Tuesday, December 9, 2008

I didn't get to bed until after 4am; probably after 5am. I woke up around 1pm, with Mark. I mean, we woke at the same time. lol. And we both got ready.

I rode with Mark to work, then took the car so I could go to the Doctor's office. I wanted an appointment with doctor I'd seen previously, but she's apparently out for weeks at a time, and I don't want a doctor like that, so I just took the nearest opening (um...that sounded dirty). I now have an appointment on Monday, January 5th with Dr. Sean Kesterson. That seems like a long ways away, but it's also a month sooner than my G.I. appointment, so that's actually good news. I'm not used to seeing male doctors actually, but if I can be open with this guy maybe he can give me what I need. I need a doctor who can be ok with me being gay, and who will suggest things that might be important for my health. I need a doctor who will test me for the stuff that I want to be tested for, and clear up any fears that I have. And I need a doctor who can do that without any judgments, or phobias. My health is too important to put up with that bullshit. I've not been comfortable talking to authority figures in the past about certain issues, and I want to bury that. Hopefully my new doctor can help with that.

I also inquired about my last appointment, in which I thought I might have an STD, only I didn't and they cleared that up right away. I had this really tiny bunp on my dick, which turned out to be an irritated gland, which is apparently super common, and the're surprised I'd not had one before. But after they cleared that up, they said they could run some STD tests which I thought was a good idea; I think it's always a good idea. I asked them not to test for HIV as I'd just been tested days before for that, and I like to test anonomously. They didn't test me for HIV, but I got a call a week or two later saying that all my tests came back negative (very cool) but that my Tryglycerides were a bit high and they wanted a blood test to check that. Now, I thought that was an odd thing to pop up on an std test, but I thought they must have just caught it randomly and I gave a blood sample, not that worried about, as I've been eating a lot more chocolate than I probably should and I'd been planning on cutting back anyways. However, when I got the bill for my visit they'd tested me for a bunch of things that didn't seem to have anything to do with stds. What if my insurance doesn't cover that? I mean...it seems weird that they would say...hmm...while we're testing him for this lets just test him for EVERYTHING Else! They didn't ask my permission or let me know what was going on. The woman I talked to thought that was odd too, and a nurse is supposed to call me about the matter. Hopefully that gets cleared up.

After the doc's I went to the bank to get my grocery money. I was going to go to Meijer, but I had stopped at my other bank to deposit some change, and it was pretty dark out and all I had were my sunglasses so I just came home. But it seems wasteful to go out again when I have to pick up Mark later, so I can just go then.

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