From the quote-of-the-day files:
I think you’re still salvageable.
–My witch doctor (rheumatologist), yesterday, commenting on my medical condition. He said this in a clinical, matter-of-fact, non-humorous manner.
It’s nice to know that a medical professional has not yet relegated me to the scrapheap of humanity.
Incidentally, avoid the need to see a rheumatologist, if at all possible. It’s a pseudoscience. Despite medical advancements on other fronts, little is known about the causes, behavior, and treatments for autoimmune joint inflammation.