I know it has been insanely quiet here. Many factors, work being the biggest.
So anyway, here's the deal. About 3 weeks ago, I started not feeling real great. I was getting a lot of really pounding headaches and my blood pressure was on the high side. I was also feeling tired a lot. My alarm would go off and I would just not want to get up. It started leading me to the conclusion that it is probably time I go to see a doctor. In truth, I haven't been to see one since college. I suppose in some ways that is good. However, with the wife and I thinking strongly about starting a family, I figured I should get a physical.
So now some background. In truth, I don't like going to the doctor. I'm sure that is true for most people. Most of the times I've seen a doctor it's resulted in batteries of painful tests and procedures and a major surgery that left me with some great after effects. While it beats being dead, its also hard to rationalize going when you feel like nothing is really wrong with you. I also started feeling better last week and started to think, well I'm feeling better again so do I really need to go? The scared kid in me says "no" and the adult says "yes."
So I manned up last week. We have a "health coach" service at work that can help you find a doctor. So I called and got some info, I also talked to someone at work who lives in my area. Based on those things, I found a good fit. So after forgetting at the end of last week, I called today. The doctor operates out of a popular clinical in my town. My wife's doctor is also there. They are also connected with the hospital in town, so it seems like a win. So I call and confirm the Doc is still taking new patients, and get hastily transferred to his office. So I go from a person, to a machine. I pick that I want to setup a future appointment and get told to "stay on the line" for the receptionist. I wait. I wait more. Five minutes later and after the forth "your call is important to us" I hang up.
So of course the little kid is saying "see smart guy, they can't even answer the phone."
Usually I just laugh it off. I have to with my luck. This was just one of those things, I was already anxious about this and a bad first impression just made it worse. Deep sigh…
