Worst Part of Doctor Exams

How many of you jump during your vision screener exam when the doctor uses that equipment that blows a puff of air into your eye?  That is one of the worst parts of the exam for me (besides the dilation drops - can't stand those).

At the family doctor, it's the blood tests I need a few times a year for my thyroid disease management.  I'm afraid of needles.

At the gynecologist, it's everything.  Come on, from the time you walk into the exam room and clothing starts to come off, it's mortifying until you walk out again.

At the hospital emergency room, it's the wait!  It's crazy!

When I'm admitted to the hospital, it's definitely the IV - again, hate needles!  When they put something into the IV they don't tell you about, that makes me very angry.  An adult in a hospital bed shouldn't be rendered unable to make or participate in decisions unless they are physically unable to.

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Husband Healthy, Me - Not so Much

My husband stays healthy by road biking. (I, on the other hand, refuse to get on a bike with him because he'd leave me in the dust.)  When I met him, he was racing cross country on mountain bikes and placing first all the time.  He's since aged a bit and found that all that bumping over cross country terrain (and flying over handlebars to land on your head on that cross country terrain) isn't so kind of his body anymore so he's switched to a smoother ride - road biking.  I've looked at an suv bike rack at cracksandracks.com to add to my SUV for him but haven't gone there yet.  Maybe for Christmas!

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No Diet Yet

A couple weeks ago I posted I was three days away from starting my diet.  I haven't started it yet.  I've been procrastinating:(

Part of it is my doctor reduced my T3 meds to see how I'd feel (even though I felt GREAT where I was) and it's brought back symptoms - including a couple pounds.  Kind of discouraging.  I'm calling my doc next week and telling him I'm going back to my old dose because getting thyroid disease symptoms back - no way, not going to accept that!

Part of it is school started (for my kids) and instead of having a lot of time to myself, I find myself running MORE with my kids out of the house and busier than ever with going back to work (work-at-home but still working).

The rest of it - let's face it, I love chocolate and certain foods that would not be acceptable on this healthier eating plan so I've been putting it off.

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