my doctor had to retire suddenly due to illness several months ago. i was a little worried because it's hard to get a doctor in this city, and also i felt badly for my doctor being sick. anyways, i managed to find a female doctor who's office is about a 10 minute walk from my place. i went today for a meet and greet appointment. it felt kind of pointless, but i thought i should have this preliminary appointment in case i need to have an actual appointment later. anyways, it was kind of weird because my medical history is very lite and then she asked me a series of questions, to which my answer to all of them was "no". i think she was rather shocked by my clean slate because she then said "you're 28?". i told her that i was probably going to be a very low maintenance patient, she strongly agreed and suggested checking my blood-pressure so that she'd done SOMETHING. she said it was perfect, 80 over 120. low maintenance.
thankfully i WAS able to tell her about my extra heart-beat. and as we discussed my heart palpitations she told me the solution was to cut out all caffeine. i didn't particularly like that idea at first, because i like the taste of orange pekoe tea, and i find it quite comforting. PLUS it's free at the coffee station. if i switch to decaf or herbal tea then i'll have to pay for it out of my own pocket. however, when i considered the caffeine headache i had the other night, i decided it was probably worth a shot. i think i'll try to wean myself slowly, having one cup a day, then go caffeine free as of august first. no, let's make it august second, since that's a saturday. it'll be a moratorium on caffeine.
if you always get up late you'll never be on time.
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80 over 120?? Uh oh... I think it's actually 120 over 80. :D
sure ok :)
You should ask the folks to put other teas on the free list at the coffee station. Tell them it is a medical requirement. Or tell them if you were Mormon it would be discriminating against your religious beliefs. One of those ought to work. I went caf-free for a while. So did Carolyn. It didn't take. No doubt you have greater will-power.
i might ask about it, but we've been having difficulties getting our food service providers to stay, so i don't want to push my luck. i don't think it'll be too hard, i don't think i'll even need to exercise self-control. i basically drink tea so much because it's there and cheap. so basically, i just need to find a warm alternative and after that i think the transition will be smooth. i just want to be careful to not be religious about it, because having to avoid beverages with caffeine in it will get to be more of a hassle than it's worth. everything in moderation. right now i'm drinking water. i should drink more water always, so this may just be a change for the better.
Is her name Colleen Webster?
no, dr veronica mohr. at willow family physicians. is that the same place? they have several different drs there and i think they're all female. i quite liked it. it was much different to what i was used to. i had no idea that things had progressed past doctors jotting things down in files.
No, my doctor's at a different clinic, but also one staffed by a bunch of doctors. I thought your new doc might be in the same clinic because it's a pretty close walk to your place, too. It's in the same building as the blood donor clinic.
no my new doctor is at the top of university near that mac's. so 10 minutes in the opposite direction :)
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