Wit Page #3
- PG-13
- Year:
- 2001
- 99 min
- 3,090 Views
of Donne's
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions.
l am thanked in the preface.
''Miss Vivian Bearing,
for her able assistance.''
Thank you.
Where's your wheelchair?
l do not know. l was busy, just now.
-l could walk.
-lt's not permitted.
l do not know,
perhaps you would like me to stay?
l guess l gotta go find you a chair.
Don't inconvenience yourself on my behalf.
Miss Bearing, this is Jason Posner.
He's gonna do your medical history
and ask you a few questions.
He's Dr. Kelekian's Fellow.
l'm Dr. Posner, clinical Fellow
at the medical oncology branch...
working with Dr. Kelekian.
Sit over here, please.
Prof. Bearing,
l was a student at the university.
-Took your course in 17th century poetry.
-Did you?
Yes, l thought it was excellent.
Thank you.
-Were you an English major?
-No, biochemistry.
You can't get into med school
unless you're well-rounded.
l bet with myself l could get an A
How'd you do?
-Success.
-Really?
A-minus. lt was a very tough course.
-Yeah, l'll call you.
-Okay.
l'll just wheel this over.
Okay, l'm going to be taking your history...
which is a medical interview,
and then l give you an exam.
l believe Dr. Kelekian
has already done that.
l know, but Dr. Kelekian
wanted me to do one too.
Very well.
Okay, let's just get started.
-How are you feeling today?
-Fine, thank you.
-And how's your general health?
-Fine.
Good.
-We know that you're an academic.
-Yes, we've established that.
-So we don't need to talk about your work.
-No.
-How old are you?
-48.
-Are you married?
-No.
-Are your parents living?
-No.
How and when did they die?
My father, suddenly,
of a heart attack when l was 21 .
My mother, slowly, when l was 41 or 42.
Of breast cancer.
-Cancer?
-Breast cancer.
-l see. Any siblings?
-No.
And now your past medical history.
-Have you ever been hospitalized?
-l had my tonsils out when l was eight.
-Have you ever been pregnant?
-No.
-Heart murmurs?
-No.
-High blood pressure?
-No.
-Venereal diseases, uterine infections--
-No.
-Thyroid, diabetes, cancer--
-No. Cancer, yes.
-When?
-Now.
-Not including now.
-ln that case, no.
Okay.
Clinical depression, nervous breakdown,
suicide attempts--
No.
-Do you smoke?
-No.
-Ethanol.
-l beg your pardon?
Alcohol.
-Ethanol. Yes, l drink wine.
-How much, how often?
A glass, with dinner, occasionally,
and perhaps a scotch every now and then.
-Do you use any substances?
-Such as?
Marijuana, cocaine, crack cocaine,
PCP, ecstasy, poppers--
No.
-Do you drink caffeinated beverages?
-Yes.
-Which ones?
-Coffee, a few cups a day.
-How many?
-Two to six.
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