i've been tagged, happy new year!!
Exploracilious!!
1. i was born and raised in the baltimore metropolitan area, the oldest of three, one brother, one sister.
2. i am a member of the first graduating class from randallstown high school in 19???
3. my nickname in high school was Big I, never quite liked it, but when you're last name is tucker, it could have been a lot worse.
4. i ran cross country and track in high school, didn't care much for cross country, but the track coach said if you're going to run track son, you're running cross country. thanks coach. i was a highly ranked quarter miler in my senior year at 51 seconds.
5. i attended the university of maryland at college park and the pennsylvania college of optometry in the city of brotherly love.
6. i have been practicing optometry for 30 years. "but dr tucker, you couldn't possibly have been practicing for 30 years". denial, as they say, ain't just a river in egypt.
7. i know you're jealous, but as a self-employed eye care practitioner, i get one whole week of unpaid vacation every year. so i try to pick someplace nice to go...where there's a meeting. hence, some of the recent landscape posts.
8.i believe in empowering my staff, but ultimately the buck stops with me. therefore, do you know how we achieve a consensus at my office??? when they agree with me :-)
9. i have what i believe is a pretty loyal patient base, and have initiated a 20 year hug policy for the women...guys get handshakes and water bottles.
10. what can i say, i'm a sexist pig, i get 2 or 3 new hugs a week, and quite a few more from patients who have already been coming more than 20 years.
11. i like what i do, am actually quite good at it, but one of these days i don't think i would mind doing it a little less.
12.i am color deficient, color blind for the layperson. it is a sex-linked recessive gene, so, in theory, i got it from my mother's father. who was a tailor. go figure
13. my office wardrobe therefore consists almost entirely of predominantly gray slacks and blue shirts. hey, i look good in blue :-) i have three pairs of shoes and three watches, a drawer full of black socks and a drawer full of white socks. i can mix and match them with the best of you :-)
14. speaking of my gene pool, it sucks. virtually every systemic disease known to man runs in my family, including hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, thyroid dysfunction and cancer. i have had elevated cholesterol virtually my entire life, nearly 300 prior to initiating treatment with diet (yeah sure), exercise and 3 different medications. my cholesterol is now down to 125. my physician said i had the cholesterol of a young woman. i said, i'd rather have the young woman. ba da bing
15. by the way, she said, you now have diabetes. diabetes is a tougher nut to crack, but other than being angry and depressed i'm handling it rather well. jk :-)
16. i hunt and peck, so this took like forever, so thanks for reading and letting me vent a little. happy new year!!
i've been tagged, happy new year!!
Exploracilious!!
1. i was born and raised in the baltimore metropolitan area, the oldest of three, one brother, one sister.
2. i am a member of the first graduating class from randallstown high school in 19???
3. my nickname in high school was Big I, never quite liked it, but when you're last name is tucker, it could have been a lot worse.
4. i ran cross country and track in high school, didn't care much for cross country, but the track coach said if you're going to run track son, you're running cross country. thanks coach. i was a highly ranked quarter miler in my senior year at 51 seconds.
5. i attended the university of maryland at college park and the pennsylvania college of optometry in the city of brotherly love.
6. i have been practicing optometry for 30 years. "but dr tucker, you couldn't possibly have been practicing for 30 years". denial, as they say, ain't just a river in egypt.
7. i know you're jealous, but as a self-employed eye care practitioner, i get one whole week of unpaid vacation every year. so i try to pick someplace nice to go...where there's a meeting. hence, some of the recent landscape posts.
8.i believe in empowering my staff, but ultimately the buck stops with me. therefore, do you know how we achieve a consensus at my office??? when they agree with me :-)
9. i have what i believe is a pretty loyal patient base, and have initiated a 20 year hug policy for the women...guys get handshakes and water bottles.
10. what can i say, i'm a sexist pig, i get 2 or 3 new hugs a week, and quite a few more from patients who have already been coming more than 20 years.
11. i like what i do, am actually quite good at it, but one of these days i don't think i would mind doing it a little less.
12.i am color deficient, color blind for the layperson. it is a sex-linked recessive gene, so, in theory, i got it from my mother's father. who was a tailor. go figure
13. my office wardrobe therefore consists almost entirely of predominantly gray slacks and blue shirts. hey, i look good in blue :-) i have three pairs of shoes and three watches, a drawer full of black socks and a drawer full of white socks. i can mix and match them with the best of you :-)
14. speaking of my gene pool, it sucks. virtually every systemic disease known to man runs in my family, including hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, thyroid dysfunction and cancer. i have had elevated cholesterol virtually my entire life, nearly 300 prior to initiating treatment with diet (yeah sure), exercise and 3 different medications. my cholesterol is now down to 125. my physician said i had the cholesterol of a young woman. i said, i'd rather have the young woman. ba da bing
15. by the way, she said, you now have diabetes. diabetes is a tougher nut to crack, but other than being angry and depressed i'm handling it rather well. jk :-)
16. i hunt and peck, so this took like forever, so thanks for reading and letting me vent a little. happy new year!!