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November 01, 2004
My First Trip To The Doctors
Well I never made it out last night to the BIG Halloween in the Castro party. I was looking forward to it but I was tired, really didnt have anyone to go with, didnt feel like dealing with 300,000 people by myself, and being sick, I decided I should just stay home and get a good nights sleep. A couple of friends did manage to call me at 10:30 but it was a school night, I was already sleeping, and figured it was a sign.
This morning I woke up and had the worst sore throat. My rash is still here and Im still having the chills. My palms and feet itch, and I had all I could do other than swallow my tonsils when I talk. With this I figured it was time to go to the doctor. How difficult could it be?
Well first I had to call my doctors office, whom Ive never talked to in my life because they were assigned to me along with their association Brown and Tolan. Ok, so easy enough you would think. They cant fit me in today even though Ive been sick for 4 days already. Jeesh, do they expect people to call at the slightest sniffle, that way they can get an appointment for when it does get worse? Thats California health care for ya. So I asked about urgent care. From the way I understand, most people out here use Urgent Care because they cant ever get in to see the doctor when the need to. "That may not be covered" she tells me.
So I proceed to talk to an advise nurse with CIGNA who tells me after listening to my symptoms, that its ok to go to Urgent Care. I call my doctors office back and as soon as they heard that, bam! theres a cancelation at 4pm. How convenient. So I leave work at 2:30 so I can be back in the city by 3:30 (allowing time before the actual appointment for paperwork).
Now one of the biggest things for me going to see a new doctor, is every new doctor I talk to, see's my icthyosis, and immediately wants to treat that. grrrrr.... Im not here for a skin condition that Ive been treated for several times over since I was about 4 years old. Although I was a bit frustrated talking about it for about the billionth time in my life, I think I may have lucked out with this doctor. He seems to have a skin condition himself (If not icthyosis), and seemed knowledgable. Ok so they got a point for that.
Vitals: fever (100.2), blood pressure (112/80 normal), I weigh 169 with my clothes on (down from 180 when I moved), and I havent shrunk (yet). lol.
So the best they could do is tell me they arent sure what the cause is. They dont think its the coffee. They made a guess that it may have been something I enhaled (fumes, pollen) that was new to my system, that I never encountered before. I think I already guessed that lol. She did prescribe an allery prescription as well as an antibiotic. Now if I can push myself to get those filled, that would be nice.
So those are the main issues. Now about the doctors office out here. Its a little odd being asked straight out on the forms about your sexual orientation. They dont just ask if you are gay but you have choices. Heterosexual Male, Heterosexual Female, Homesexual Male, Homosexual Female, Bisexual, etc... I guess it should have been expected in the Castro but it still seemed odd.
Another two things that seemed odd were signs for testing of alternative medicine. One was looking for volunteers to see if oyster mushrooms helped cholestoral levels, and the other was to see if marijuanna, helped in HIV cases. Very odd seeing *that* in the doctors office.
So if I havent bored you enough, I got home finally, the place is a mess now that St3ve got back last night, after I spent hours picking it up so he didnt have to come home to a messy apartment. Guess Ill know better now, but in his defense, he hasnt had any time since he got back late last night to pick anything up. Im sure he will get to it tonight.
Finally the furnace. They never came because the girl I spoke with forgot I was leaving a key under the matt outside. They called, I wasnt here, I never called them back, so they didnt come. I was not happy when I called her back and reminded her of the plan. They will be here in about 2 hours to take care of it. *chuckle*
So there ya have it.... If youre not asleep yet, you should be. Peace and love and best wishes to everyone. God I cant wait for Josh's visit this weekend and then Rochester in two weeks.
Dont forget to vote, which ever your choice may be. (hopefully we agree but if we dont, I still love ya)
Posted by Des at November 1, 2004 05:22 PM
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