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I'm about to head out the door to the first of four doctor's appointments I'll be having in the next 3 weeks. They involved poking at both mind and body as they involve a p-doc visit as well as kidney doc visits for my chronic kidney disease, a diabetes doc visit, and--new one--a visit to see if I qualify for weight reduction surgery.
I'm not having any of these appointments due to being in crisis, thankfully. However, it's a lot of poking and probing for me to handle with my PTSD social anxiety. I'm wearing my coat and tie to today's appointment at the big university hospital doc I'm driving to see an hour away. It seems to get me a little more respect when dealing with those harried intake staff, when haggling about insurance co-pays, and taking my place with as much dignity as possible in those suspenseful waiting rooms.
Wish me luck. I may come back to get a second helping of support again between this doc appointment and the last of this string of doc appointments October 7th.
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I did the dumbest thing today. I charged my earbuds, unplugged the block and put the block in my little bag instead of the earbuds. I wasn't happy about that when I got to the gym. What a dummy!
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Ever since I stopped doing therapy because of insurance, I've been feeling that old tense and irritable sense of anxiety and stress. I hate that. I was making so many strides and changes during therapy, my therapist would acknowledge all of my progress and accomplishments, and I miss that reassurance. Today I thought about it, and I made those changes! She would always tell me that I chose to...
Wishing you a boring, uneventful series. Exciting doctor's appointments are never good news.
Scott
I spoke to them calmly, I think, and I think I made the right decisions when asked. I took all of the copies of recent tests and medical records I had, and that helped.
I have to go back once a month now into 2017, though, so this is going on for a longer haul than I expected. I'm trying to stay in the "one day at a time mode." I thought my string of doc appointments were just in the weeks up to be start of October, but now they will go until March. I hadn't prepared myself for that possibility.
Anyway, today went well. If I can repeat today every time I can make it one visit at a time until then. I sure do appreciate your posts of support. I thought of them while I was at the hospital today, and sure enough, I knew I could count on them because here they were when I got home just now. Thank you!