In the morning my friend delivered some fresh produces grown in our community garden. It was nice of her to think of us. I cooked some for dinner. They gave us good energy.
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In the early afternoon I had a doctor’s regular checkup appointment. This time was different from the previous ones in two aspects.
The first aspect was they started a questionnaire that the nurse asked me to input beforehand. One of the questions included my natal sex and current sex, and my sexual preference of the opposite sex or same sex. It also asked me how I prefer to be addressed on either “he,” “she,” or just by name only. I was surprised at these open questions. It will be helpful for the people who felt preciously uncomfortable and now these questions might reduce some of their stresses, I hope.
The second aspect was their method to see a patient. Starting from last March, due to Covid-19, the clinic had not allowed regular checkup patients to come in to the office. Our checkups had been held only online through Bluejeans app. For this appointment however, the receptionist asked me if I wanted to see the doctor in person in the office or not. I still like seeing the doctor online instead of going to the actual office, so I set up the online meeting. The receptionist told me now in Arizona, all the businesses were back to normal. We are not mandated to wear a facial mask or to keep the social distance anymore. I still like being careful so I still wear a facial mask in public and try to stay away from people anyway.
The regular checkup itself was done quickly. Since my Hemoglobin A1C result was improved, the doctor kept on telling me to keep it up on whatever I have been doing. She believes that I have been taking all the meds that she prescribed and that my health has been improved due to the meds. I didn’t tell her that I had stopped taking all the meds long time ago, and I have been making efforts on controlling my diet and incorporating new types of exercises such as running on the treadmill and rowing on the rowing machine. From now on I will stop seeing the doctor. Instead I will regularly check on my lab test at the local walk-in lab.
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