Necessary Inconvenience

I won’t lie…

Great lab results get me excited! 

Vital signs to match?… I’m pumped

But more importantly it’s how good my patients feel..

Like when Mr “I-don’t-like-to-see-doctors” came back in …

Refused blood pressure medication visits #1 and #2..


But on visit 3 His BP was better 

And I asked …

Bet (yes bet) how do you feel?

“I feel better”

“I have more energy”

“I sleep better”

“And I seem more focused “
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Seem?

Discussion for another day 

Oh really …

So you agree that the lifestyle changes work?

“Yeah doc” (his expression not mine)

… and they help you feel better

“Yup”

Do you agree it’s worth it for you?

“How do you mean?”

The inconvenience… compared to how you feel now..

Is it worth for you?

“Oh most definitely “
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Much more than your lab results

Much more than your vitals signs

It’s how your quality of life improves

So here’s to you..

Doing the do … eating the eats to get you feeling as good as ya look!

If you or any one you know is looking for a Family Physician that nudges you to make lifestyle changes and helps improve your quality of life…

…with and without medications 

I. Am. She,
Dr. Olabintan

Author

Dr. Tolulope Olabintan MD, AAHIVS, FAAFP, dipABLM Dr. Tolulope Olabintan is the Co-Founder and Medical Director of Livingspring Family Medical Center. She is a Christian, Family Physician, writer, mentor, mother and wife. She takes joy in empowering her patients and readers to live their fullest lives possible. She helps patients live long and well as she believes that the quality of life is just as important as the quantity of life. She is also a foodie and loves the colors teal and orange. Dr. Olabintan completed her medical degree at UMDNJ Rutgers Medical School in 2007. Dr. O went on to finish her Family Medicine Residency from Albert Einstein College of Medicine Family Medicine residency where she also served as a Chief Resident. She then went on to complete a women’s health/surgical obstetrics fellowship at St Francis hospital in 2011. She is a board-certified Family Physician, Lifestyle Medicine, a HIV specialist and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.