Endo Appt and Vaccines Soon
I thought I'd give a "short" personal update this time. I had my semi-annual endo appointment on Wednesday. I got to go in person this time, which I was grateful for because I really do hate Zoom. No, I'm not as afraid of Covid as I used to be. Vaccines are rolling out, Grammy is fully vaccinated, and cases are continuing to trend downward. More on the vaccines in a bit. My nerves were still running high for this appointment because ordinarily I'd be going in with my mom, but they only had one appointment available in March. The next available wasn't until May. I guess they're getting the backlog of patients. My mom was playing tennis that day though, so my dad had to take me. And my worries were about him being able to find the doctor's office because I sure couldn't tell him how to get there. And also wondering if would be more awkward having my dad there and having female issues discussed. Plus just general other uncertainties because of the new health protocols, and the fact that I either never got my new medical card this year or it's been missing, so I had to have a printed copy of the info.
These worries were really unfounded though as usual. My dad found the place just fine. I did have to fill out a couple of forms. One had to do with Covid of course. And the other was about releasing my medical info. I was still nervous about filling things out and hope I did everything right with my sloppy handwriting. I signed to have that info released and I hope it was the right decision. Then I was called in, was weighed and found out I lost weight, which I was happy about. Not that I wasn't at a normal weight before, but I feel like I'm at my ideal weight right now. I do a little jogging in place in my room and maybe that has factored in. Might as well keep it up. :P Blood pressure was perfect. Then my doctor came in and went over my blood test results. Everything looked good and the DHEA-S was down again. When I saw on my test order that he was testing my A1C levels, that was another reason I was worried because that test is often used to check for Diabetes. But he didn't say anything about it. Just said my blood sugars were fine, so I assume I'm good. And nothing really embarrassing was said about female stuff. He did kind of explain my condition to my dad, since this is the first time he's met my doctor, and so he got to learn a bit about it. Because the DHEA-S is down again, I don't have to come back for another visit until next year, and then I'm sure the pandemic will be behind us. Otherwise if the DHEA-S was high, my endo doc probably would have wanted me to do screening for a tumor on my adrenal gland. I wouldn't think a tumor would cause that to go up and down though would it? Just seems pretty unlikely to me.
The only kind of annoying part of this visit was my endo doc went out to tell the nurse or whoever to see about scheduling another appointment for me, or to check if it was too far in advance to schedule. He told us to wait there. And we waited about ten minutes. My dad decided to open the door at that point and the nurse was right there saying she was just about to come in. Sure. She made an appointment without asking me about a date or time. It seemed fine though. We can always change it later.
I of course have some minor issues that go along with the PCOS, but I just kind of deal with them. I don't want to take more drugs, which might not even help. If I was having more major issues, then yeah, sure, I might see about treating it. As it is now, there are worse things I could have. I think I got off pretty easy with this condition.
Ok, that was a bit longer than intended, but the other thing was I finally found out that my parents will be eligible for the vaccine on April 1st! And I'll be eligible on April 15th! Assuming everything goes well. That's great news! This wait has been so long and soon it will be over! I honestly thought I wasn't going to be able to get a vaccine until May, so this is awesome. And I'm glad I soon won't have to worry about my parents getting the virus. I'm definitely going to do more things afterwards. Go to the bookstore again, eat out at a restaurant, maybe see a movie if they're open. We just got to not do anything stupid before we are fully vaccinated. They already had a close enough call back in October. My mom really wants celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on the 25th and go out to eat, but I think we still need to be careful. I do feel bad for them (well mostly my mom). It's such a big event and we probably would have gone on a trip somewhere, but we can't now.
I'm not sure about Disneyland yet. They open again on April 30th, but masks will be required and at limited capacity with limited rides. I don't know about walking around for hours with a mask on. I went for a walk a couple weeks ago with the mask, and it wasn't such a great time. Grocery store, I'm fine with. But more vigorous exercising kind of tests my lungs, or I'm just out of shape. Also we have no pass anymore. Cancelled. That was super upsetting to me, as if a pandemic wasn't enough. I definitely went through a mourning stages of grief period lol. It honestly felt like I was being punished. But I'm OK with it now. There are some bright sides to that. I sort of want to wait and see what the new membership offerings are going to be. I don't think it will be the end of Disneyland for me. Worst comes to worst, if the options are not the best, I guess I'd just go to the parks less. I honestly can't see myself going back until the Fall however, or possibly not even until 2022. It all depends again on the membership thing, and I don't know if that will even start rolling out this year. Without a pass, Disneyland is really pricey. And I'm not the type to stay there from opening until closing to get my money's worth. I do definitely want to see the Avengers Campus at some point though, whenever it opens.
Anyway, looking forward to doing those things I used to do before the pandemic. It might feel a little weird though going back to the old routine because I kind of got used to the new routine of mostly just staying at home besides going to the grocery store.
These worries were really unfounded though as usual. My dad found the place just fine. I did have to fill out a couple of forms. One had to do with Covid of course. And the other was about releasing my medical info. I was still nervous about filling things out and hope I did everything right with my sloppy handwriting. I signed to have that info released and I hope it was the right decision. Then I was called in, was weighed and found out I lost weight, which I was happy about. Not that I wasn't at a normal weight before, but I feel like I'm at my ideal weight right now. I do a little jogging in place in my room and maybe that has factored in. Might as well keep it up. :P Blood pressure was perfect. Then my doctor came in and went over my blood test results. Everything looked good and the DHEA-S was down again. When I saw on my test order that he was testing my A1C levels, that was another reason I was worried because that test is often used to check for Diabetes. But he didn't say anything about it. Just said my blood sugars were fine, so I assume I'm good. And nothing really embarrassing was said about female stuff. He did kind of explain my condition to my dad, since this is the first time he's met my doctor, and so he got to learn a bit about it. Because the DHEA-S is down again, I don't have to come back for another visit until next year, and then I'm sure the pandemic will be behind us. Otherwise if the DHEA-S was high, my endo doc probably would have wanted me to do screening for a tumor on my adrenal gland. I wouldn't think a tumor would cause that to go up and down though would it? Just seems pretty unlikely to me.
The only kind of annoying part of this visit was my endo doc went out to tell the nurse or whoever to see about scheduling another appointment for me, or to check if it was too far in advance to schedule. He told us to wait there. And we waited about ten minutes. My dad decided to open the door at that point and the nurse was right there saying she was just about to come in. Sure. She made an appointment without asking me about a date or time. It seemed fine though. We can always change it later.
I of course have some minor issues that go along with the PCOS, but I just kind of deal with them. I don't want to take more drugs, which might not even help. If I was having more major issues, then yeah, sure, I might see about treating it. As it is now, there are worse things I could have. I think I got off pretty easy with this condition.
Ok, that was a bit longer than intended, but the other thing was I finally found out that my parents will be eligible for the vaccine on April 1st! And I'll be eligible on April 15th! Assuming everything goes well. That's great news! This wait has been so long and soon it will be over! I honestly thought I wasn't going to be able to get a vaccine until May, so this is awesome. And I'm glad I soon won't have to worry about my parents getting the virus. I'm definitely going to do more things afterwards. Go to the bookstore again, eat out at a restaurant, maybe see a movie if they're open. We just got to not do anything stupid before we are fully vaccinated. They already had a close enough call back in October. My mom really wants celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on the 25th and go out to eat, but I think we still need to be careful. I do feel bad for them (well mostly my mom). It's such a big event and we probably would have gone on a trip somewhere, but we can't now.
I'm not sure about Disneyland yet. They open again on April 30th, but masks will be required and at limited capacity with limited rides. I don't know about walking around for hours with a mask on. I went for a walk a couple weeks ago with the mask, and it wasn't such a great time. Grocery store, I'm fine with. But more vigorous exercising kind of tests my lungs, or I'm just out of shape. Also we have no pass anymore. Cancelled. That was super upsetting to me, as if a pandemic wasn't enough. I definitely went through a mourning stages of grief period lol. It honestly felt like I was being punished. But I'm OK with it now. There are some bright sides to that. I sort of want to wait and see what the new membership offerings are going to be. I don't think it will be the end of Disneyland for me. Worst comes to worst, if the options are not the best, I guess I'd just go to the parks less. I honestly can't see myself going back until the Fall however, or possibly not even until 2022. It all depends again on the membership thing, and I don't know if that will even start rolling out this year. Without a pass, Disneyland is really pricey. And I'm not the type to stay there from opening until closing to get my money's worth. I do definitely want to see the Avengers Campus at some point though, whenever it opens.
Anyway, looking forward to doing those things I used to do before the pandemic. It might feel a little weird though going back to the old routine because I kind of got used to the new routine of mostly just staying at home besides going to the grocery store.