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DR. KERRI WILLIAMS · One on One With a Professional

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.
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  Speaker 2: It is time now for Ask the Doctor, and the
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  Speaker 2: doctor is Carrie Williams.
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  Speaker 1: From MedClub Artisville.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, Doc. Hi, good morning.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, what is MedClub? Because a lot of people want
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  Speaker 2: to know. They see the sign out there on 75
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  Speaker 2: across from Jimmy's Egg, and they say, MedClub?
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to put you on the spot.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, it is a club. You have to be a member.
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  Speaker 3: And we take less than 700 patients. And what it is...
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  Speaker 3: It's called direct primary care. That's the type of practice
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  Speaker 3: it is. And that is a relationship, contractual relationship between
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  Speaker 3: a patient and a physician. The physician will provide. basic
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  Speaker 3: primary care services and so that allows that patient to
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  Speaker 3: have access to that doctor the patient can see that
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  Speaker 3: doctor as many times as they need to and the
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  Speaker 3: doctor will spend a lot more time with that patient
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  Speaker 3: because usual traditional practice has between three four thousand patients
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  Speaker 3: having several hundred allows that doctor more time per patient.
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  Speaker 1: Well doesn't that mean that it would be more expensive
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  Speaker 1: It will.
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  Speaker 3: Be less expensive because there's a flat fee every month,
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  Speaker 3: and it's determined by your age. We do not cut,
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  Speaker 3: kind of like traditional insurance, we do not cover your
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  Speaker 3: inpatient or your surgeries or baby deliveries or your x-rays.
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  Speaker 3: That is not a primary care service or a physician's
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  Speaker 3: primary care service.
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  Speaker 2: But a primary care is visiting with the doctor, finding
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  Speaker 2: out what needs to be found out, And assessing where
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  Speaker 2: you are and meeting that patient where they are.
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  Speaker 3: Yes. And it's very important to me that a patient
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  Speaker 3: determine their own health care goals. What are your goals? Well,
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  Speaker 3: we have to be realistic about some of these goals.
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  Speaker 3: We're not going to be 20. If you're 50, you're
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  Speaker 3: not going to be 25 again.
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  Speaker 1: Well, doctor, you and I have had that conversation before.
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  Speaker 3: Yes. But I'm a partner in your health care. I'm
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  Speaker 3: known to be quite blunt and very forthright and direct
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  Speaker 3: about your health care.
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  Speaker 1: That's okay.
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  Speaker 3: But. I want you to understand it and you to know.
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  Speaker 3: And I very much encourage that my patients study a
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  Speaker 3: lot about their own disease process, their own health maintenance.
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  Speaker 2: Well, knowledge is power, and it gets you to that
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  Speaker 2: goal that you work together to figure out. You need
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  Speaker 2: the knowledge as the patient. You need the information to
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  Speaker 2: help you help yourself.
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  Speaker 3: Exactly. If you go to your accountant or your attorney,
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  Speaker 3: they're not going to explain. A lot of it.
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  Speaker 2: And how do you feel when that happens, folks? I'm
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  Speaker 2: just being rhetorical here. When you're with Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Williams, you're going to get some words, but you're going
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  Speaker 1: to find out what's going on.
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  Speaker 2: And you're also going to understand these terms. And you'll
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  Speaker 2: be able to help guide the course along with Dr.
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  Speaker 2: Williams for the best outcome reaching your health goal.
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  Speaker 3: And that most people haven't thought about their goals.
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  Speaker 1: No, they haven't.
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  Speaker 2: They just say, ouch, this hurts, fix it. It's like
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  Speaker 2: taking your car to the mechanic. Well, your body is
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  Speaker 2: your human body. It's not like your car.
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  Speaker 3: Well, and most people treat their cars better than they
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  Speaker 3: do their bodies.
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  Speaker 1: I've seen that, yes.
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  Speaker 2: I might have been guilty of that once upon a
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  Speaker 2: time in my life.
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  Speaker 3: They hot rod it a lot, and they don't do
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  Speaker 3: regular maintenance, let alone look under the hood.
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  Speaker 1: That's where this comes together.
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  Speaker 2: Now, you spend an average of a half hour to
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  Speaker 2: even longer sometimes with your patients because you can't. You
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  Speaker 2: don't have thousands of patients. You have a limited number.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, I do. And I am not an employed physician
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  Speaker 3: that is contracted to see so many patients per day.
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  Speaker 3: And I will talk directly to you.
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  Speaker 2: And that's okay because I think a lot of people
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  Speaker 2: are tired of being sugar-coated.
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  Speaker 3: But some people cannot tolerate straight talk, especially in the beginning,
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  Speaker 3: about their health care. And they have to kind of
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  Speaker 3: warm up to it. But the knowledge, and I ask
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  Speaker 3: my patients to study, and I ask them to meet
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  Speaker 3: me partway, too, and understand the terminology and things like that, because...
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  Speaker 3: I would much rather teach you the disease process versus
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  Speaker 3: teach you the vocabulary.
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  Speaker 2: And when you know the process, when you know what's
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  Speaker 2: going on, you don't feel like you're in the dark
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  Speaker 2: about anything. This is where the partnership comes in to
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  Speaker 2: keep you and your.
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  Speaker 1: Health on the road.
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  Speaker 3: Yes. Having time to get to know patients and that
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  Speaker 3: patient know me. Trust is earned both ways.
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  Speaker 1: It does.
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  Speaker 3: And the better you do, the better it is.
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  Speaker 1: The better it is, indeed. Now, some folks will insist
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  Speaker 1: that doctors do nothing more than refer you to somebody
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  Speaker 1: else because they're busy. That's not necessarily the case.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it's very difficult for a contracted doctor or employed
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  Speaker 3: doctor to meet a lot of the specialist needs in
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  Speaker 3: that 10-minute period that they see you. So they do
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  Speaker 3: refer you. And at Med Club, we take the time
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  Speaker 3: to investigate a lot of that prior to giving you
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  Speaker 3: a referral to someone else. It is knowing the labs,
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  Speaker 3: spending time with your blood work or your x-rays or
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  Speaker 3: your EKG is important. And I make sure you get
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  Speaker 3: copies of everything.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, that's for sure.
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  Speaker 2: And in time, you're going to understand every little three-letter
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  Speaker 2: thing that.
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  Speaker 1: It has a.
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  Speaker 3: Little point ratio on there to it. No, it's detailed,
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  Speaker 3: and it's not fun, but it's yours.
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  Speaker 1: It's yours, and you are in control.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: This helps you guide your own path to a healthier,
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  Speaker 2: much better you. Now, speaking about the path, a lot
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  Speaker 2: of folks in their 20s and 30s and 40s, they
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  Speaker 2: don't think too much about their health because darn few people,
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  Speaker 2: Folks in that age range really have a lot of
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  Speaker 2: pain or maybe even indicators that they might have something
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  Speaker 2: wrong with them.
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  Speaker 1: Even though it might be cooking down below or deep
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  Speaker 1: inside you. And they just kind of go about their
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  Speaker 1: merry way.
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  Speaker 2: But we all have a defined time, a limited time
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  Speaker 2: on this earth.
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  Speaker 1: And we have life expectancies.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, we do. And in the United States, it's a
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  Speaker 3: little over 78 years. So those of us that are
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  Speaker 3: over 40 have lived half of our life. Like an automobile,
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  Speaker 3: things wear out. And they're supposed to wear out. That's
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  Speaker 3: the natural progression of the human being.
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  Speaker 1: Sure.
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  Speaker 3: And so what wears out and how much misery are
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  Speaker 3: you in to getting towards the end of your life?
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  Speaker 2: When we talk about getting a little older, you mentioned
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  Speaker 2: that 74.78, 74 years is the average life expectancy. Right.
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  Speaker 2: We also have folks who are of Native descent, and
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  Speaker 2: sometimes that changes, too. We have folks who might be
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  Speaker 2: from other places in the world who are living here now,
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  Speaker 2: and that might have changed, too, because we don't all
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  Speaker 2: have the same, you know, background developing factors.
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  Speaker 3: Well, a lot of your health will be determined by
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  Speaker 3: what you inherit from your parents.
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  Speaker 1: That's true.
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  Speaker 3: And understanding your family histories of their health is very
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  Speaker 3: important because it will help you determine and help you anticipate.
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  Speaker 3: what is coming your direction as far as health care.
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  Speaker 2: And it would be very wise to get in on
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  Speaker 2: this as early as you can in life so that
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  Speaker 2: when things start to manifest, you catch them as they're
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  Speaker 2: getting a hold instead of treating them after the fact.
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  Speaker 3: That is the preferred way to do that.
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  Speaker 1: For all outcomes.
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  Speaker 3: Indeed. That family history will help you anticipate it and
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  Speaker 3: help predetermine a direction. Doesn't mean you will get it
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  Speaker 3: for sure. Sure. But.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm going to pull out a couple of things.
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  Speaker 2: Perhaps your father is arthritic or your mom is diabetic
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  Speaker 2: or perhaps cancer has a tendency to flare up in
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  Speaker 2: different parts of the old family tree. It would probably
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  Speaker 2: be a real good idea to at least get checked
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  Speaker 2: for these things before while you're still healthy and not
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  Speaker 2: presenting any symptoms of chronic illness.
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  Speaker 3: You are correct. Also, in getting it checked when you're
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  Speaker 3: younger sets a baseline.
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  Speaker 1: There you go.
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  Speaker 3: And it allows your doctor to determine where you started
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  Speaker 3: and what you are now and how much change.
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  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 2: My goodness sakes, and a lot can change. I've seen
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  Speaker 2: this with my friends, and as I've aged, usually right
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  Speaker 2: around 55, for guys anyway, the.
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  Speaker 1: Wheels start falling off a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: It's kind of an overstatement, but you notice that you're
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  Speaker 2: not the same as you were at 25 or 35.
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  Speaker 2: There are definitely some markers there when you hit certain ages.
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  Speaker 1: Correct.
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  Speaker 3: That family history, but also the way you treated your body.
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  Speaker 1: Before you got there, did you maintain it?
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  Speaker 3: Did you hot rod it?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Those type of things. But kind of like a luxury vehicle,
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  Speaker 3: you want to take care of it. It's a great investment,
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  Speaker 3: and you are the best investment you can make.
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  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm. That is true. So take care of it. Now,
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  Speaker 1: when we go to Med Club Bartlesville, we.
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  Speaker 2: Have a website here that tells us a lot about
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  Speaker 2: how this works and how you can be a part
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  Speaker 2: of it.
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  Speaker 1: What is the website?
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  Speaker 3: It is medclub.clinic, and it will answer most questions you have.
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  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 3: It also has a form to fill out to become
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  Speaker 3: a member of Med Club. And if that's not enough,
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  Speaker 3: give us a call. We'll try to answer your question.
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  Speaker 3: And if that's not enough, we'll try to get you
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  Speaker 3: in and have a non-medical appointment at no charge.
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  Speaker 1: Very good. Look around, get the lay of the land,
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  Speaker 1: kind of get used to things.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Now, doctor, I want to get back to.
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  Speaker 2: Some of these statistics that you provided. If you include
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  Speaker 2: people over the age of 45 with the U.S. population,
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  Speaker 2: they use a lot of help.
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  Speaker 3: They use over 70% of our country's health care dollars.
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  Speaker 3: And people over 65 are 17% of our... population, but
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  Speaker 3: consume 35% of our health care dollars. So this is
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  Speaker 3: evidence that as you grow older, you don't get healthier,
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  Speaker 3: as a general rule.
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  Speaker 1: As a general rule.
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  Speaker 2: So if you're doing your job, taking care of life,
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  Speaker 2: doing things right now, you're hearing this on the radio,
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  Speaker 2: I want you to put some deep thought into the
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  Speaker 2: website here, medclub.clinic, and take a look around because you're
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  Speaker 2: at that age right now where you probably feel pretty good,
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  Speaker 2: but you might not feel great. But the thing is,
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  Speaker 2: even if you're feeling really good, it's still a good
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  Speaker 2: idea to spend some time with a qualified physician who's
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  Speaker 2: going to spend the time with you to get to
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  Speaker 2: know you, to help you look under the hood, to
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  Speaker 2: help you help yourself in reaching and maintaining.
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  Speaker 1: Your health goals.
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  Speaker 3: Like your automobile. You don't want to be broken down
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  Speaker 3: on the side of the road.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody wants that.
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  Speaker 3: And no one coming to get you. So, don't let
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  Speaker 3: your health slip so far in the wrong direction that
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  Speaker 3: it cannot be fixed.
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  Speaker 2: Four in ten Americans have at least one chronic condition
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  Speaker 2: and half have two or more.
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  Speaker 1: That's an astounding statistic. And it usually creeps up before
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  Speaker 1: you hit middle age.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, it does. And Getting your blood pressure under control
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  Speaker 3: or high cholesterol or your asthma, something like that. That's
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  Speaker 3: important long term.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of people don't realize how important keeping that
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  Speaker 2: blood pressure down into the safe range truly is.
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  Speaker 3: But just like your car, just because it's getting ready
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  Speaker 3: to blow a cylinder. It still runs.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: But then you're broken down on the side of the
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  Speaker 3: road where don't let that blood pressure get so bad
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  Speaker 3: that it tears things up. That is a long-term disease
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  Speaker 3: that more than likely you inherited.
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  Speaker 1: And setting that baseline is so important.
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  Speaker 3: It is. And patients investing in themselves. I'm not just
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  Speaker 3: talking money. I'm talking time and information. Just going to
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  Speaker 3: the doctor and taking pills is not enough investment. Educating yourself,
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  Speaker 3: being aware of What are the symptoms of this? And
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  Speaker 3: being able to stop them before they progress forward. That's
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  Speaker 3: an investment.
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  Speaker 1: And you'll get that at Med Club Bartlesville.
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  Speaker 2: One thing that I hear people saying, I just feel
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  Speaker 2: like I'm so in the dark whenever I get a
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  Speaker 2: medical opinion.
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  Speaker 1: I have no idea what they're talking about.
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  Speaker 2: Well, this is part of the education process when you
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  Speaker 2: converse with the doctor.
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  Speaker 1: You're going to learn things. The doctor is going to
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  Speaker 1: learn things. You're both going to learn things. You're both
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  Speaker 1: going to come away.
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  Speaker 2: With a much better understanding of what is present and
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  Speaker 2: what do we.
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  Speaker 1: Do moving forward.
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  Speaker 3: Correct. But is health care something you want sugar-coated?
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 3: And being very transparent with your results and what you
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  Speaker 3: need to do to move forward and stay as healthy
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  Speaker 3: as you can is important. A lot of people don't
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  Speaker 3: like that, but sugar-coating it does no one any favors.
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  Speaker 1: No, it doesn't.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, it could give you maybe the wrong signal
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  Speaker 2: on what you should be doing in order to be
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  Speaker 2: on that path to health and wellness.
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  Speaker 1: Correct.
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  Speaker 3: And no one wants to hear you've got to change
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  Speaker 3: your diet or you need to put so many steps
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  Speaker 3: in a day to help yourself. That's hard, and that's
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  Speaker 3: an investment. And I know it.
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  Speaker 1: The first look on someone's face is you gotta be
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  Speaker 1: kidding and the thing is it's like well you weren't
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  Speaker 1: doing it before that's kind of how you got here.
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  Speaker 3: Yes and saying yeah that before bed ice cream needs
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  Speaker 3: to go away and no that's not something you want
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  Speaker 3: to do because it brings you pleasure but It's a
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  Speaker 3: double-edged sword.
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  Speaker 2: But I do want folks to really get familiar with
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  Speaker 2: the process here. Med Club Bartlesville is a membership fee,
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  Speaker 2: and I pay that once a month. But I get
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  Speaker 2: to see the doctor as often as I need to.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And I have access to my doctor far more than
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  Speaker 2: I would have to a regular physician at another type
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  Speaker 2: of clinic where there are many physicians at a corporate structure.
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  Speaker 3: Yes. Besides face-to-face appointments, there's a lot of telephone, a
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  Speaker 3: lot of text, e-mails. And I make sure you have
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  Speaker 3: copies of your labs or any other results. And usually
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  Speaker 3: it's accompanied by a note of some kind. And I
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  Speaker 3: compare it to your last ones. And we talk about it.
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  Speaker 3: The patient investing with time and effort into their own
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  Speaker 3: health care is the best investment they can make.
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  Speaker 1: Tell us how we can find you. Where are you located?
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  Speaker 3: We are located on Highway 75 across the street from
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  Speaker 3: Jimmy's Egg. It's 2301 Southeast Washington Boulevard. Our number is 918-214-8200.
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  Speaker 3: And our website is medclub.clinic.