Deferred Meg Maintenance

[chenoameg]

I've pushed some stuff off too long. I'm going to list it here for some sort of accountability.

• schedule my next physical (it's not overdue yet, but they schedule pretty far out)
  
• schedule a dental cleaning. I am torn; I like my dentist but hate his office. I guess it's time for me to switch to Dr. Rosie.
  
• schedule a flu shot. (thanks for the "

Comments

[ghudson]

My experience is that you can walk into a Walgreen's (or likely a CVS) with your insurance information and get a flu shot at no cost and with no appointment. There's also a nasal mist option, which might be worth researching ahead of time.

[kimberlogic]

thank you for posting this - you reminded me that i need to do most of these too.
including try dr. rosie, schedule my physical, get physical/active, pap, etc.
i'm pondering a daily walk - would you like to do that together once a week?

[chenoameg]

Yes, a weekly walk would be great!

[merastra]

Daily habits, woo! Physical/habit challenges, woo! If you need a cheering section or whatever for either of those, I'm here for ya. :-)

I had a similar experience as ghudson with a flu shot at a random clinic last year so yeah, I think it really is just strangely easy.

[chenoameg]

I am reluctant to reward the pharmacies for grabbing and monetizing flu vaccine; I would rather get it from my doctor's office's flu clinic, but they are terrible about advertising it.

[camlina]

Aren't the pharmacies reimbursed the cost by insurance companies the same way your doctor's flu clinic is?

[pekmez]

I will ping you when the city is hosting theirs, if you like.

[mathhobbit]

Go you!

[anoccaic]

Oh, darn. I'm not a student this semester so I don't get the easy out of the super duper efficient MIT-provided flu shot clinics.

I need a dentist, are you referring to Smiles by Rosie? I had a great dentist in WI after a few years of shuffling around, so I've been apprehensive about finding one here.

My friends and I have found HabitRPG to be effective for habit-forming because apparently we are super motivated by status bars and leveling up and gaining gold. And acquiring pets.

[chenoameg]

Yes, Smiles by Rosie.