medical appointment, plus dealing with the heat wave

[redbird]

I had my quarterly telemedicine visit with Carmen this afternoon. That was primarily for the ritalin prescriptions (a pesky legal requirement), plus whatever else I needed to talk about. This time, my list was scheduling a mammogram and a colon cancer screening, and telling Carmen about the dental work. Carmen said I don't need a mammogram until January, so I'm not having them schedule it yet. Carmen also wants me to have a physical exam, so I'll be going to her office in person on Halloween. Annoyingly, despite that conversation, the "after visit" note from MyChart says I should be scheduling a mammogram now.

I also told Carmen that I am dealing with the heat wave in part by getting outside, and back home, early, before it gets Too Hot. This morning, I had tea, walked over to the supermarket, and got back by 8:30. The supermarket opens at 8, and I arrived ten or 15 minutes later. I very cleverly took an NSAID before going to bed last night, hoping it would still be doing me some good when I woke up, which I think it did. The ice cream section had clearly been picked over (again) but I got a pint of chocolate ice cream, and a pint of key lime sorbet, plus milk, bananas and lemons, and smoked sockeye salmon.

(Yesterday, I went out early and briefly, to take out trash and recycling.)

Comments

[minoanmiss]

*takes notes*

[otter]

That is a smart way to deal with the heat.

[elbren]

i've been making doctors appts for january, so "schedule now" is not incompatible

[redbird]

I already have an eye doctor appointment for October, which I made last October, because he schedules very far out (there aren't a lot of ophthalmologists in my insurance network). The mammogram place will schedule with much less lead time, so I'm leaving this open until I figure out if/when I will want to travel.

I'm also more concerned with missing or having to delay an eye doctor appointment, because of my specific vision problems; the mammogram is routine screening based on age and that I'm Ashkenazi, but I have no family history of breast cancer.