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I saw Carmen today, for my annual physical. I walked in there with a list of things I wanted to address, and we covered all of them, along with physical exam things like listening to my lungs and taking my pulse at my ankles. This took longer than the scheduled time, so she called me this evening to finish one discussion.
I will be getting a different inhaler, a steroid that I should use twice a day, every day, rather than using the albuterol at least once almost every day. (I will also have the albuterol, for any days when I'm coughing significantly despite the new inhaler.)
As I'd expected, I'm supposed to call Mt. Auburn Hospital to schedule a mammogram. Having gotten home after 5 today, I'll be making that call on Monday, along with scheduling follow-ups with Carmen, one to discuss and measure how well the new inhaler is working, and probably a second three months from now for the Ritalin prescription.
I was pleased and a little surprised that the other two adults in the waiting room when I arrived were also masked, and the only discussion of masking was one of them telling her toddler that they didn't have the right size of mask for her, but getting her one to try on anyway. There were also more masked people on the subway and bus today than I'd seen in a while.
ETA: They drew blood for cholesterol testing. The results are high, but, according to Carmen, about the same as last year, and not high enough to start taking medicine for that. Good, I don't need yet more prescriptions to do "does A interact with any of B, C, D, E, or F" with.
I will be getting a different inhaler, a steroid that I should use twice a day, every day, rather than using the albuterol at least once almost every day. (I will also have the albuterol, for any days when I'm coughing significantly despite the new inhaler.)
As I'd expected, I'm supposed to call Mt. Auburn Hospital to schedule a mammogram. Having gotten home after 5 today, I'll be making that call on Monday, along with scheduling follow-ups with Carmen, one to discuss and measure how well the new inhaler is working, and probably a second three months from now for the Ritalin prescription.
I was pleased and a little surprised that the other two adults in the waiting room when I arrived were also masked, and the only discussion of masking was one of them telling her toddler that they didn't have the right size of mask for her, but getting her one to try on anyway. There were also more masked people on the subway and bus today than I'd seen in a while.
ETA: They drew blood for cholesterol testing. The results are high, but, according to Carmen, about the same as last year, and not high enough to start taking medicine for that. Good, I don't need yet more prescriptions to do "does A interact with any of B, C, D, E, or F" with.
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