Health Updates: I Have a Doctor's Appointment!! (Patreon)

It pays to know someone in the healthcare industry, let me tell ya 🫠

Both Toronto and Vancouver are notorious for...well, being overpopulated in relation to the health system capacity. So finding a family doctor/ GP that will have all your records and you can book appointments with, as opposed to just testing your luck at walk-in clinics, is incredibly difficult.

In Toronto, I didn't have a family doctor. I went to my hometown and kept the same one I had before I'd moved. Which was, on a good day, 2.5 hours transit.

BUT thankfully, I know someone here who works in the industry, so I officially (as of yesterday morning) have an initial meeting with a potential family doctor 🥳

Honestly, my biggest concern with finding a family doctor who will work for me is that I don't want to scare them off 😅 I have a lot going on. I know that. And I need someone who will a) take me seriously, and b) not fire me as a patient if/when I need to advocate for myself. You wouldn't think those would be too big an ask,

So, fingers crossed for next week!

Hopefully it goes well and they're able to help me figure out what's going on with my nerves 🫠 But on the bright side, while I am still in a lot of pain, I am learning to mostly just get used to it... Except when it's especially bad 🤦‍♀️ but generally. So that's something 🤷‍♀️

ALSO I took the air cast off! My ankle does hurt more now, but I'm hoping that just the struggle of transitioning out of the boot and into a regular shoe 😅 Time will tell.