Every time I go to an evening doctors appointment I end up springing for dinner for my family. Usually around $30.00 or so (we’ll pick a place like Jason’s Deli which is potentially more nutritious than a fast food restaurant, but not much more expensive). The evening appointments cost the same as the day appointments at the doctor’s office, but I can avoid missing a lot of work time during the day. The nicety of going in the evening is offset by the eating out, but when you’re sitting there at the restaurant having spent more money than you’d like for the evening you have to account for your choices.

I think I may try taking an afternoon appointment in the future and make up missed work time in the evening because it’ll still cost me less than appointments and dinner. Its time to do investigative surgery and at least try the other approach and see if it saves the money it should save. Hopefully a lesson learned and we’ll just move forward from here.

I’m a whiner.  Here’s a goofy poem from my trip to the doctor this morning.

For symptoms I went to the doctor
Looking to get some help
What I told her just shocked her
Or that’s what I’m telling myself

She gave me a script for some ointment
Something to deal with signs
I’ll have to make another appointment
If my skin blisters or whines

Each trip to the doc is covered
A thirty dollar co-pay
“Happy Holidays,” she muttered
As I sadly shuffled away

Give me a diagnosis for the problem
Don’t just hand me a fix
I don’t want to mask yet a symptom
So that figures I’ve paid number six