A Doctor Visit

Saying for the day- An apple a day doesn't work you have to see the Doctor anyway.

Yesterday I went to the Doctor.
It is something I have to do every three months.
For me it is a time of high stress.
I worry that he is going to find something I don’t want to be there.
Given the condition of my lungs , twice I have had pneumonia sneak up on me so that when I felt sick and went to the doctor I ended up in the hospital.
The three month check is to make sure that doesn’t happen but I am always afraid he is going to find that it came back.
In between visits I use an oximeter to check my oxygen level as a sudden drop would indicate a problem.
Well my new Doctor checked my lungs and they were fine.
I don’t think he checked them as carefully as Dr. Smith did but in any case they were fine.
Then he called the desk to have them make appointments with an eye doctor, a lung doctor, and a arthritis specialist.
Three doctors all on the same day .
Three times the stress.
Then he sent me to the resident blood sucker to take some of my blood.
She wasn’t the best and it took her two tries.
Well their vampire will feast tonight.
Tomorrow when Betty sees him for the first time I will find out when those appointments are.

The question is how much doctor caused stress can I handle?

@@@ News from Pigeon Falls– Yesterday there was another weird happening in Pigeon Falls. The big, old, Masonic building vanished. Well vanished might not be the right word because it didn’t stay gone. Eino was standing talking to Tommy, the undertaker’s kid, when it ceased to be there. They were looking across the street and suddenly there was a vacant lot where the building should have been. It sort of shimmered and then was gone. But a minute later it was back. Eino doesn’t drink being an old Finnish pietist and of course Tommy doesn’t drink or do drugs being a rather intelligent kid. But they both are sure they saw the building go and come. Tommy, the writer, who was going into Nancy’s says he didn’t see anything. The only other person out at the time was Blogs Turpin but he was drunk as usual so he isn’t sure what he saw. Where could a building that size go? How could a building that size go. Eino says it had to be some kind of optical illusion. Tommy, the undertaker’s kid, is not so sure. In fact he thinks it might help to explain what they saw at the end of the tracks and the “occupation”
Tommy, the writer, told Nancy she should keep an eye on her uncle because he was acting weird and seeing things. Nancy assured him that if Eino saw something it was really there or in this case really not there. At that point Tom, the writer, didn’t want to argue with her so he let it go.
Earl Schiavo heard about the vanishing building. He is sure it was a flying saucer. They tried to take the building but it was too heavy and so they had to let it go. Earl sees flying saucers all the time. He has read every book and watched every UFO program you can think of. He said if he had been there he would have taken a picture. How do you take a picture of something that isn’t there?
In any case the building didn’t go up and fall back down it just vanished.
Once Eino settled down he went through the building. He is a long standing Mason and has been in the building many times. Everything seems to be in place. There were no new cracks. Nothing had been taken. As far as he could tell nothing had been added. The only thing that seemed different was a big mirror and he couldn’t put his finger on the difference. It just felt different.
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Went with Betty to the Doctor's today. I brought a book to read in the lobby. They took some of her blood as well. Then we went to Walgreens and Wal Marts. Later Betty thought she left her purse because she couldn't find it. That would mean calling every credit card company as well as notifying the bank. But she found it under the front seat of the van. That was a relief. I finished the book when we got back and then did some blogging.
Now I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA