I will get to doctors later. First, let me share the other stuff.
I have been busy with work and doing additional courses. Work has been interesting, and the courses have been exhausting. I am learning a lot and growing as a professional. Work has taken me to 2 interesting neighbourhoods, both ‘high needs’ and both associated with distinct ethnicities. I have refrained from talking about my own family’s race, religion and/or ethnicity; so, I will not mention the makeup of the 2 neighbourhoods. However, I am saddened when all the stereotypes about a group of people somehow are magnified to a critical state of existence in our public schools. Are we endorsing this? And that’s what bothers me even more! Theory that I am learning is so glorified that the reality, the practice, can never catch up to the hype!
So, that’s the stuff I am dealing with these days.
Let me talk about the doctors now. My family doctor is a female physician from the same native country as yours truly. One of my lab results prompted her to prescribe Gardasil vaccine for me. I am not going to go into any details about this - suffice it to say that it is recommended for ages 9 to 45, and I am on my way to 50. Anyways, continuing the story, for some reason, my doctor does not administer vaccines. She recommended I visit her husband, who is also a physician, and who apparently administers vaccines. I am a good patient and I listen to my doctors. To cut a long story short, I found out that each dose of this vaccine (and there are 3 in total) is $200 and a bit. At the visit, for my 2nd dose, the doctor commented that at my age I shouldn’t bother with the vaccine! I had so many questions for him, but I chose to remain silent!
I was inspired to write the above as I watched the movie ‘American Fiction’. No regrets!
