The weather is changing and spring fever is running rampant. Underneath the snow rivers run and puddles grow. The driveway is a muddy mess and what was once a snow white over of fluff is now an icy, dirty, field of debris. In spite of the muddy disarray, the sun and warmer temperatures beckon us outside. Too bad I don't know what to do once I get out.
I went for a drug screening today, something I never imagined having to do. I've made numerous calls in an attempt to locate old medical records, specifically vaccinations, but apparently everything has been destroyed. I am a medical nobody outside of the records at my OB/GYN and they will disappear once my baby turns 21. I did learn I was last at the GYN in 2004. It was the same year I also had my last physical with a general practitioner, a mammogram or two, and was treated for a UTI. After that I lost my insurance coverage, wasn't sick, and soon after my then physician moved her practice to another location. All of my childhood records are gone and all of my adult records are gone too.
I am starting over. I have a clean slate, in a manner of speaking. Tomorrow I have a consultation with the nurse practitioner where My Darling has his doctor. (I should be writing out my life history...) I need to prove I am immune to the measles if I hope to ever get a job in the nursing home, and I need a doctor to order the titer to prove my immunity. Needless to say, it's been a busy week.
Well now, doesn't that all sound fun! ha.
ReplyDeleteThe worst part of it all was telling Emma's mother I won't be able to put her on the bus in the morning. Other than that everyone has been encouraging.
DeleteFun? Not so much. Different and stretching? Absolutely.
:0)
Medical records.....volumes and volumes and when you move...they all have to be transferred. We are dealing with that now. Signed the waiver, so letting the doctor to the followup.
ReplyDeleteHope you get yours all sorted out.
I love your new spring header.
I don't know what they deem important in forwarding medical records. When mine were transferred it was only the last two pages. That couldn't have been childhood records. It will get sorted out one way or another. Too bad they weren't looking for mumps (I had that) or Rubella (They came through the Kindergarten with needles in 1969...)
DeleteI thought it was time to dress for spring.
:0)
I'm immune to the measles.
ReplyDeleteAre you? Do you have a vaccine record to prove it? Better get a copy of it now while it still exists.
Delete:0)
PS. I ought to be immune too. I did have the vaccine, but Grandma didn't write down the date, only "measles vaccine." On the other hand I know exactly when I had chicken pox and the mumps.
I'm pretty sure a simple blood test will show if you are immune to these childhood diseases?
ReplyDeleteMarilyn from Canada
Yes, Marilyn, it will, but I needed a doctor to order one. That was taken care of this morning. Now we wait and see if I need any boosters.
Delete:0)