An up to the minute, blow-by-blow status on the doctor’s visit

I guess it all boils down to living by the numbers.
When your cholesterol numbers are higher than the “averages,” they wring their hands and put you on meds.  Then with time, your numbers creep back down (hopefully) and you are in their good graces once again. 
Unless your blood pressure numbers are too high.
Then they wring [...]