Today was the telemedicine day, I've mentioned them before. I picked up my lab results last week & this morning I was off to the bus to talk the students doctors there & converse with the doctors in Tulsa.
All went fine. My counts are always low, but they're consistent, so I'm not worried. They go over the results & tell me nothing I didn't already know. I'm a pro at this game. They talk about how old school my med regimen is, but I don't care. My regimen works for me & there aren't that many options for HIV medication, I'd rather not burn through them just because my meds are out of vogue or passe.
They gripe about my blood pressure sometimes & ask why I'm not taking something for it. The reason is simple, they are the only ones that consistently read my blood pressure high. My primary physician doesn't, my BP cuff doesn't, hell the thing at Walmart doesn't even read my blood pressure as high. I wonder if they ever consider being in a place because you are + & going over labs could elevate your BP. Then again maybe their fancy little machine needs to be recalibrated.
Every few months I go to see the bus of doctors & it's always a new pair of students docs. This time was a nice change of pace, I got a man. Not that I've got anything against women, but I hate the soft touch. Let me clarify. When this doctor needed to touch me, he did so firmly & with confidence, not hesitation & all the force of a cold, dead fish. It's like getting a creepy dead-fish handshake, just plain eeeewwwww, yucky. Half the time, I wonder if some of the doctors are confused about HIV transmission. You can not be infected with HIV by touching a + person while listening to their heart & lungs. Either get me male docs or some butcher women.
The trip is over & nothing has changed for better or worse, which I suppose is a good thing. I get another four month reprieve from the telemedicine bus.
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