One of the by-products of my recent-ish divorce is that I just barely got my own health insurance policy.\u00a0 It’s the first time that I’ve had insurance on my own (not as the result of being a dependent of someone else), and seems a pretty big step for me in being financially and legally independent.<\/p>\n
So recently I saw my new doctor for the first time.\u00a0 I went specifically to get a prescription for some changes to my prosthesis.\u00a0 When we met I explained to him exactly what I needed, gave him the contact info for my prosthetist, etc.\u00a0 I didn’t expect for him to examine me, nor did I even sit on the exam table in the room.\u00a0 Also, when he queried me about whether I was up to date on my vaccinations, I could tell that my reply left him a little bit speechless.<\/p>\n
“How do you know so much about this stuff? He asked as he gestured to a screen on his computer showing checkboxes for my immunization record–just after I’d given him a 10-minute spiel about the Tdap vaccine.<\/p>\n
“I’m a medical historian, with a strong research interest in resurgent disease.” I replied.<\/p>\n
I must say, there’s something about going into a doc’s office with some confidence, knowing exactly what I need and how to get it, that tends to offset any anxiety that I feel from having had so much medical trauma in the past.\u00a0 Perhaps it’s a bit intimidating for the physicians that I interact with–but I think they tend to find it rather refreshing among the garden-variety sore throats and coughs that they see all day long…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the by-products of my recent-ish divorce is that I just barely got my own health insurance policy.\u00a0 It’s the first time that I’ve had insurance on my own (not as the result of being a dependent of someone else), and seems a pretty big step for me in being financially and legally independent. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,25,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amputee","category-body","category-disability"],"yoast_head":"\n