With the mentality of giving it a try, Sophia made an appointment for Zhou Qiao's service and arrived at Iris Clinic on time.
Her mood was just like the rainy day outside. The whole person is listless, the appearance is dull, and coupled with the fat and bloated body, it is simply useless! I don’t know if anyone will want it in the future!
The climate in San Francisco is very strange. The summer should be hot and sparkling, but it is often shrouded in cold sea fog. The average temperature is 15-21°C. The sea water is so cold that ordinary people dare not swim in the sea.
In winter, it starts to rain a lot, and the air becomes extremely humid, making it almost like spring. Some people even walk outdoors in single clothes.
Sophia walked into the Iris Clinic full of worries and in a bad mood.
This clinic has a small facade, but once you walk in, it is unique and gives you a very warm feeling. Very refreshing and not particularly humid. Because the dehumidification system of the air conditioner is on all day long.
Sofia's eyes brightened a little, but that was it.
Ava saw Sofia first, so she smiled and said hello: "Hello, kind lady, how can I help you?"
Originally, she always said "beautiful lady" or "lovely lady", but when it came to Sofia, she couldn't say those two words no matter what. She was afraid that saying it would make the other party unhappy, so she improvised and changed it to A kind lady!
This is what Zhou Qiao taught her, to learn to praise others. Praise people in a different way, not only to praise, but also to make people really believe you!
I have to say that stunning blondes like Elena and Ava are great to use as fronts. They beheaded men and women. Sofia smiled at herself when she saw such a beautiful Snow White Barbie doll-like beauty. , and praised himself, feeling a little better again.
"My name is Sophia, and I have an appointment with Dr. Zhou." Sophia said calmly. After saying that, Kugua's face turned pale again.
Ava: "Ah~, it was the call the day before yesterday, right? I remember you. Dr. Zhou happens to be free. Come on, I'll take you there!" Immediately, she led Sophia to Zhou Qiao's clinic.
Sofia saw Ava's graceful body from behind, and she didn't know how envious she was. She thought to herself, I wish I were so thin!
However, at the same time as I was envious, I began to feel irritable for no reason.
In fact, Ava is not thin, she and Elena just have slender frames and actually have quite a bit of flesh on their bodies.
It is fat where it should be fat, and thin where it should be thin, and it is concave and convex.
"Dr. Zhou, Sophia is here! I had an appointment with you before!"
When outsiders are present, Ava calls Dr. Zhou seriously, but privately she calls him "Big Baby", "Big Brother", "Big Pervert", "Qiao", "Big Qiao"...all kinds of nicknames. have.
However, although there are many nicknames, they are basically preceded by the word "big"!
Elena and Ava understand men! Every time the word "big" is added, Zhou Qiao will be very excited!
Last night, Zhou Qiao was shocked when he heard Ava calling him "Da Qiao", and his body suddenly trembled: "Please don't call me Da Qiao!"
"Why?" The two women were puzzled.
"Da Qiao is a woman!"
"What?"
Zhou Qiao: "She was a beautiful woman in ancient China. She also had a younger sister named Xiao Qiao! She lived in the south of the Yangtze River. At that time, their reputation for beauty spread throughout the north and south. Even the most powerful princes in the north wanted to capture them and imprison them. !”
"Why should we be imprisoned? Isn't that a waste?"
Zhou Qiao was confused for a moment, and Zhou Qiao laughed strangely: "It's like I imprisoned you two!"
"Perverted!"
"What a pervert!" The two women ran away quickly and screamed!
Those props were chosen by Elena and Ava themselves!
…
"Dr. Zhou, Sophia is here. She is here for weight loss consultation!" Seeing Zhou Qiao giggling and not knowing what she was thinking, Ava couldn't help but raise her voice and solemnly introduced her again!
Sophia: "..." Why does it feel like this doctor is so distracted? I don't know if he is professional or not. She couldn't help but frown slightly.
"Ah, Sofia, hello, hello." Zhou Qiao came back to his senses, greeted quickly, and then said, "Please sit down!"
Sophia sat down.
Ava asked softly: "Black tea or coffee?"
"Coffee, thank you, less sugar."
Ava nodded slightly and then went out.
Zhou Qiao asked: "Hello, Sophia, do you have any needs? Or are you feeling unwell?"
Sophia said: "That's right, I was introduced by Christie. She said she had had surgery at your place before. At that time, it was obesity caused by Cushing's syndrome. Look at me..."
Sophia gestured at her figure and continued: "Do I also have Cushing's syndrome? Can I also lose weight through surgery?"
Zhou Qiao looked at her carefully, then shook his head and said, "You obviously don't have Cushing's syndrome."
Although Sophia is fat, she does not have the typical features of Cushing's syndrome, at least not her moon face or buffalo back.
"Then what am I?" Sophia asked.
"Can you tell me about your usual eating habits?" Zhou Qiao said.
"Can!"
Just then, Ava brought in coffee.
She is good at brewing coffee, and the coffee beans are carefully selected and of better quality, so the aroma when brewed is fragrant.
Sofia sniffed, couldn't help but picked up the coffee, raised her head and drank it all! Then he said to Ava: "Please have another cup with more sugar, thank you!"
Her lack of sugar is actually someone else's excess sugar. Ava put less sugar in it, but Sofia felt that if it were sweeter, it would be even more perfect!
Zhou Qiao: "..."
Ava: "..."
Sofia looked at it in surprise and asked: "What? Is there a problem?... Can't refill the cup?..."
Ava quickly said: "No, no, you can refill the cup. Just wait a moment, I'll be there right away!"
Zhou Qiao frowned slightly.
Sophia couldn't help but said: "Dr. Zhou, don't you feel sorry for your coffee? Well, I have to admit that your coffee tastes really good!"
Zhou Qiao smiled bitterly and asked: "Can you tell me, how many cups of coffee do you drink in a day? Or drinks? What kind of food do you eat?"
"The most in one day?" Sophia was a little confused. She seemed to eat a lot every day. "That... I may not remember clearly."
Zhou Qiao said: "Tell me what you remember, the day that made the most profound impression! And why? This is very important for me to diagnose your condition."
Sophia thought about it carefully and said: "The day I ate the most was probably a rainy day two years ago. It rained heavily like today and was very humid. My ex-boyfriend, a scumbag, dumped me and I was in a very unhappy mood." Okay, so I ate 4 large 500g bags of toast, 9 cakes, 3 cups of Coke, and fried myself 2 steaks and 4 eggs. Until the moment I couldn’t swallow a mouthful of water, I Suddenly I felt very happy, and it felt like I couldn’t see anything anymore!”
"After eating, I felt warm in my stomach, very relaxed and relieved!"
Speaking of this, Sophia herself was stunned.
Zhou Qiao keenly grasped the core: "You mean, after overeating, your mood will get better? Your body will feel very comfortable?"
"Yes!" Sophia took a deep breath and said, "Dr. Zhou, actually I don't know what's going on. Anyway, when I'm in a particularly bad mood, I just can't help but want to eat! No matter what, I just put it in my mouth. Just plug it! Then you will be very satisfied."
"I also know that this is not good, but I just can't control myself!"
"Dr. Zhou, is this a serious mental illness?" Under Zhou Qiao's guidance, Sophia analyzed it herself, and she was surprised to find that she seemed to have grasped the key to the problem!
Zhou Qiao said: "You may have an emotional mental illness, but overeating is not it! This is bulimia nervosa. It's physiological!"
"Bulimia nervosa? What the hell?" Sophia was stunned. She had never heard of this disease, unheard of!
Zhou Qiao smiled slightly and explained to her.
"Bulimic eating disorder is actually a type of eating disorder."
"This is what we often call 'emotional eating', including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and vomiting nervosa."
"This disease often occurs in young women, even some underage girls. It is a relatively serious psychosomatic disease."
Of course, this was not diagnosed by Zhou Qiao based on his own strength. He really had no experience in this area, so he relied on the auxiliary diagnosis of the system.
The conclusion given by the system is: bulimia nervosa + bipolar disorder.
With the help of the system, Zhou Qiao was able to conduct consultations with ease!
Now that the points are abundant, the system is just a tool, and it will go to waste if it is not used. Diagnosing Sophia only cost 2 points, which is not worth mentioning.
Zhou Qiao smiled slightly and continued: "From the statistical clinical cases, there are very few people who simply suffer from bulimia. Most patients with bulimia are also accompanied by other mental disorders, such as depression, bipolar disorder, etc. , so treatment often requires comprehensive consideration to find out the root cause of overeating in order to provide better treatment."
"Ah? Am I really mentally ill?" Sophia's head was buzzing. My heart says I don’t have Cushing’s syndrome? I came here just because of Cushing’s syndrome!
Zhou Qiao stopped explaining and said, "Wait a moment. I'll print out a few test sheets and let's do a scientific evaluation!"
"Are we still going to take a test?" Sofia was most afraid of answering questions.
"It's okay, I will help you together." Zhou Qiao said.
At this moment, Ava brought in coffee again.
The coffee was brewed with hot water, but ice cubes were thrown into it. This is also the case in winter. This is an American habit. They don't like hot drinks. What’s more, San Francisco isn’t cold.
Sofia couldn't help it anymore, picked it up and drank it all in one gulp. She wanted to refill her glass, so she opened her mouth and looked at Zhou Qiao and Ava who looked at her in surprise. Sofia couldn't help but cover her mouth immediately!
The movements are quite exaggerated!
At the same time, her expression became ferocious, and an extremely low mood invaded her heart: "Why can't I control it so much?"
"I have to drink two cups of coffee from this clinic, and I actually want a third cup!"
"I'm such a bastard, I want to whip myself!"
The depressed mood soon turned into irritability. She wanted to bang the table, or even... kill herself!
Ai Wa couldn't help but take a step back, and said indifferently: "... It's okay to refill the third cup... We have no limit to the coffee here, it's enough!"
Ava was about to go back and continue making coffee for Sophia, but Zhou Qiao stopped her and said: "Ava, no need, this is not good for Sophia's condition!"
"Oh, okay." Ava was relieved. It wasn't that she couldn't bear the coffee, but she just felt a little psychological pressure!
It can be seen that Sophia's condition is really serious, and her emotional disorder has been transmitted to others invisibly and began to affect those around her.
Zhou Qiao quickly comforted him and said: "Relax, Sophia, follow me, take three deep breaths, exhale~, inhale~, exhale~, inhale~..."
Finally, under Zhou Qiao's guidance, Sophia's expression slowly changed from ferocious to calm.
"Dr. Zhou, what should I do? I really feel like I'm dead. I want to commit suicide!" After Sophia exhaled, she pulled her hair with both hands and tried to calm herself down.
Zhou Qiao sighed in his heart. It seemed that his condition was quite serious and he had the tendency of self-mutilation and suicide. It seemed that he couldn't do it without using some trump cards!
So, while printing the test form, he silently gave instructions to the system in his mind: "Exchange for master-level knowledge and treatment methods related to bulimia nervosa and bipolar disorder."
This disease does not require surgery and can be alleviated or cured through medication, physical therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and specific psychological counseling.
Zhou Qiao printed out the bipolar disorder test form, which has 90 questions in total, and assisted Sophia in answering the questions while conducting consultations.
When the results came out, Zhou Qiao clearly set out the criteria. Sure enough, Sophia had bipolar disorder.
This disease is also called "bipolar disorder". To put it simply, it means that it is sometimes manic and irritable, sometimes depressed, and in a low mood...
It's like a rubber band, which is sometimes tight and loose; it's like a piece of glass, which is sometimes hot and cold.
How can you bear it?
The rubber band will quickly lose its elasticity and break, and the glass will shatter!
As for humans, it is easy to do things that hurt themselves or others! No matter which one it is, the consequences are disastrous.
"You already have a tendency to harm yourself. I have to give you some guidance!" Zhou Qiao looked into Sophia's eyes and said seriously.
…
Unknowingly, an hour passed.
Zhou Qiao's clinic door hasn't been opened yet, and Sophia is still inside for treatment!
In the rest area outside, there was already the next patient waiting. There were originally three patients, all of whom had made appointments with Dr. Zhou. As a result, Sophia was still waiting for the end, and two of them went to Rachel at Ava's suggestion. 's clinic.
Elena came to find Ava and asked quietly: "Who is in Zhou Qiao's clinic? Is it a woman?"
Ava said: "Sister, how do you know?"
"Hmph, a man would linger for so long? He must have done this after meeting a beautiful woman!" Elena pouted, she understood Zhou Qiao well.
In retrospect, when Luo Ya came to see a doctor, Zhou Qiao was "gritty". If it had been a man, Elena felt that Zhou Qiao would definitely not be so dedicated!
Ava stopped helping her sister this time, but spoke for Zhou Qiao: "Sister, you misunderstood. Although the woman is a woman,... Qiao will not be interested in that woman."
"oh?"
Seeing that Elena didn't believe it, Ava leaned into her sister's ear and whispered a few words. Suddenly, Elena beamed. After all, it’s not easy to openly say something bad about Sophia.
Hearing that Sophia is so ugly and so fat, how can Elena not feel relieved? Although Zhou Qiao is pretty, she still has high standards and standards! He really doesn't like it in general!
"That's good. However, the diagnosis and treatment time is so long, and the diagnosis and treatment fee is also very expensive!" Elena muttered, and began to worry about the patient's opinions again.
Because, Iris Clinic charges by time, and it has been almost 65 minutes now.
It has exceeded the maximum standard of -5 for outpatient service time, and another -4 needs to be added.
Level-5: Clinic time is 40 minutes, clinic fee is about US$225;
Level-4: Clinic time is 25 minutes, clinic fee is about US$160;
In other words, the outpatient fee alone is as high as 385 US dollars! Not including other costs!
Fortunately, Zhou Qiao's clinic door finally opened, and he sent Sophia out. He was also heard explaining some daily precautions to Sophia, and asked her to continue taking medicine.
"Sophia, your disease is not something that can be cured in a day. In addition to continuing to take medicine, you also need to come to the outpatient clinic for regular check-ups, coupled with nutritional therapy and increased exercise, to slowly eliminate it."
"Yeah, thank you, Dr. Zhou. After your physical therapy and psychological counseling, I feel much better now, and I feel less interested in food. I look forward to the day when I can lose weight soon!" Sophia said happily.
Zhou Qiao nodded and encouraged: "As long as you persist, cooperate with my treatment, and come for regular check-ups, I believe that you will be able to see satisfactory results in half a year at most!"
Since Sophia was introduced by Christie, Zhou Qiao would not increase the price for her. Because new customers are often $20-30 more expensive than old customers!
However, even at 385, it is still worth every penny. This is a master-level diagnosis and treatment. Domestic expert accounts also have two to three hundred, or even more expensive ones, and they don't last that long.
"Physiotherapy?"
Outside the door, Elena and Ava looked at each other, what kind of treatment was that? Decided to torture Zhou Qiao properly if he had time. If it’s a useful treatment, they want it too!
Because, from the time Sophia entered the house to the time she left, the changes before and after were astonishing.
When Sophia first came in, her face was full of anger and bitterness, she walked listlessly and dejectedly, but now when she goes out, she seems to have been brainwashed, she is full of energy, radiant, and full of hope for the future!
God, what did Zhou Qiao do to others? !
Fortunately, Sophia is mediocre in appearance, otherwise Elena and Ava would have wild imaginations, because Zhou Qiao often does some indescribable things with them in the clinic!
(End of chapter)
