DERMATOLOGIST

She doesn’t have cancer. That’s a relief to hear. She’s just—losing her hair. 29 years old, and Bonnie is losing her hair. Oh, the poor thing. Her doctor says it’s a skin problem and sent her to Dr. Levinson, a dermatologist. Dr. Levinson says it’s a blood problem and sent her to Dr. Watkins, a dermatologist. She’s still waiting to hear from Dr. Watkins. Meanwhile, the hair’s going fast. People might start thinking that Bonnie’s a man. What if she’s picked up by some woman? I never thought of Bonnie being that way, not once, I swear. Wait a minute—I think she’s coming back. ……It turns out that the dermatologist dropped the case and told her to go to this women’s hair loss clinic. She says she’s feeling somewhat better about it, because now she can get specific instructions how to treat her hair loss problem. I say she should call her physician and Dr. Levinson and tell them where they can shove it. You know what? I think maybe it was merely something she ATE. Like an egg, or milk, or one of those dairy products that everybody always claims is going to do you in, like oh, if you eat more than one egg you’re going to die of a stroke, or something. Who knows the secrets of the human body, right? Anything triggers off anything. I couldn’t pee for a whole day after starting my blood pressure medications. It was a nightmare. Anyway that’s what I think. Blood, schmud. Bonnie sat down one morning and had breakfast, and maybe she put too much salt on the eggs, or too much milk in the cereal, or.

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