I got the letter today :)
Dental clearance still pending, but I can still get an invitation without dental. I just have to have dental clearance before I can get my plane tickets...
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Medically cleared (?) I think...
I got back from Rocky Point, Mexico yesterday (it was awesome... I swam with the dolphins and did yoga on the beach) and found an email from Peace Corps saying my application status had been updated on the online toolkit. I signed in and it said that a decision has been reached regarding my medical clearance and that I should wait for a letter in the mail. Hmm.
Then today I got another email from a Placement Officer asking to fill out some addendums about my teaching/tutoring experience so that they can move my file forward.
So I guess this means I'm medically okay...
I'll let you know when I get the letter :)
Then today I got another email from a Placement Officer asking to fill out some addendums about my teaching/tutoring experience so that they can move my file forward.
So I guess this means I'm medically okay...
I'll let you know when I get the letter :)
Monday, March 30, 2009
Still pending medical clearance
I sent off my completed (or so I thought) medical and dental documents in the second week of February.
A couple of weeks ago, I got my dental folder back, asking for clearer bitewing x-rays. So I went back to the dentist and they hooked me up with the needed x-rays, free of charge since it was sort of their fault. I sent it back to them.
Last week I got a letter from the medical clearance desk asking for a missing Hep-B antigen test, which my doctor had somehow missed. It also asked for documentation on a tetanus shot within the last five years. So I went back to the doc, got the shot (since I don't know if I've had a tetanus shot recently) and the blood test. My doc called and said that I don't have Hepatitus-B, and that she's sending the docs in the mail. As soon as I get those, I'll fax them to the medical desk.
Today I received my dental packet AGAIN... I guess that my teeth #4 and #5 are showing some decay and I need to have fillings or something. I think this is pretty lame too, since I just got fillings in January on some other teeth, so why didn't they do 4 and 5 too? Well. I guess I have to go back and pay up. I canceled my dental insurance after I got my wisdom teeth out, so it might be expensive.
But it's a process. And there is perfection in the process...
Peace
A couple of weeks ago, I got my dental folder back, asking for clearer bitewing x-rays. So I went back to the dentist and they hooked me up with the needed x-rays, free of charge since it was sort of their fault. I sent it back to them.
Last week I got a letter from the medical clearance desk asking for a missing Hep-B antigen test, which my doctor had somehow missed. It also asked for documentation on a tetanus shot within the last five years. So I went back to the doc, got the shot (since I don't know if I've had a tetanus shot recently) and the blood test. My doc called and said that I don't have Hepatitus-B, and that she's sending the docs in the mail. As soon as I get those, I'll fax them to the medical desk.
Today I received my dental packet AGAIN... I guess that my teeth #4 and #5 are showing some decay and I need to have fillings or something. I think this is pretty lame too, since I just got fillings in January on some other teeth, so why didn't they do 4 and 5 too? Well. I guess I have to go back and pay up. I canceled my dental insurance after I got my wisdom teeth out, so it might be expensive.
But it's a process. And there is perfection in the process...
Peace
Monday, February 9, 2009
my veins are easy to find...
so it wasn't hard to draw four vials of blood for the required tests. I also had a urine test and a "woman's test," which is always super exciting! Ha.
The exciting thing is that I am done with all of my necessary doctor and dentist and therapist appointments! Now I just have to wait for the lab results and then I can mail in all my documents and get an actual official invitation to volunteer.
I have been working a lot lately to try and come up with some extra cash for the doctors appointment, which turned out to be about $340 since I don't have insurance. But this morning I came to the happy realization that past Jessica had left a wonderful gift for present Jessica: a health savings account from my old job! Woah. That was so thoughtful of past Jessica. I'll have to thank her!
Side note:
I went to a nurse practitioner in Phoenix who was incredibly helpful and considerate. She took her time to make sure she was filling out all of the necessary sections in the Peace Corps paperwork and she was pleasant and professional. I have had a lot of doctors and even nurse practitioners in the past who have been quite unpleasant and rushed. If you are looking for some good healthcare in the Phoenix area, you may want to consider her as a primary care provider. Her name is Agnes Oblas and here is her website with contact and other info: http://www.newpathshealth.com/
I would give her two thumbs up!
Peace!
The exciting thing is that I am done with all of my necessary doctor and dentist and therapist appointments! Now I just have to wait for the lab results and then I can mail in all my documents and get an actual official invitation to volunteer.
I have been working a lot lately to try and come up with some extra cash for the doctors appointment, which turned out to be about $340 since I don't have insurance. But this morning I came to the happy realization that past Jessica had left a wonderful gift for present Jessica: a health savings account from my old job! Woah. That was so thoughtful of past Jessica. I'll have to thank her!
Side note:
I went to a nurse practitioner in Phoenix who was incredibly helpful and considerate. She took her time to make sure she was filling out all of the necessary sections in the Peace Corps paperwork and she was pleasant and professional. I have had a lot of doctors and even nurse practitioners in the past who have been quite unpleasant and rushed. If you are looking for some good healthcare in the Phoenix area, you may want to consider her as a primary care provider. Her name is Agnes Oblas and here is her website with contact and other info: http://www.newpathshealth.com/
I would give her two thumbs up!
Peace!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
still working on medical clearance...
Nothing really new to report except that it's pretty hard to find an affordable place to get theses physicals done. Urgent care turned out to be a bad idea as most of them won't do some of the necessary tests. Family physicians charge an arm and a leg and I have very short limbs and no insurance!
So I have an appointment with a nurse practitioner on Monday, but I will still need a physician's co-signature on the forms. I dropped off the forms at her office the other day so she knows exactly what I'll need. She will call me with a price estimate, but she says it will be at least 200, probably more.
The Peace Corps will reimburse up to 165, but for the rest I'm on my own.
In the meantime, I've just been working,working out, doing a lot of yoga and writing silly haikus.
Oh and I'm reading like five books right now including:
A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life by Thomas Moore
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
and the Tao Te Ching (Stephen Mitchell's translation)
Here are my current favorites from the Tao:
"Things arise and she lets them come;
things disappear and she lets them go.
She has but doesn't possess,
acts but doesn't expect.
When her work is done, she forgets it.
That is why it lasts forever."
"In dwelling, live close to the ground."
"He allows things to come and go.
His heart is open as the sky."
"All things have their backs to the female
and stand facing the male.
When male and female combine,
all things achieve harmony."
So I have an appointment with a nurse practitioner on Monday, but I will still need a physician's co-signature on the forms. I dropped off the forms at her office the other day so she knows exactly what I'll need. She will call me with a price estimate, but she says it will be at least 200, probably more.
The Peace Corps will reimburse up to 165, but for the rest I'm on my own.
In the meantime, I've just been working,working out, doing a lot of yoga and writing silly haikus.
Oh and I'm reading like five books right now including:
A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life by Thomas Moore
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
and the Tao Te Ching (Stephen Mitchell's translation)
Here are my current favorites from the Tao:
"Things arise and she lets them come;
things disappear and she lets them go.
She has but doesn't possess,
acts but doesn't expect.
When her work is done, she forgets it.
That is why it lasts forever."
"In dwelling, live close to the ground."
"He allows things to come and go.
His heart is open as the sky."
"All things have their backs to the female
and stand facing the male.
When male and female combine,
all things achieve harmony."
Thursday, January 15, 2009
wisdom teeth are gone!
So now I'm done with the dental paperwork.
Below is a poem I composed today, as the pain has left me inspired:
On the extraction of my upper wisdom teeth
my face is round—a moon
or a pumpkin
and I cannot smile
my dog is near me, on the couch
happily chewing his bone
this day,
and every day,
is the best day of his life
he is soft and stupid and yet
so enlightened
I smile, and my face aches
and I laugh because the vicodin makes
me loopy
my face is round
and I am a pumkin
and a dog
and a smile
Below is a poem I composed today, as the pain has left me inspired:
On the extraction of my upper wisdom teeth
my face is round—a moon
or a pumpkin
and I cannot smile
my dog is near me, on the couch
happily chewing his bone
this day,
and every day,
is the best day of his life
he is soft and stupid and yet
so enlightened
I smile, and my face aches
and I laugh because the vicodin makes
me loopy
my face is round
and I am a pumkin
and a dog
and a smile
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
prepping for wisdom teeth extraction tomorrow
I had my consultation with an oral surgeon yesterday and made the appointment for my wisdom teeth extraction. The surgery will cost me 500 dollars, after insurance. Yikes.
The procedure includes general anesthesia, so I will take a few days off work after to let the effects wear off and to allow my big swollen face to deflate. After that, I'll get the medical clearance out of the way... fun :)
The procedure includes general anesthesia, so I will take a few days off work after to let the effects wear off and to allow my big swollen face to deflate. After that, I'll get the medical clearance out of the way... fun :)
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