A Little Progress

I received my medical kit yesterday afternoon, and have tried to do as much as I can with it so far.  I had to organize what goes to who and who I think will take the longest to get it back. Also, one form overlaps with a couple doctors, but hopefully I'll have that back in time.

Last night I wrote my personal statement about counseling we had to do for the divorce. I also filled out all the areas on the forms that I was supposed to fill out before the doctors got them.

• Today I took my eye prescription form and my 2 glasses frames to the optometrist.  I already have the form back and 1 pair of glasses (apparently the 2nd pair was acting up, so I'll get them monday).
  
• My dad filled out all my dental forms and I believe got my xrays in the envelope.
• I took the sheet about the asthma issue I had last summer to my pulminologist's office, they say I'll get it back Monday or Tuesday.
• I took the epilepsy form to my neurologist's office and they say I should get it back late next week. (at least that one doesn't overlap with any other forms)

What I still have to do:

• Tuesday at 8:30 I have my physical. They wanted to schedule it that early so that they could try to get as much blood work back that same day as possible.  They will take the majority of my forms to fill out, but I expect them to have it for a few days since their office is rather unreliable in my opinion. I'll just harass them.
• When I get those back, I'll take it over to my obgyn to have her fill out the like 3 questions that are for her to fill out. You'd think that would just take a day, but they too are unreliable.
• Counselor forms--I have 2 different forms for 1 person even though I have 2 people. I need to call the PC med office to see if I can just copy those. I also need to find out from my parents who the hell the counselors were. I have no clue. I'll do that Monday.
• Somehow have Bloomington Hospital fax a record of my allergic reaction to me.

What is not required, but I am going to do anyway is write a personal statement about my epilepsy. I haven't had a seizure in 5 years and the epilepsy in no way disrupts my life and I don't think it should in anyway disrupt my placement. But I know they have the final say. I also asked my neurologist to write a note along the same lines.

So I'm moving right along. Have 1/2 the stuff out, and 1/2 that (so 1/4th total) is already completed a day after having received it.

Oh Holy Medical Kit.

Well I received my medical kit today...and holy crap is it huge. Cali was right to take a minute and breathe before opening it. All the same, once I did, I wasn't even half through when my first "*SIGHHHHHH* holy shit, are you serious" came out. I had 2 or 3 more after that.

It's HUGE. Plus, I was lucky enough to receive God only knows how many extra forms I'll have to have filled out on top of dental, medical, and optometry. This is all the forms they sent me...and sometimes my thoughts on that:

1. Report of Physical Abilities--fine, cool, easy
2. Health Conditions Requiring Further Explanation--that's fine, it looks easy, my only issue is that I will have to take some to multiple doctors, so I really wish they'd put it on separate sheets so I can potentially do this all on the same day.
3. Neurologist Specialist Form--I expected this b/c of my seizures, cool
4. Asthma Evaluation--I'll have to take this to my pulminologist, luckily he's cool, quick, loves travel, and discontinued all my medication and asthma
5. Counseling Form--but I do not know if this is for the year of counseling my mom made me go to (all I wanted to do was change from private to public schools!) or if it's for the counselor my sisters and I had to see for the divorce. No clue.
6. Mental Health Treatment Summary--again, the year of counseling or the divorce counselor? Either way, both were stupid and meant nothing, but I don't know what form goes to who or if it should go to both. I'll have to call.
7. Personal Statement--I have to write a personal statement about my mental health. I suppose I shouldn't be sarcastic or witty in that. But like I said, both situations were pointless.
8. Medical & Dental Evaluation Checklist
9. Report of Medical Exam--I have to fill out the top, they do the bottom, also will have to take it to the obgyn to fill out her part
10. Report of Dental Evaluation--thank god my dad is a dentist
11. 3 Forms for Reimbursement on Medical Expenses
12. Prescription for Eyeglasses--that should be easy for the optometrist

I also have to somehow get the Bloomington Hospital Emergency Room record of the time I had to go in for an allergic reaction sent to me...hrm. I hope I don't need anything from the IU Health Center. And I hope  my doctor has my immunization record, otherwise I'll have to go all over the place to get it.

At least my dad is a dentist. *sigh* That helps. But what makes me hit my forehead is all the specialist I have to find. Also, I don't know who either of my counselors were, so I have to find that out from my parents and hope I can find them.

Okay. Tonight, I fill out everything I am supposed to fill out. Tomorrow I have my dad do the dental, take the form to the optometrist, the other form to the obgyn, the other to the pulminologist, and another to the neurologist. My physical is with the nurse practitioner next Tuesday.

Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Still No MedKit

I still have no MedKit. Last Monday when I talked to my recruiter, she told me when my MedKit should arrive, and so I went ahead and made doctor appointments based on the approximated date it would get here and gave it a few extra days to be on the safe side. It never came, it never came.

Well on April Fools Day, I received a ToolKit update.  I checked, and it had a check mark that said they had sent out my Medical Kit on March 31st and to make immediate doctor's appointments to make sure I did this quickly. Basically, the day I should have received my Medical Kit was the day it got sent.  My first appointment, with the obgyn, was this morning at 8:45am. I decided to go ahead and go to that without the forms because they just had to fill out a few of the standard "woman" questions from the check up and I'd be on my way. I came home this afternoon, hoping hoping I'd have my MedKit since I have my big* appointment tomorrow for the full physical/shots/bloodtest. Nope. Still no MedKit. I didn't get the mail until 4, and I call the doctor at 4:15. Their office was already closed. Argh argh argh! I "canceled" with the answering service, and will have to call back tomorrow to reschedule.

The wringer's the PC puts you through.

And We're Off!

I received my IU transcript today! I didn't get it until 3:30 and I was on a big time schedule to get to the doctors office by 4:30.  Naturally, when I rushed to the closest post office I think "phew there are only 2 people in front of me." Bah. Each of them had like 20 envelopes to be mailed off!!!! So I had to wait forever and some. But it's official, my legal packet, skills worksheet, and transcripts are off to the Chicago recruiting office.

As for that doctor's visit, it was for a shot. My two younger sisters (16 & 21) both have had it. The youngest said it hurt a whole lot, like the worst shot.  The other had it yesterday, and absolutely freaked out because she said it hurt so bad. She said it burned her and then her arm was numb-ish and hurt so bad she couldn't even lift it, she accidentally bumped into the wall and yelped out in pain. I don't know what their issue is, but I have concluded they are pansies. It didn't hurt in the very least, not even the needle.  I was trying to see if I missed something, so I even smacked the area with my hand--no pain.

Moral of the story? I'm awesome and my sisters are pansies.

Can't wait to hear from my recruiter, better finish working on devising rough answers for the interview questions.

Medical Worries

Well, I haven't even been interviewed, but I'm already thinking about the medical packet! I've read all about the holds and mass amount of doctor visits, sometimes follow-ups, the sometimes difficult-to-find polio vaccination, things found that people didn't even know about, needed surgeries or yanking of wisdom teeth (luckily my dad's a dentist!), missing blood tests, yada yada.

Dental wise, I'm fine, anything would be minor and that would just be wisdom teeth. My dad's a dentist so most likely I could get in whatever day I wanted.  The office girls like me and could squeeze me in ;)

Optometrist is fine--they usually have spots open in the afternoon, besides I already have 2 pairs of glasses (I just need to update the prescriptions, been meaning to for a month), and I just had an appointment a month ago, so I doubt nothing new would come up.

Gynecologist--piece of cake.

Neurologist--piece of cake, maybe a little time on the forms, but whatever. I don't think I'll have a hold either because it's been 5 years since a seizure.

Pulminologist--easy, I love that guy and I wish he were a general doctor, he'll get it out asap, and he LOVES traveling abroad so I know he'll complete it correctly and do his best to do so in my favor--everything I saw him for last summer was finally, after 4 months, chalked up to my tonsils that have since been removed, and everything has been a-okay ever since! Not even any more inhalers for the "so-called-asthma" (I knew it wasn't!) Can I marry Dr. Chavez!? Haha

General Doctor--Fear strikes my heart.  First, it is really hard to get into his office, even when I had a minor emergency, they tried to put me off a few days until I yelled at them.  He also is weird. I can see him not caring about the appointment and delaying on the blood tests. Tho I did just think of something. I have a history of the most RANDOM medical problems popping up at the most unwanted times, and that is scaring the shit out of me. Making me want to eat perfect, exercise, and take vitamins right now. However, I just realized, that usually he doesn't believe me, one time he even said "bad luck"...so...that could play in my favor in this sense...right? right?  It'll just be a problem getting the forms filled out....