After spending an hour trying to find a qualified, decent physician who accepts Aetna HMO, I’ve decided that the single f*cking worst decision I made in my life was to ignore my parents’ entreaties to become a doctor.
Second worst decision (that I am still really pissed about)? Allowing my parents to talk me into buying the cheapest of the cheap contact lenses at Walfrock-which led to 2008 being the Year of the Eye Infections. Which ultimately culminated in a chalazion that has been in my eye since February. Fortunately it’s non visible but I can’t wear contacts and at this point I’m sick of waiting for it to go away on its own.
Hence me trying to find a decent doctor for the first time in the four years since I moved here. I’ll admit that I am awful-because of my robust constitution I only go to the doctor once every couple of years for an antibiotic prescription and I make no effort to get a regular exam or a peek and poke or whatever. I also diligently pay my premiums every month (and my taxes, and my credit card bills, and my student loans…when the frock do I get a bailout??) but come time for me to figure out how to get someone to lance my eye NO ONE WITH A DEGREE FROM AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IS ACCEPTING MY FROCKING INSURANCE within 5 miles of my house.
You know what? Choices are wasted on the youth, yo. This is the land of high fructose corn syrup and plenty and I can’t find an American educated doctor to save my life. For all my supposed intelligence and high test scores I basically let rebellion against the ‘rents prevent me from getting in on that racket.
Childrens, listen to your desi parents. Medicine, for the win.
PS: When I was deciding between calling up the doctor named “Claire” and the doctor named “Krystyle,” yes CLAIRE was the one I chose. Except she wasn’t accepting patients and Krystyle is nowhere to be found-the info from Aetna goes to the audix of someone named Mindy, online web searches proved to be fruitless. I finally called the major hospital in Pasadena and found 1 physician willing to accept my plan. I am semi-ashamed to admit this but by gum, I plan to give my kids really really dull names like Asha or Susannah.
June 10, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Or you could name your kids Aaron and Angela. Like I did.
June 13, 2009 at 6:13 pm
yes.. having a doctor in the family is so useful. Didn’t your parents want you to be married to a doctor also?
June 13, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Haleem, it’s one of the three acceptable degrees, of course!
June 16, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Hey, Krystyle is not to blame – it’s her parents. I assume she went to medical school, was valedictorian, and passed her USMLEs with the higher score (EVER) just to get back at her parents. These were her adolescent choices of rebellion! Make an appointment today!
June 17, 2009 at 12:17 am
GoriWife-her Aetna listed number went to the audix of an employee named “Mindy” and when I called the other numbers listed for her on the internet they said they didn’t have a physician named Krystyle at that practice. So she’s a flake about keeping her practice information current, if nothing else.
In desperation I elected a (an extremely well educated) but older man at a very reputable practice who accepts my HMO. Even though I generally prefer not to be inspected by male physicians. I’ll get over it, I guess.