Wake-up Call.

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On Being a PatientApril 2021Wake-up CallRichard B. Weinberg, MDRichard B. Weinberg, MDWake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North CarolinaSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/M20-6946 Audio Reading - “Wake-up Call” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads “Wake-up Call” by Richard B. Weinberg, MD Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Over the course of my 45-year career in medicine, every now and then a patient would appear in clinic dramatically transformed. A patient I had followed for fatty liver disease recently showed up having lost 40 pounds since his previous visit. Just as I had promised, his fatty liver—as well as his diabetes, hypertension, and hypertriglyceridemia—had resolved. He was no longer taking any medications.“Congratulations!” I praised him. “What was the secret to your success?”“I got a wake-up call, Doc,” he told me. “One day I was kidding around with a friend when he said, ‘When you go, they're ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North CarolinaCorresponding Author: Richard B. Weinberg, MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157; e-mail, [email protected]edu. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement Audio Reading - “Wake-up Call” Audio. Michael A. LaCombe, MD, Annals Associate Editor, reads “Wake-up Call” by Richard B. Weinberg, MD Your browser does not support the audio element. Audio player progress bar Step backward in current audio track Play current audio trackPause current audio track Step forward in current audio track Mute current audio trackUnmute current audio track 00:00/ FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics April 2021Volume 174, Issue 4Page: 563-564 ePublished: 20 April 2021 Issue Published: April 2021 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2021 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...