This time it's not my neighbor, it's me.
It's that strange mineral salt smell I noticed last year when starting my fitness initiative. Now that I'm back on track I smell it after working out. Like I said before, not sweat but something different.
Yeah, so, I'm at it again. The visit to the new doctor's office a week ago really did have an impact. I saw Ben, the practice's P.A. and his amiable, folksy and honest demeanor struck a chord. This is what I was hoping would happen and the main reason I left my previous doctor. Despite several years of visits with her, I just felt like a number to her. I would mention important things about my health situation to her and she had to look at her file on me before she could respond. In other words, she didn't remember anything. I caught her contradicting herself many times and as mentioned most fervently here, she often neglected to inform me of side effects of my meds, especially in light of other existing conditions I have.
So she's out, the new place is in. Haven't been told which of the three doctors at the place will be my practitioner but frankly I'd be just as satisfied to have Ben full time. My experiences at RIGHA, a million years ago in Rhode Island, were mainly visits with PAs and I loved that coverage/treatment HMO. Are one-stop shops like that still around anymore? $5 co-pays, $5 drugs, walk-in's being seen in ten minutes, all under one roof? Man I miss the old days.
So with my first week back under my belt, on the Phen, working out, lovin' my salads, not even thinking about beer, I, of course, feel great. But we've been on this ride before. We known it doesn't last forever. Well, I guess the same can be said for life in general, but we strive on. And try to make the best of each day we've got. So that's what I'm doing.
It's that strange mineral salt smell I noticed last year when starting my fitness initiative. Now that I'm back on track I smell it after working out. Like I said before, not sweat but something different.
Yeah, so, I'm at it again. The visit to the new doctor's office a week ago really did have an impact. I saw Ben, the practice's P.A. and his amiable, folksy and honest demeanor struck a chord. This is what I was hoping would happen and the main reason I left my previous doctor. Despite several years of visits with her, I just felt like a number to her. I would mention important things about my health situation to her and she had to look at her file on me before she could respond. In other words, she didn't remember anything. I caught her contradicting herself many times and as mentioned most fervently here, she often neglected to inform me of side effects of my meds, especially in light of other existing conditions I have.
So she's out, the new place is in. Haven't been told which of the three doctors at the place will be my practitioner but frankly I'd be just as satisfied to have Ben full time. My experiences at RIGHA, a million years ago in Rhode Island, were mainly visits with PAs and I loved that coverage/treatment HMO. Are one-stop shops like that still around anymore? $5 co-pays, $5 drugs, walk-in's being seen in ten minutes, all under one roof? Man I miss the old days.
So with my first week back under my belt, on the Phen, working out, lovin' my salads, not even thinking about beer, I, of course, feel great. But we've been on this ride before. We known it doesn't last forever. Well, I guess the same can be said for life in general, but we strive on. And try to make the best of each day we've got. So that's what I'm doing.