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I went to the doctor today!

It was my general yearly checkup, and I am pleased to say I passed (that might've even been Rori's words to me when she finished looking at my eyes and ears and tum). I am almost 35 and pretty healthy! Which is a nice thing to be for now --I know it will not continue forever, but I hope it continues a good long time.

I learned a possible reason for why my pulse might be so high every time I use a pulse oximeter (and also that ~98 is not unusually high for pulse anyways so I don't need to be worried about that).

I didn't have to do a pap smear (fuckin' _yay_) and we discussed how at this stage, probably my own boob checks that I do on my own are as good as anything the doctors could do by hand. I'm probably approaching the age for my first smashogram, but maybe I snuck in just under the wire this time.

My NP (who is the one I saw today, rather than my GP) is _fucking great_ and I really enjoy her energy and conversations. I have long since taken the "no shame no cringe" stance with doctors, but Rori goes a long way to making me feel non-judged and safe to talk about like, my ADHD symptoms and stuff. My GP is fine, I have no complaints about her, but it's nice to have at least one medical professional who I get excited to see.

(Having a father who is a doctor helps with feeling comfortable with being honest, because I can assure you, no matter how embarrassing a medical thing you have done, They Have Seen Worse (and funnier).)

One of my side goals this upcoming year might be to catch up on medical shit --I last saw a dermatologist when I was eighteen, my glasses are from five years ago, my teeth are.... let's not talk about my teeth. I have the therapy part, even if I worry I'm not doing it right, and like I said, the doc was just fine with my general check-upness. But there are all these ~specialized~ parts of the body to worry about!

Something really nice was that near the end, Rori specifically asked if I needed any letters for work about my health stuff. I don't currently I'm not out at work about ADHD because I'm not seeking any specific accomodations, but it was cool to have her proactively offer such a thing, and it's a nice suggestion that if my school ever decides to give me shit about wearing a mask, I have a medical professional (who was also wearing a mask my entire appointment and yes albeit surgical, but over her nose and I didn't have to request it and that's not nothing!) who would probably be willing to write me a "sorry, Kat would like to minimize their chance of getting long covid and therefore is allowed to wear a mask whenever they want" note.

So that was a good appointment and I feel very lucky to have that kind of relationship with my med team, since I know it's not a guarantee and lots of people have shitty doctors.

~Sor
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