Written by:
Gina C De Baca
H ello and welcome to the
My life circumstances
this year have complete-
ly changed my opinion
about seeing a doctor.
Routine
appointments
were something I avoided
like the plague. I thought
praying that God would
keep me healthy enough
till my kids were adults
was the best thing for me. What if something
were wrong? Would I want to know? Would
I want my kids to know and have to endure a
struggle if something were wrong? The short
answer is yes.
Septem-
ber edition of A Better You.
The new
school year is upon us, so I
am sure
most of you parents have
m a d e
health appointments for your
children.
This month I would like to talk
about
the self-care that most people
d r e a d : I now have a completely different mindset
seeing the Doctor.
about seeing any doctor. As a matter of fact,
I was very anxious to make several appoint-
I will be the first to admit that
I
used ments when I obtained health insurance af-
to hate seeing the Doctor. I
felt like I ter I lost my father. I had been without health
wasted a whole day waiting on
hold to insurance for a year and I noticed that a few
make the appointment, wait-
ing to be things just weren’t right with me. Although
called to go to the exam room,
w a i t i n g there was this part of me that didn’t want to
for the doctor, then of course
w a i t i n g know something was wrong, a bigger part of
for my prescription. Did I mention that I am me needed to know how to fix it.
not a patient person?
My first appointment was a physical. I need-
If you must make an appointment, chances ed to make sure that my exhaustion was
are something is wrong. Either you are ill or caused by grief and lack of sleep, not some-
injured, which will automatically dampen thing worse. Most insurance companies
your mood, making these visits so unpleas- have a zero co-pay for this appointment be-
ant. We must remember that no matter how cause they want you to be seen at least once
unpleasant the reason or waiting may be, per year. A physical can be early detection
making an appointment to see your health for health issues. This is the best time to be
care professional is necessary to begin to honest with your doctor. Doctors have heard
heal and feel better.
it all. There is nothing to be embarrassed or
ashamed about. They can’t help you if you
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