like every two years. Yeah. Let's take a photo of it.

I would get a biopsy. It probably could be like a squamous cell or basal cell carcinoma. Oh man. I got some needles for puncture. I'm not a doctor looking at the pads and I'm like- And they said nothing? Did the EDGE ever get a biopsy? probably could be like a squamous cell or basal cell carcinoma. Oh, man. I got some needles sort of punctured. I've had a doctor look at it in the past and they said nothing? Did the edge ever get a biopsy? I don't think they did biopsy. It was a...

Did you have good insurance at the time? ... skin doctor? Oh, a dermatologist did look at it? Looked at it and was like, that's fine. They were like, it'll do it from time to time. But anything that keeps opening up and not healing scares me. Well, I mean, the last time we did this was probably like four years ago. Just go get someone to take a piece of it and make sure it's okay.

And if it's me if I'm wrong. Just give me a natty light. Stick a fork in me. If I'm wrong, I'm sorry, but I'd rather you not have skin cancer. No, err on the side of caution. Yeah, I mean like just get it a little bit of a little take a piece off and they'll tell you. Well, knowing those scans are 2,500, not 6,000 like I was told.

I'm pretty sure. Google it. That'll spring forth. That'll do. Yeah, but that won't fix the skin cancer. No, but what I'm saying is, like, I'll do a whole... Yeah, do the whole thing. Well, you just said skin cancer.

That fucking escalated. That's what I was saying it was, though. I got nervous about skin cancer because I have a beard you can't see, like, because I was a lifeguard for years and years and years. So if I had like some sort of spot on my face that was skin cancer, I wouldn't even know. You got someone to look in there. Go through all this hair? Dermatologists would.

Would they? So like when I go to the dermatologist. Like a monkey? I know. Picking my nits. Yeah, when I go to the dermatologist. Found another one. Really?

I didn't think there were that many. They look in, when I go to the dermatologist, they look at my hair, like they look everywhere. Yeah. Hey, you know what? We've kind of given up on trying to garner the youth market, right? With this episode, we've got to kind of like give it up, right? There's no way in hell. I thought it was ill-fated anyway. Skimity.

I thought the trains thing would really grab the youth, but it didn't. It's all the rage. Did you subreddit it up? Oh yeah? Yeah. Well, I'm still not ready to dip my toe in yet. I tell you, I got to be ready. Really? You look fully invested. Oh, I've got trains running. I was going to say, I looked at your Instagram. Setting up movie scenes and shit. It's fucking nice, those trains, man. It is hot in here, isn't it? We apologize for that. No, that's fine.

The trains look cool. I did see your picture. Thank you. Yeah, that was... They look pretty cool. I do. Do you have time to just take a few questions from some TSD Town alumni? So this one comes from our sound guru, Declan.

And just a little backstory to the question. Stop the creaking. Stop the creaking. England. Just a little back story to the question. He received a notification from Nectar. Nectar in his country, they track purchases in UK supermarkets. I guess online when he orders his groceries online. He has been awarded the second biggest purchaser of Ben and Jerry's banana feet ice cream on the app that 18 million people are signed up to. So he wants to know is seven pints of ice cream a week too much.

And he's a skinny guy too. He's not like, he's not heavy. That's that sugar shit. Yeah, I think, yeah. So it's seven times too much because you really. You say zero ice cream. Zero ice cream? You don't even get a cheat day to enjoy life? That's that sugar shit. Yeah, I think, yeah, so it's seven times too much because you really …

You say zero ice cream. Zero ice cream? You don't even get a cheat day to enjoy life? I mean, you know, you can have some, but that container should last you a while. What was the name of the ice cream? Banano Fee. I don't know if I'm pronouncing it right. It's Ben and Jerry's Banano Fee.

I thought it was a mixture of banana and coffee, but it's not. How many per week? Seven. Seven. Yeah, that's crazy. That is something. That's expensive. that's crazy. That's something. That's expensive. That's diabetes. That's what he spends all his money on. That's like a straight, that's a straight line to diabetes. It's right there. Straight line. What about like,

what about someone that eats healthy six days a week but on that one day is like, I'm going ham. That's fine. Yeah, you like that? Yeah, as long as like it's, as long as they're, it's, yeah, I think it's fine. Here's the, uh, I mean, you can't be perfect all the time. Nutritional for his banana fee. Sunday. How are you supposed to read this in some other language? It's fucking British shit.

Nobody can tell. 16, where's the sugar? 16 grams of fat. The carbs are 35 grams. 26% grams of, or 26 grams of sugar. Yeah. 28. This is the- But safe to say though though he should cut down. Correct. Okay, definitely. You got it straight from the... I want to

be number one. I have a question from Brian Tales from behind the fake counter in a shell. He goes, as a drummer with tendonitis in my wrists, what can I do before and after I play to minimize the pain?" Now, he just picked up drumming for the first time in decades and he got the bug and he's got people in the audience taking off their shirts. He had that show, that infamous show. And so he's not going to give up drumming now. He said, like, you know what? I got to just deal with the pain. So what can he do now to deal with the pain? So he can wear like carpal tunnel wrist brace to bed.

He's going to get so much puss. Yeah. We want to keep the ladies happy, right? So he can wear carpal tunnel wrist brace to bed to keep the wrist open. And he can use like, they have these, some people use paraffin, but they have these machines you can buy where you heat, you can heat your hands and get a massage at the same time, just to kind of get like a lot of the inflammation out. So those two things would be the top things I would say. He has a couple other questions though. Okay.

He says his wife is using menopause as an excuse for everything from forgetfulness to laziness. Is she full of bleep? I don't remember my mother ever complaining about this feminine affliction." So, I think that is, that's one of the main comments that I hear from women who are over a certain age that are menopausal. I think that- What age? Probably like late 40s, early 50s.

Okay. So, Mary Beth still has some time. Yeah. All right. It's like the drop. Fucking decades. It's probably a long gun. Yeah. It's a next husband's problem.

Yeah. It doesn't bother me. It's not like a number three's problem. Yeah. So the drop in estrogen can make you really not think straight, be uncomfortably hot a lot of times. Grouchy. Yeah, grouchy. If she's really that bad off,

she could discuss with her doctor maybe going on hormone replacement or something small, like a bioidentical hormone to make her a little bit happier and less. Because you can't just say, hey, I'm in a puzzle, deal with it. There are things you can do. Yeah, there are things you can do. I mean they're not magical things but there's

little things you can do that make it a little bit easier. But it's like kind of how you feel when your testosterone drops, right? You feel tired. You feel tired. It's always on the way up. It's always pinned at that. He has to go in for estrogen injections because he's got too much. That's what I heard. I got some questions from Jimmy the hair guy. I'm in the early stages of diabetes.

What should I eat and what should I avoid? Okay. He already knows. He knows. He wants to hear it. I would say high protein diet. So he should be getting half of his body weight in protein every day, lean protein. He does that by sucking off guys.

Okay. Wait a minute. I know that for a fact. Yeah. So if he weighs 170 pounds, he has to eat 35 pounds of protein? Half of 170. Okay. What's that, 80?

Yeah, around about. 85? Yeah. 85 what, grams? 85 grams. Okay, what's that, 80? Yeah, around about. 85? Yeah. 85 what, grams? 85 grams. Oh, okay. He's like a dinosaur. I'll kill the guy if he eats that much.

No, he needs to eat about half of his body weight and protein and try to keep his carbohydrates to like 120 grams per day. Are red bowls okay? Sugar freefree? No, I don't think so. Maybe. I don't know. Anything you drink with sugar is bad. Kiss of death right there in my opinion. So, and tell them to walk more. The more you walk after you eat, like 10 minutes after every meal, you're gonna burn some stuff off. Okay, and he asks, I spend a lot of time looking down at my phone. Can it affect my posture?

100%. So I feel like in the future, we're all going to go from the, you see the timeline of like the homo sapien. Yeah. We're going to go back down to that curve down again, because everybody- We're going to get browsed. Everybody and their mom is looking down at their phone like this. So of course it can. Yeah. I mean, you really, posture is important. So what can he do to like, can he be a neck brace so he can't look down?

We can put him in a neck brace if we wanted to. Just for fun, we can put him in a neck brace. No, just like I tell patients, make sure your workspace is conducive to your body, like ergonomical, you know? Okay. Like keep your head up, you know, as best you can. I have one from Tom Mil-Mil-Milosheski. Mil-Milosheski. Tom-Pon-Tom? Yeah.

He tells us, I don't, it's crazy how like this, it's like strangers. The first thing he says after he says, hi, I'm Tom, is I had a vasectomy. Vasectomy. I had a vasectomy and I'm wondering, what are the chances that my swimmer's come back and I have to do it again? And what's the thought process behind 20 released before testing? And finally, should I limit my sex to make sure they don't come back or is it just over time? I don't think he should have got it. I think at this point he must regret it so much that it's constantly on his mind. It's on his mind. He's talking about it a lot. I think he got a brow beat into it.

How old is he? How old is he? Do you know how old he is? He's younger than Gizmo. He's 43. I think he's in his 20s. No, he's not. He's 43. What? He's 29?

No, he's 43. Oh, really? Really? Yeah. Oh, really? Yeah. Really? Yeah. Oh, wow. After you get a vasectomy, you have to go back for a follow-up to get a viability test

to see if you still have active sperm. Why you wouldn't go back for that, I don't know why because you could be still fertile. Your wife could still get pregnant or your partner. After you have the vasectomy, I would say, I think there's, don't quote me on this, but I think there is like a less than 20% chance you could still get someone pregnant. You have to wait for like a full cycle to go by. So this 20 released, does that mean he has to go to the doctor 20 times? No, I think he means like ejaculation.

Oh. How dare he say that? At one time, 21 day the doctor? No, no, 20 episodes. The doctor checks all of them? No, no, no. The 21st one. He's actively cautious for 20 sexual encounters. So he's looking to get 21. 21 has to be in the office.

No, no, no. The doctor watching. I'm not explaining it well. Faster. I'm not explaining it well. So he goes – he does the procedure. He goes back and he makes sure that his sperm count is way down. But they probably want you to go through 20 different episodes to kind of clear out whatever might be already pre-stored.

That's going to take him two years. Well, he confided in me. He doesn't care a lot. Well, he's got like one day among masturbation. He can work on it. He's got kids. He says his kids, you know, that really crimps his, uh, time. Until he gets through that whole process.

If there's a power failure, you can't do anything. Cause I know a few people that have had vasectomies and still had their significant other get pregnant. Well, why doesn't he just do what Ketan does and jerk off on our couch? It's a long ride for Tom. Oh, you're on the couch? I guess I'll go back home. Just wasting an hour and a half drive here.

He could have checked the calendar. Isn't there a camera in here? Can you just check to see if you're here or not? That's part of it. That's why they do it here. So, do you think you answered his? I think that he just has to be cautious and make sure he gets the vibe he'll need. Should he just wear protection?

Just to be safe? Yeah, for a little bit. Or ask his doctor where he's at with his testing. But then what's the point then? Well, like, now you gotta wear protection? You wanna let it fly. Eventually, he won't have to worry about it. But in the very beginning. Yeah. Can you order a tester like Bryken for his blood on Amazon?

No. What about an Apple Watch? Can you wrap it around his penis? Yes. That's their newest feature for 2025. You heard it here first. Okay. I don't think you can order anything online. All right. And I have this one.

I've been saving this one for a TSD. I was going to ask the guys, but boy, am I glad I saved it for when we have Dr. D here. This is from a listener. I'm not going to give any names. My partner of three years has chlamydia and I tested negative for it. He 100% cheated, right? Because he's saying he has no idea how he got it and the only theory he is telling me is he may have caught it from a petting zoo we visited a few months ago. Is this possible? Homeboy scrambling. Did he fuck a goat?

Yeah. Was he naked at the petting zoo? No. I think that- It was probably in the summertime though. Maybe he had short shorts on. It's possible. You can get a chlamydia from an animal?

Yeah. I don't know. I mean, animals do carry it. They are so chlamydia-laden to koala bears. Yeah, they are. Wow. I did not know that. Gross. I used to think they were cute. I think we should make them extinct. Can you tell me again, the partner was different?

She doesn't want to reveal her name though. But she was definitely negative. She said she was negative and she's really suspicious that he's lying. With good reason. I think, yeah, I don't think that you just randomly- Did they catch her from another chick or from a llama? Yeah, yeah. So someone has, he probably got clemency from another person, I would assume. Unless for some reason she was a carrier, but usually that's not the case.

I can't think- They're on the side of caution on this one you're saying. I think that the person who actively has it got it from someone who actively has it, and it probably wasn't her. She's not going to be happy with this. I think she wanted to hear some possible like, you know, don't worry about it. Petting zoos or hot spots. All right.

All right. All right. All right. It was Mrs. Five. What is chlamydia anyway? What is it? I don't even know what I've heard in my entire life.

No, I know that, but what is it? Is it like a bacteria or is it a live organism? Yeah, it's usually like it's usually secreted from like Genital secretions once you have it. Oh, it's secretion. What alone? It's it's it's bacterium Yeah, look at them all innocent this this koala bear faulted them. Yeah. Look at them. All innocent this this koala bear. It's not his fault. Can't you just take a pill? Right. It's because some fucking piece of shit. Some Aussie motherfucker was like, hey good day mate. You ain't getting away. Get over here. Give me some of that comedy. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Oi, oi, oi. That's a knife. But that's a pill right?

Comedies are curable. Oh yeah, yeah. You usually take like a Zithromycin and you're usually good pretty quick. So this guy, he couldn't catch it before his girl caught it and just get that pill down the throat? I'm sure he didn't know. You probably didn't think he had it, yeah. Yeah. What are the signs of chlamydia? I don't know.

All I got was this question for you guys. She really wanted Q to answer this. Oh really? Q, why would you have answered it? What? I've been like, well, you cheated on me. You either come to terms with it or you don't. That's pretty harsh though. You want to break the news a little bit. That's some rough bedside manner.

What do you want? What does she want? She's got it. She needs the truth, man. She keeps talking about koalas. She needs to hear it's possible. Sure. But it's highly unlikely. Oh, look at this shit. Why is it easier if the news comes from Q, do you think? I think she watches a lot of IJ. She wants to hear from somebody familiar and that she finds comfort in watching, I think. That's a random doctor or something.

Or her lying boyfriend. I just don't remember why they call it the clap. I can't remember why they call it that. We're about to find out. Remember how people used to say that? That's kind of old school, though. The clap? Yeah.

That's really old school, yeah. I wonder why they called it that. I haven't heard that in decades. Oh, it's gonorrhea. Chlamydia is not typically called a cop. It is gonorrhea. Oh, never mind not typically called a cop. It is gonorrhea. Oh, wait. Oh, never mind. You're right. You're right. Sorry. I got confused. Oh, this shit is crazy.

Wow. Well, yeah, I hate to break it to you, lady. Yeah, sorry. Meaning rabbit hutch referencing the high reproductive rate of rabbits. Now, this question is so old that I don't even know if she still even listens anymore. I'm sure life went south after this email was sent, you know. But hopefully, you know, she's still listening and she got the answer that I'm sure she probably came to a conclusion by now anyway. This was maybe a year ago.

It was a great sound. You know, Sound of Life does fake commercials and Alec Baldwin did one year, I mean, 20 years ago where it was a commercial for, um, what the fuck called cold sores and, and, uh, what causes called fever sore fever blister herpes. Herpes. Okay. So it was, it was a commercial for herpes medication and it was Alec Baldwin and the whole point of the whole through the whole commercial, he's like, you know, the voice will go, he goes,

and I would told my wife that you can have it in your system for 20 years and it doesn't show up and it was all about like the $2 credit card any fucking way. That's someone on the left there. He just keeps going on. Like how stoic he is. Oh, God. It stuck with me all these years later. He's 06. Yeah, wow, almost 20 years. I have some questions that I would always feel self-conscious asking a doctor because they sound so dumb.

No, ask me. Don't be self-conscious. I did want to ask you in the comfort of my own office and not feeling self-conscious asking it. But can a pet really add seven years to your life? They say that, so yes. They say that, so there's a couple of things in my mind that come to mind. So they say that pets can actually lower your blood pressure to help you relax.

Is that true? I think that if you have something to help you relax, of course. I also think that people- You're not as firm on that delivery as you were on the committee. No, I really- I want-

I think, oh, yeah. No, I do. That sounds- And you're more active, you're more physically active when you have pets. Yeah. I think they're good for your mental health. So, yes, I think there is some truth to that.

There is some truth to that. 100%. Yeah. Okay. I mean, they think they help you de-stress. Is laughter the best medicine? For me, it is. I think that's a – I say that to everybody all the time.

Better than penicillin even. I got cancer, doc. I'm not going to laugh my way out of it. I think it's important. How healthy? It helps you release endorphins, you know, increases your neurotransmitters and things like that. I did have an unnamed TSD town resident I wanted to ask.

He didn't want to give his name. Everybody wants to remain anonymous. Yeah, where is it now? I have it. Oh my God. Okay. I've been dealing with some long-term resentment and bitterness. Can that mental state start to affect my overall physical health?

Let me take this one, doc. Go right ahead. Yes, of course. Yeah. Uh-huh. Yeah. I think, you know, they always say how, and I guess I don't know the medical basis for it, but the A-type personality or the person who's always walking around angry, pissed off, their blood pressure's going to be higher, they're more apt for heart attacks and things

like that. So yeah. I think if you hold things in too long, I think it's bad for you. I don't know the exact science behind it, but I do think it's not good. So you're saying something that I've been withholding from Mary Beth that I really want to say to her, I should tell her as soon as I get home? I think communication is really important. Remember that petting zoo we went to? I got some bad news for you. I shouldn't have worn pants.

I should have worn shorts. You remember those short shorts I was wearing? I shouldn't have worn them. I shouldn't have worn them. I shouldn't have worn them, honey. Koala took one look at me. Okay. I mean, how do you guys think the doc fair? Do you think she's got a permanent spot as the general practitioner?

I think we're off to a good start. I mean, I got to go get this leg checked out. Ginnum's got a bevy of tests he's got to do. I love introducing, I don't want, character's not the right word because nobody's a character, but I love introducing new – Personality? Personality, new people into our universe and now you stand right side by side, not shoulder to shoulder, but with like Jimmy Haragot, he's a little bit shorter than

you. Tom Miller's – Whatever his name is. Sunday Jeff. Oh, the goat. Dr. D. Same, now you're mentioning the same breath as those titans of TSD Town.

True honor, for real. No salary. No. It's a free clinic. It doesn't come with it, yeah. TSD Town, this appointment comes with no financial benefits to you. In fact, it's probably a financial burden for you in a way but –

Nobody has insurance. You got to bring your own shingle. You got to take any new patients on now. Okay. Yeah, you got to cut them off for your regular – Stop those doctor – those house visits. Do you do telemedicine? I do.

Oh, get them. You are sad, bro. I'm Jack of all trades. Telemedicine is the way to go, right? You You are set, bro. I'm a jack of all trades. Telemedicine is the way to go, right? You can make bank and never leave your bedroom. It's hard though. Is it?

Yeah. I've done telemedicine. It always seems like pretty straightforward. It's so much easier to help diagnose someone when you can be in the same room with them and listen to them and talk to them and see what's up. You're a trained observer, so sometimes if someone walks in, I can just tell right away something, like what's going on. She's like Smurfette in Smurf town because in TSD town, it's all dudes.

It's all dudes. It's all dudes. 13% are representing. So you don't have to worry about any of the female afflictions. You just got to keep your up to date on all the men problems. All the old men stuff. All the male. Your fingers are going to be tired. You're going to have a ganglion cyst.

I'm going to share my rice. You got that bread farf on the chicken parm. I know you brought the Jerry Rice bread farf combination copper. It was a to-back. How old were you when you knew you wanted to be a doctor? I was probably 17 or 18, but I didn't think I was smart enough to do it. I had very little self-confidence. So I applied to college for journalism, and I got there and I was like, no, this is ridiculous.

And I called and said, can I change my major? And they said, like a week before school. And I'm like, just try, just try, you can do it. And I did, so. But I didn't think I was smart enough to do it. And I was scared too. Yeah. And that's what the fear is what keeps everybody from trying everything.

Yeah. And fulfill or trying to do things and accomplish things to fear of not being able to do it. Yeah. That's why a lot of people don't go to the doctor because they're scared. Oh yeah. But if you find one that makes you feel comfortable, it can be a really rewarding experience and you live longer and you're happier.

So do you have patients where you're like, oh man, I can't believe I got to tell this guy this? Or are you generally not the deliverer of those kind of news? You wouldn't believe the things that people tell me when the door shut. I mean, there's things that people tell me when the door shuts and I'm like, I don't want to know that. Oh yeah? You know what I mean?

Completely ridiculous. Tom's like, I had to jerk off 20 times in a row. Just things that would blow your mind about relationships and things that they do behind their significant other's back and just the most ridiculous stuff and it's like, all right. I went to this petting zoo document. You know, those koalas, they're cute as hell but did you know they're disease ridden? It's because they trust me, I guess, which is a nice thing. But it's weird.

Yeah, it's almost like that's the kind of thing you would think is reserved for a psychologist or something, not a general entity. People will tell you anything and you just have to let it hit you and just like a tennis ball, they say like at a curtain, you throw it and it rolls down. You can't react. You have to keep a straight face all the time. Even when people say the most ridiculous or funny things, it's hard sometimes because I like to laugh and I enjoy it, but it's interesting. I can't imagine anything more rewarding though.

If somebody comes in with a problem and they think it's dire and you help them and they get better, that has to be an extremely rush of just great emotions and feeling, right? When you're right about something- I'm God. When you're right about something and you help someone, it's really good feeling. And when you can't figure something out and you're struggling, that's when it's hard. Or when you can't help someone, it feels horrible. So there's ups and downs, everything in life, you know? But when you do help someone and they're better, that is a really good feeling.

It's got to be like, how long is that? Like how long are you walking around like feeling great? Like, does it just as you as you do this longer, does that feeling kind of wear off a little bit quicker? It sticks with you for a while, but it's such a fast-paced job that you got to move on to the next, you know what I mean? And keep going. It's like podcasting. It's on to the next podcast.

We banged a good one. Who cares? We're on to the next one. What's next? No, it lasts for a while. We're kind of like doctors here. We help people laugh. Yeah.

Yeah. You did say it's the best while. We're kind of like doctors here. We help people laugh. Yeah. Yeah. And you did say it's the best medicine. It is. You're honorary doctors. So start acting like you are. We're pretty much doctors. Yeah.

Doctors of podology. That's awesome. White coats for everyone. All right. I think I want it back. Oh, you do? Yeah. Where's she got this?

When do you wear it? Do you wear anything under it? Where's it on the couch? Well, I have an episode. Oh boy. When do you wear it? Do you wear anything under it? Where is it on the couch? But I have an episode. Oh boy. Yeah, I would say she's in.

She's in. Yeah. Welcome to TSD town. Yay. To get you a plaque. Awesome. Thanks. Would you hang it in your office?

100%. All right. We should do it. Thank you for coming. Thank you for having me. Any other questions? Yeah, yeah. We're probably going to need you around Christmas time on our Christmas episode. Okay. A lot of people commit suicide around that.

Oh, gosh. Let's forget to prevent it. I was just thinking more of the aspect. We need fresh blood. We need fresh stories. You need a medical on staff just in case someone goes down. Oh, yeah. That could happen at any recording. I've always thought that's going to happen. But honestly, thank you. We appreciate your time. You're so welcome.

Thank you. You know, one of the things I love is a lot of our listeners think we're stupid and they have no problem going online and saying that we're so stupid. Oh, you're not. Yeah. This right here, having a doctor as a listener, negates all these trolls telling me that I'm an idiot and I'm stupid and then I never, you know, oh, he never went to college and he never, he literally moved six miles from his house. What does he know?

He's a dope. That's very specific. Shut up, mom. Shut up, mom. Shut up. It really is. This negates that shit. Tell him, Steve, Dave. It's like a Mensa podcast.