One day I was seeing a woman in her late 80s. She was in remarkably good shape and very personable so it was a lot of fun just talking to her. Unfortunately, her husband was chronically ill and living in a nursing home. She went to see him every day.
As I started to examine her, I noticed a bracelet she was wearing. I commented on it and she told me it was a present from her children on the occasion of her 50th wedding anniversary. I congratulated her and asked her how long she'd been married now. She replied, "Sixty-three years."
It's my practice to ask symptom-related questions as I examine someone and shortly after her answer I was ready to examine her ears. When I asked her, "How've the ears been?" she smiled wistfully & replied, "Oh, they've been wonderful years."
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