That is sooooooooooooo wrong.
You go to the doctor and eventually are called into his/her presence.
Their first words are always a variation on:
"Hello and how are you"
and you always say
"Oh not so bad" or something similar.
If you are not so bad why are you there? Why do they ask? Your mere presence should indicate to the trained professional that there is something wrong with you and you want them to do something about it but oh no! ~ "How are you today?" "Fine thanks Doctor"
I pushed this theory forward at my Doctor on one occasion. He said "Good morning and how are you?" and I replied "Fvcking awful". There followed a stunned silence which he finally broke by saying ~ "Well I suppose I'd better have a look at you then"

Why else did he think I had suffered the obvious disapproval of his receptionist by waiting for almost an hour past the appointment time?