Weekend stuff
Sheesh. Finding a new doctor is a royal pain in the butt. I really liked my old doctor, but back in 2006, he switched to a boutique practice and stopped taking any kind of insurance. Since then, he went even further and now only does stuff involving Lyme Disease, sleep disorders, and something else that I can't remember.
I have a minor issue which made me want to see a doctor, just to be sure it wasn't something, so I tried to find another one who takes my company's health insurance and also has decent ratings on the web. That's no easy task and was made worse by the fact that the company managing our health plan here is changing on August 1. In the end, I gave up on finding anyone in-plan who had a good reputation *and* was taking new patients. I called the old doctor's office and they recommended a doctor in the same building as them. I also learned that my last visit to the doc was in 2005.
Anyway, I rather like this doctor. With the confusing mess that is my insurance plan, even they weren't sure whether my plan'd cover them. Still, they decided to only charge me for the maximum copay that they knew of with any plan ($40) and submit the claim and see what happened. The office staff was darned nice as was the doctor herself. The biggest downside to the physical was being told that, according to the newest height/weight charts, I'm something like 35lbs overweight and considered obese. Gee, and here my goal was to lose 6 pounds so I'd be under 200. I don't think I've weighed less than 180 since late high school. Owell.
On the horse front, it looks like Boone won't be staying at the barn. He's a good horse and people really like him, but he has some soundness issues. Like a lot of horses, he can handle being a single rider horse, but the workload of a lesson horse is a bit much. I was surprised to learn that he's only 6.
There's another new mare that arrived this week. That brings our current horse count up to 39. Her name is Gwenie and she's a small-to-midsized pinto. She's got a very "Misty of Chincoteague" look to her. I don't know much about her so far.
The heat yesterday really left me drained by the time I got home from the barn. On the plus side, the usual lugging around of hay and such does seem to have worked out the minor soreness in my left arm from a tetanus shot on Friday. I'm just glad I'm not working there tomorrow, when it's going to be really bad heat-wise.
I have a minor issue which made me want to see a doctor, just to be sure it wasn't something, so I tried to find another one who takes my company's health insurance and also has decent ratings on the web. That's no easy task and was made worse by the fact that the company managing our health plan here is changing on August 1. In the end, I gave up on finding anyone in-plan who had a good reputation *and* was taking new patients. I called the old doctor's office and they recommended a doctor in the same building as them. I also learned that my last visit to the doc was in 2005.
Anyway, I rather like this doctor. With the confusing mess that is my insurance plan, even they weren't sure whether my plan'd cover them. Still, they decided to only charge me for the maximum copay that they knew of with any plan ($40) and submit the claim and see what happened. The office staff was darned nice as was the doctor herself. The biggest downside to the physical was being told that, according to the newest height/weight charts, I'm something like 35lbs overweight and considered obese. Gee, and here my goal was to lose 6 pounds so I'd be under 200. I don't think I've weighed less than 180 since late high school. Owell.
On the horse front, it looks like Boone won't be staying at the barn. He's a good horse and people really like him, but he has some soundness issues. Like a lot of horses, he can handle being a single rider horse, but the workload of a lesson horse is a bit much. I was surprised to learn that he's only 6.
There's another new mare that arrived this week. That brings our current horse count up to 39. Her name is Gwenie and she's a small-to-midsized pinto. She's got a very "Misty of Chincoteague" look to her. I don't know much about her so far.
The heat yesterday really left me drained by the time I got home from the barn. On the plus side, the usual lugging around of hay and such does seem to have worked out the minor soreness in my left arm from a tetanus shot on Friday. I'm just glad I'm not working there tomorrow, when it's going to be really bad heat-wise.