This morning I had my annual physical. I’d like to take this opportunity to give a shout out to my GP. She is awesome! She is super nice + always seems interested to talk with me. Of course she could be faking the interest, but still props to her for spending more than 3 minutes with a patient. I’m sure the insurance companies all hate her. She even gives patients her email address!<\/p>\n
Also, she always has fun extra bonus items for me. Today it was a flu shot — a very nice surprise. I hadn’t even thought I’d be able to get one this year. Of course, now my arm feels like someone socked me, but I’m sure it’ll be better tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Last year she offered me a combined tetanus + pertussis (whooping cough) booster, to which I said bring it on. Since I’m no longer an excavating archaeologist I don’t get the tetanus shots as often as I used to. Again: sore arm, but worth it, esp. since that pertussis resurgence last winter.<\/p>\n
I think she’s a couple of years younger than I am, which always makes me think of the (first) time that I was on leave from archaeology and went to visit a post-baccalaureate pre-med program to see if I really<\/i> wanted to go to medical school. Turns out the answer was no, and I’m pretty happy with that answer still. But sometimes I think about my alterna-self, the doctor. What is she doing now? Is she an orthopedic surgeon, because I have always been interested in bones? Or is she a GP, because they are always in short supply and get a wide variety of cases?<\/p>\n
Likely she is very tired. Which, given the busy day I had and how tired I feel, makes me sad for her. Alterna-Maura, go to sleep!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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