Doctor List
May. 28th, 2016 01:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebAlthough I've been quite lucky in my good health throughout my life, I've now decided it would be a good idea to start keeping track of all my many doctors. I have eleven I can think of right now:
* general practitioner
* eye doctor
* dentist
* oral surgeon - because I eat sugar and my wisdom teeth don't fit properly
* endocrinologist - for past thyroid issues
* the surgeon who did my half thyroidectomy
* radiologist - for mammograms
* gastroenterologist - for colonoscopies
* physical therapist - for past ankle and shoulder problems
* dermatologist
* Mohs surgeon - for the new basal cell carcinomas on my nose (this is the non-scary kind of skin cancer)
That's not to mention my insurance companies (health and dental), my pharmacy (and mail pharmacy), and the people who deal with blood work.
Just keeping track of their names is good so I can find them again if needed, though I'm also including contact information. Adding notes about them like who to talk to about various issues (like the insurance expert at my dentist's office) and whether and why I like them is also good.
Many of y'all probably have me beat on the number of doctors and other health workers you see and you have my condolences. The human body is amazing, but it can often use some help. I'm glad we have so many experts available to counsel on and provide this help, especially when they actually understand our problems and know how to fix them or at least relieve them.
* general practitioner
* eye doctor
* dentist
* oral surgeon - because I eat sugar and my wisdom teeth don't fit properly
* endocrinologist - for past thyroid issues
* the surgeon who did my half thyroidectomy
* radiologist - for mammograms
* gastroenterologist - for colonoscopies
* physical therapist - for past ankle and shoulder problems
* dermatologist
* Mohs surgeon - for the new basal cell carcinomas on my nose (this is the non-scary kind of skin cancer)
That's not to mention my insurance companies (health and dental), my pharmacy (and mail pharmacy), and the people who deal with blood work.
Just keeping track of their names is good so I can find them again if needed, though I'm also including contact information. Adding notes about them like who to talk to about various issues (like the insurance expert at my dentist's office) and whether and why I like them is also good.
Many of y'all probably have me beat on the number of doctors and other health workers you see and you have my condolences. The human body is amazing, but it can often use some help. I'm glad we have so many experts available to counsel on and provide this help, especially when they actually understand our problems and know how to fix them or at least relieve them.