by Lynx » Fri Apr 28, 2017 11:03 am
Hi steppers,
Congrats all around, Ins, for finding the right home for the guitar and EG for reaching yr 40K goal. I even made my Camp Nano goal of never missing a day and 64 hours of time on task. Even have three days left, so I'll drop my low-bar time to 10 minutes a day.
I'm also using Never Miss a Day to keep the crunch on for other things, mostly on the Yuck List, I have to attend do. NMAD abbrev.
One is, coincidentally, dental. Time for a cleaning. Best for me to get 3 a year. During a spell when I thought I'd be winning enough to be hired by someone with this as a benefit, I let it slide. Didn't happen. So I called the local teach Univ and set up my intake appointments. That took an afternoon. They did one of those deep cleaning things and wagged their academic fingers at me. That took 4 visits. Went back in Feb for a cleaning. Only one visit.
Called to set up the next ... and this is the biggest problem with public care. I have to do all the work of making appts. They don't profit from me, so they care less whether I make regular appt or not. Private doc had me on their reminder schedule, even set up the next appt at the close of the current one.
Called to set up the next appt and, hm, I've maxed out my Obama care benefit (only one cleaning per year, one set of X-rays in 3 years). No fan of being zapped, and they want to do a full set of these things, $135, and cleaning now, $100.
So, I'm shopping around at the hygiene schools. This is where NMAD helps. I seem to take about a day to get my nerve up, a day to make a call or get information or leave a message, and a day to recover. Reason is my body must have a past life being tortured in the mouth because my gums are extremely sensitive to being tampered with. I really don't like doctors, clinics, and being lectured at, etc. The only gene modification I might be on board with is getting the gene from sharks that replaces teeth for life. Not this one time deal. Who voted for that?
Today my NMAD was to call one school and ask about only getting a cleaning. Left message. ✔︎ haven't missed today!
Lx
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