{"id":155,"date":"2006-07-23T09:35:16","date_gmt":"2006-07-23T00:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theelusivepotofgold.com\/MyBlog\/2006\/07\/23\/155\/"},"modified":"2006-07-26T09:21:20","modified_gmt":"2006-07-25T23:51:20","slug":"155","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theelusivepotofgold.com\/MyBlog\/2006\/07\/23\/155\/","title":{"rendered":"Following A Doctor&#8217;s Instructions."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">A woman and her husband were in the<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"KonaBody\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">doctor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office discussing her husband&#8217;s condition when the doctor asks if he could speak to the woman privately. They adjourn to another private room where the doctor sits her down.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Doctor: &#8220;I am afraid your husband is suffering from a very rare stress related disease which can ultimately result in his death!\u00c2\u00a0Wife: &#8220;OH my God! Can anything be done?&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 14.4pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">Doctor: &#8220;As I said, it is stress related, and you must reduce all forms of stress at home. I recommend you do the following.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 0cm\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 14.4pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt\"><font size=\"3\"><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman\">When he comes home from work, give him a hug. 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