In a previous article, "Mike Rapoport" said:
I've always wondered why these things take so long. It would seem the
either one qualifies for a medical or one does not. Why did it take so
long? Were they waiting to see if you would survive until Christmas?

God only knows. I wrote all about what it looked like from my side of the
conversation in those blog entries I referenced earlier. But I assumed
back in late August-early September that it would take a doctor to look at
the lab tests and say exactly what my family doctor said, which is that
the a1c result shows that there is no longer even the slightest hint that
I had blood sugar problems at one time, and sign it. Total time expended?
About 5 minutes. But such was not to be.


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