There are perfectly good doctors in Ecuador, and I do not doubt that we will be well taken care of if we have medical needs during our stay. We have lost our Johns Hopkins insurance as of Saturday, but Eric is extending our insurance via 'Cobra' at rather incredible cost. If anything should happen in Ecuador, we will need insurance. By October, the new institution should cover us.
I have been panicking nevertheless, trying to have us all see our dentist and doctors, getting my mammogram, collecting 90 day supplies of medications etc. I avoid my neurosurgeon, who is concerned that I have not yet had my neck surgery. I am altogether too scared of the possible complications, and am avoiding the inevitable for another year or so. My family doctor retired this month, and I rarely see him anyway, but now I have to find someone to evaluate me for minor surgery before I leave.
Maya and I both ordered new glasses. Mine are wonderful bifocals (oh dear, I am getting old!) Maya is delighted that she can actually see! Her old glasses had an ancient prescription so this time I used her new (December) prescription, and she is skipping about glorying in her new more precise vision. I had no idea she felt so limited before.
I am checking off each item on my priority list, an endless list, but I am making progress.
I have been panicking nevertheless, trying to have us all see our dentist and doctors, getting my mammogram, collecting 90 day supplies of medications etc. I avoid my neurosurgeon, who is concerned that I have not yet had my neck surgery. I am altogether too scared of the possible complications, and am avoiding the inevitable for another year or so. My family doctor retired this month, and I rarely see him anyway, but now I have to find someone to evaluate me for minor surgery before I leave.
Maya and I both ordered new glasses. Mine are wonderful bifocals (oh dear, I am getting old!) Maya is delighted that she can actually see! Her old glasses had an ancient prescription so this time I used her new (December) prescription, and she is skipping about glorying in her new more precise vision. I had no idea she felt so limited before.
I am checking off each item on my priority list, an endless list, but I am making progress.
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