Doctor appointment
Dec. 22nd, 2004 09:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
judecorpYou'll all be so proud - I made and attended a doctor appointment this morning for my throat.
Of course, I could only get in with the nurse practitioner, and I was only in there for five minutes, long enough for her to say, "Wow, that's really swollen," and "Keep taking those antibiotics so you don't get resistant bacteria," and "Wow, I didn't know about that contraindication with ibuprofen - thanks for letting me know!" She also told me to call my nurse tomorrow to get me a referral to an ENT. And that she hoped I got better and not worse for Christmas.
Well, that was a big fat waste of a $20 co-pay! But at least I can say that I was sick, and I admitted I was sick, /and/ I cancelled three of my appointments today (one for the doctor appointment, one because I didn't know how long the appointment would take, and one because it was an evening appointment and I wasn't up for it). Productivity be damned! But I /did/ deliver all of the gifts to families that I needed to deliver today, /and/ made a side trip to another family to deliver gifts and a crib I managed to finagle, and attended the office holiday food party and led my Taboo team to a victory!
THERE IS NO STOPPING ME.
(I am just really REALLY hoping my throat does not get any worse. It is pretty bad right now. It tends to get worse overnight. Please send good thoughts!)
Also, I am in BIG LOVE with Carina for sending my Jennifer and I such thoughtful presents! AND my grandparents sent a card to both Jennifer and me! WHOO!
Of course, I could only get in with the nurse practitioner, and I was only in there for five minutes, long enough for her to say, "Wow, that's really swollen," and "Keep taking those antibiotics so you don't get resistant bacteria," and "Wow, I didn't know about that contraindication with ibuprofen - thanks for letting me know!" She also told me to call my nurse tomorrow to get me a referral to an ENT. And that she hoped I got better and not worse for Christmas.
Well, that was a big fat waste of a $20 co-pay! But at least I can say that I was sick, and I admitted I was sick, /and/ I cancelled three of my appointments today (one for the doctor appointment, one because I didn't know how long the appointment would take, and one because it was an evening appointment and I wasn't up for it). Productivity be damned! But I /did/ deliver all of the gifts to families that I needed to deliver today, /and/ made a side trip to another family to deliver gifts and a crib I managed to finagle, and attended the office holiday food party and led my Taboo team to a victory!
THERE IS NO STOPPING ME.
(I am just really REALLY hoping my throat does not get any worse. It is pretty bad right now. It tends to get worse overnight. Please send good thoughts!)
Also, I am in BIG LOVE with Carina for sending my Jennifer and I such thoughtful presents! AND my grandparents sent a card to both Jennifer and me! WHOO!
