Posted 1/14/22 10:08 P.M. CST
Today I finally got to see my G.P. for my June 2021 six month physical and chronic condition maintenance meds that kept getting rescheduled with their office gap filling my prescriptions issued by the other G.Ps in the office to keep me up to date for the 7 rescheduling times that ranged from 10 to 40 days because the only part of their office that has been running the past few months is the walk in / crawl in runny snot nose /fever clinic.
Each time they rescheduled me to get my prescriptions I had to sign for and pick them up at drive up pharmacy drive up window that is in the suite next door and each time I had to apologize to the pharmacist who is the son of my original pharmacist who often treated my medication and minor medical problems combat medic style if my 1960s/1970s era doctor was out of contact back then because their old family pharmacy isn't in my company's insurer's network.
.Now that the medical mall is back to normal patent entry and visit , when I went in , the only signs up were masks required in the waiting room but in the exam room both the nurse and doctor told me they were optional since the only sign in form was a yes / no five question Covid themed sheet asking if I had fever, flu like symptoms, had Covid in the past two years,, been in contact with someone who had it or was "under investigation for Covid" whatever that meant.
When I told the receptionist that all I knew was that in spring of 2020 my allergies seemed to get bad for a weekend and I was fine the following Monday and none of the vaccinated or non-vaccinated folks i know have been sick and I didn't ask everyone I passed in stores or on the streets if they had it and i had a call from the blood lab they use saying i had antibodies and asking if I would consider donating plasma when the CDC or whatever had labs looking for it to apparently try using folks as serum horses, she said to answer no to all of the questions.
I'm just glad i am back on my 6 month check up / prescription schedule and my G.P.. didn't take offense that in the absence of his 6 month check up I had gotten second opinions from old ranchers to use spearmint oil horse liniment to stop the scarring on my rotatory cuff from popping and dietary advice to strengthen my immune system and help my breathing.
He was also happy that I had lost 11 pounds since he saw me using a pump my arms and legs slow peddle stationary bike for two 30 minute sessions a day as he suggest last year .
It be strange times we been in but in my little corner of this maelstrom everything is normal again
