Litany of health-related bellyaching

A lot of life and personal maintenance stuff has kind of crashed in on me all at once. Finally managed to get in for a doctor’s appointment, which was tricky after my insurance changed, to deal with increasing heartburn trouble. I got the COVID booster and flu shot, which left me feeling sick enough to be uncomfortable but not sick enough to take time off. I got an eye doctor appointment for the first time in way, way too long, as the already-outdated prescription on my glasses hit the breaking point. I’ve finally got new ones on the way, but since I can’t do without my current ones, the point of constant eyestrain they’ve reached is really wearing on me. Also I’ve needed to get some dental work done for a while now, but I’ve yet to successfully fight through the scheduling problems my current dentist has been throwing at me, so that’s gone on way too long too. Combine it with needing to take my car in for maintenance, I feel like everything’s messed up at once. I’m good at taking care of myself in a day to day sense— routines, deadlines, exercise, eating right, sleeping enough —which may be why I can get away with not doing these appointment things as often as I should. But they also feel really hard when the time comes around.

Gotta get that dental appointment already. I’m nervous there’s a real problem, since I’ve needed to get my wisdom teeth out for a long time. But my damn dentist won’t pick up the phone, and I never seem to have time to drive out and actually ask for one at the desk. I actually tried that TWICE; the first time they ended up cancelling the appointment the day before, and the second time they said their scheduling software was down and couldn’t do it. Maybe I should just get a new dentist, but figuring out who takes my insurance seems like an even bigger pain.

Also the eyestrain is really getting to me. I think I could tell my glasses were starting to get out of date for a few weeks now, but this week they just seemed to crash into the wall. I’ve had a low-grade headache for days now. I’ve got new glasses on the way, but they’re not delivered yet, and the new prescription is different enough I’m anticipating a long period of getting used to them. Probably means I’m in for headaches (maybe even nausea) for weeks more.

I’m feeling pretty ground down. It won’t last too much longer, I’m sure, but in the meantime… ugh.