GAH!

It's 8 AM. I don't have my doc appointment until 2 PM.

I have to fast, because they are taking blood tests.

I. AM. SO. HUNGRY.

And for me, not eating can end up having very very bad consequences.

If I start feeling the slightest bit faint/shaky, I'll just eat anyway and explain to her why I did. I just had blood tests in September, so I should be okay, I would think. I had a huge battery of tests done then and they all turned out fine. And I have the records to show her that will prove that.

I can always go in Monday morning to the lab and give them my blood if they still want it.

The main point of my visit today anyway is the dreaded female exam.

Sweet Relief!

I am finally eating! It turns out, I didn't have to fast. Once she looked over my medical records, she determined that a complete blood workup wasn't really necessary. GAH!!

Things went okay. I am supposed to go back for a mammogram and she has me on a new medication (anti-anxiety stuff), so I have to go back in a month to be monitored and see if that works or if something else is needed. I think I really just need a temporary fix anyway. I've been a big bundle of nerves since we moved here, but I think a lot of that will go away the more we settle in.

I don't have an insurance card...I just realized today that Tricare never sent one. So now I need to figure out how I'm going to do the prescriptions. I'm supposed to go to any of the pharmacies around here to get them filled...I just have a little co-pay. All I have is a letter from Tricare saying who my doctor is, but no actual insurance card. Must rectify this situation.

Overall, good impression of my doctor.