Friday, January 27, 2012
Time off....
I have worked all my life and thinking of taking an extended leave for pure pleasure and visit to an exotic country is sooooo very exciting! Okay.... 4 weeks off from work confirmed!! YES!!!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
And so it begins......
As I sit in California and Randy in the Thar Desert of India, I look forward to our future. Now that I have taken proactive steps to join Randy in India I'm feeling much more positive and hopeful. The excitement sometimes overwhelms. The world is our playground now let's start our journey!!
Once I made the decision to "go with it", I began my steps to set the ball in motion.
I made an appointment with my doctor to get checked out and discuss my plan. I love my doctor and she is from India so she was a great woman to discuss this with. When I walked out of her office I was full of hope. She refilled my prescriptions for a year since everything was working for me. She prescribed the malaria pills and gave me an antibiotic to take with me "just in case". She ordered a series of blood tests to make sure I was good to go. We discussed the shots I would need and she referred me to the travel clinic at the county health department.
The following day I went to the oral surgeon and had my 2 remaining wisdom teeth pulled. The last thing I need is to be 1/2 way around the world and ahve my teeth give me trouble!!
My visit to the San Joaquin County Pubic Health Department was interesting. I had never been to a clinic like that before. Wow... I felt fortunate to be middle class with good insurance. Already I've learned that just because you have insurance that travel innoculations are not something you walk into your suburban doctors office and get. It's expensive for private doctors to order, keep and distribute the wide variety of shots that we need. I had called several different doctors and they all referred me to the county health dept. So I was a good mom and made sure my daughter had all her shots and was surprised what I learned that I needed to be middle-aged, up to date and planning to travel abroad. I met with the nurse who went thru the areas I was planning to travel and what was recommended. 5 shots later and an appointment for the following month, I was ready to go. Tetanus, Hep A, Hep B, MMR booster and Polio booster. Next month I need to go back for my 2nd Hep B plus the Typhoid vaccine and Yellow Fever. I feel like I'm getting control of what needs to be done for me to start our next chapter and this lovely adventure that sits ahead of us!
Once I made the decision to "go with it", I began my steps to set the ball in motion.
I made an appointment with my doctor to get checked out and discuss my plan. I love my doctor and she is from India so she was a great woman to discuss this with. When I walked out of her office I was full of hope. She refilled my prescriptions for a year since everything was working for me. She prescribed the malaria pills and gave me an antibiotic to take with me "just in case". She ordered a series of blood tests to make sure I was good to go. We discussed the shots I would need and she referred me to the travel clinic at the county health department.
The following day I went to the oral surgeon and had my 2 remaining wisdom teeth pulled. The last thing I need is to be 1/2 way around the world and ahve my teeth give me trouble!!
My visit to the San Joaquin County Pubic Health Department was interesting. I had never been to a clinic like that before. Wow... I felt fortunate to be middle class with good insurance. Already I've learned that just because you have insurance that travel innoculations are not something you walk into your suburban doctors office and get. It's expensive for private doctors to order, keep and distribute the wide variety of shots that we need. I had called several different doctors and they all referred me to the county health dept. So I was a good mom and made sure my daughter had all her shots and was surprised what I learned that I needed to be middle-aged, up to date and planning to travel abroad. I met with the nurse who went thru the areas I was planning to travel and what was recommended. 5 shots later and an appointment for the following month, I was ready to go. Tetanus, Hep A, Hep B, MMR booster and Polio booster. Next month I need to go back for my 2nd Hep B plus the Typhoid vaccine and Yellow Fever. I feel like I'm getting control of what needs to be done for me to start our next chapter and this lovely adventure that sits ahead of us!
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