tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post6855805982780109593..comments2024-03-28T03:23:50.609-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: TBD...OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65035512431975069392019-11-23T07:54:49.098-08:002019-11-23T07:54:49.098-08:00I love my doc, she's in an organization which ...I love my doc, she's in an organization which is run by the docs themselves and it runs pretty smoothly. At least from a patient standpoint it looks smooth.<br /><br />You will discover the content of the boxes with each new post. (Hopefully I never get to the bad idea box.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-80000092168146744102019-11-23T06:34:44.782-08:002019-11-23T06:34:44.782-08:00A good doc (or PCP) is hard to find. If you have o...A good doc (or PCP) is hard to find. If you have one who is nice, listens to you, and has a nurse/medical assistant/helper/gatekeeper who is reasonable, listens what you are saying/asking for, and the insurance company is willing to pay most of the bill---HANG ON TO THAT MEDICAL PROVIDER!!! They are rare. And I say that as someone who worked for 10 years in that setting. Patients such as yourself were always remembered, and enjoyed.<br /><br />Blood draws...yuck!! Been on both sides of the needle...am not someone the lab folks like to see coming, so I always make sure I have had water to drink, and keep my sweater on until they are ready to do the evil deed as my blood vessels are not excited to be stuck and go hide.<br />f how many <br />Having just moved back to Upstate New York, I have a date with my former doctor to "get re-established" on Monday. He is a good sort, so I am glad he is still showing up to work, although he is of an age to probably be keeping track of how many bad days in a row are occurring. I hate when ya get a doc broke in and then they go and retire! The nerve, thinking they can have a real life too!!! Some folks!!!<br /><br />Glad you got a clean bill of health. I too want to know what are in those boxes!! Although I been reminded that (clearly) labeling the box when packing it is helpful to determine if you need to unpack it now, or if it should stay in the storage spot for the time being. <br /><br />I would have paid good money to have seen the Beans/Mrs. Andrew/Dog/Lab tech on video!!! I was giggling away just reading it!! Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46178776381407683902019-11-22T19:55:05.860-08:002019-11-22T19:55:05.860-08:00Hahaha!Hahaha!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46783782269742041692019-11-22T19:03:14.618-08:002019-11-22T19:03:14.618-08:00I was going to say that blogging isn't done li...I was going to say that blogging isn't done like that, but actually it hits a little close to home ...<br /><br />;-)Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20246854234893137972019-11-22T16:17:00.143-08:002019-11-22T16:17:00.143-08:00I do remember the date. It's burned into the m...I do remember the date. It's burned into the memory, just like 9/11.<br /><br />Defense contractors schmoozing soon-to-be retired captains? No, you must be confused. 🤣🤣🤣<br />OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55700049801065020472019-11-22T16:14:46.401-08:002019-11-22T16:14:46.401-08:00😁😁OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65209034782229607222019-11-22T16:03:24.445-08:002019-11-22T16:03:24.445-08:00Be careful Sarge. If you keep up those waiting ro...Be careful Sarge. If you keep up those waiting room antics with the nice people at the front desk, they might not just develop a tick and a tapping foot, but they may become allergic to Tricare patients in general. I've been in my command as a civilian for almost 10 years now and the original cadre of civilians are starting to retire, think about retiring, or tracking their three bad days. We had a farewell lunch for one of them today. Great mentor, with as many sea stories as he has helpful advice. He even gave me an S-3B model that Lockheed gave him when he got a flight in one back when they were schmoozing a soon-to-be retired Naval SWO Captain. Fortunately he didn't join that industrial complex you mentioned in response to my comment on yesterday's post. By the way, Ike's replacement was killed on this day back in 63. <br />Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-13824895381604832132019-11-22T15:24:07.942-08:002019-11-22T15:24:07.942-08:00Well, thank you!Well, thank you!Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-71716061183559756692019-11-22T15:01:18.785-08:002019-11-22T15:01:18.785-08:00As to blood draws, well, let's just say, I hav...As to blood draws, well, let's just say, I have stories. Not pleasant ones.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-25781165867789743232019-11-22T15:00:24.822-08:002019-11-22T15:00:24.822-08:00My filter often malfunctions. Can be funny, someti...My filter often malfunctions. Can be funny, sometimes not.<br /><br />Sigh...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19165828927108003522019-11-22T14:59:15.059-08:002019-11-22T14:59:15.059-08:00Oh yeah, you just have to embrace the suck. So to ...Oh yeah, you just have to embrace the suck. So to speak.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-10919176582663520052019-11-22T14:46:05.831-08:002019-11-22T14:46:05.831-08:00TBD would be a pretty good description of why I re...TBD would be a pretty good description of why I retired.<br />They weren't consecutive, but then they were such that I'd have left before the third day had they been consecutive.<br /><br />I've been fortunate in the blood draw department.<br />The only unpleasant experience was at MEPS in 1961.<br />That was when they still used a syringe.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74962366973121854012019-11-22T13:54:51.216-08:002019-11-22T13:54:51.216-08:00I'll be on the look out for her! (I thought th...I'll be on the look out for her! (I thought that you'd had some pretty good posts lately.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77488719260174684722019-11-22T12:21:13.463-08:002019-11-22T12:21:13.463-08:00At least your Muse communicates. Mine has been AWO...At least your Muse communicates. Mine has been AWOL for so long it is now desertion.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-80287114856180237782019-11-22T10:00:19.619-08:002019-11-22T10:00:19.619-08:00Sometimes I think I throw stuff out here just for ...Sometimes I think I throw stuff out here just for the readers' reactions, I'm never disappointed. Heck, many of your comments are better than some people's posts! And that, sir, is a fact.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30277829793142081072019-11-22T09:35:32.661-08:002019-11-22T09:35:32.661-08:00Maybe TBD(c). Three Bad Days consecutive. I coul...Maybe TBD(c). Three Bad Days consecutive. I could always blow off one or two bad days, but three days in a row just took the fun out of life and I usually spent more time seething and dreaming up work-place violence schemes than actually working.<br /><br />As to labs, the vaunted LabCorps has installed mini LCs in our local Walgreens, where the store keeps things cleaner, neater, and you can peruse the aisles while waiting for your appointment (which must be made at least 2 hours before the appointment time, OMG, big lead time...) Things have gone so swimmingly well at the Walgreen locations that they closed the main LabCorps office, so I guess the main office is now a LabCorpse...<br /><br />Which is good, because last time we went to the main LC office they were screaming the View (which I totally agree with juvat's opinion on those cackling hens) and were backed up an hour past the appointment time and the lady-like troll screamed when she saw the service dog, and wouldn't see the wife until I took the dog, and then while Mrs. Andrew was being phlobotemized the lady-shaped troll who was afraid of dogs called me back and then screamed when I showed up, yes, with the dog. So a strange, chinese firedrill maneuver of switching out dog from one handler to another while twit-for-brains was faking a panic attack occurred. <br /><br />Plus the LabCorpse office smelled like death, and urine. Bleh. Good riddance.<br /><br /><br />As to Good Ideas/Bad Ideas, both are acceptable. So far your Bad Ideas or even No Ideas tend to be more entertaining than some blogs. And Bad Ideas about other things, like depth-charging the koi pond or something like that, would make an excellent Good Idea. Bad Idea IRL would be taking Murphy to a Museum where he could touch all the exhibits, which would make a Good Idea for a blogpost. <br /><br />Bad Idea IRL would be actually saying the smart-aleck thing that you just thought of to your significant other, or boss, or both. Good Idea would be relating that Bad Idea...<br /><br />See? As long as your Bad Idea doesn't sink to the level of 'We'll start impeachment proceeds 20 minutes after he gets sworn in' you'll be okay. Well, for levels of okay.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24467890732259061612019-11-22T09:22:23.461-08:002019-11-22T09:22:23.461-08:00I take it the answer to "How do I get to the ...I take it the answer to "How do I get to the dentist office?" was, "I'll drive you" rather than "Put your clothes on, step out the door, keep walking."<br /><br />My misplaced sense of bad humor would, and has, said something like Option B above, way too many times. Unfortunately, the guardian angel who is supposed to be monitoring what is on the pipeline for my mouth is usually in the can, or on break, or asleep at the switch.<br /><br />Good thing I like pain...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28009736875876889082019-11-22T09:19:01.021-08:002019-11-22T09:19:01.021-08:00Yes, concur as to only so much numbing. Like when...Yes, concur as to only so much numbing. Like when working on teeth or when shoving a camera up a male reproductive fluid delivery tube and enclosure who happens to be named a shortened version of Richard, if you know what I mean.<br /><br />Being awake for some things just isn't fun.<br /><br />But then again, dying from bad anesthesia is probably not fun either.<br /><br />Some days there are no good options.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-6867966342832847392019-11-22T09:07:50.591-08:002019-11-22T09:07:50.591-08:00Ain't the first time I tricked you, is it? Sor...Ain't the first time I tricked you, is it? Sorry about that.<br /><br />Wasn't a plane post, 'twas a plain post. (And yup, awfully bad pun right there. I guess I reached into the wrong box for that one.)<br /><br />Thirteen years? Ouch! All kidding aside, it will go by faster than you think. Or want.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33584438311327988492019-11-22T09:04:10.790-08:002019-11-22T09:04:10.790-08:00Well, ancient is such a, I dunno, "harsh"...Well, ancient is such a, I dunno, "harsh" term. I prefer to think of you as a "seasoned veteran." But yes, your first enlistment was a couple of months shy of my 6th birthday, so perhaps ancient does apply. 😉OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-71007925026957505842019-11-22T08:38:53.089-08:002019-11-22T08:38:53.089-08:00Man AFSarge;
When you said "TBD" I i...Man AFSarge;<br /><br /> When you said "TBD" I immediately thought of the TBD or the Devastator from early WWII fame, you know the old, slow torpedo plane the Navy had. Thought it was a "plane" post, LOL. I like the "three bad days " definition. When I get to retirement age and I get that to happen, then I will drop my papers. But right now I have 13 years left to go. MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14877912038072605062019-11-22T08:15:44.042-08:002019-11-22T08:15:44.042-08:00The best phlebotomist I dealt with was a young HN ...The best phlebotomist I dealt with was a young HN three months out of school, the worst was an HM1 checking the box to keep his quals current. Both at the same facility. Ancient Gunner's Mate ("Ancient" because my first enlistment was on 25 Mar. 1959 on the 66th anniversary of my Grandfather' discharge from Lt. Robinson's Motor Torpedo Boat Company of the Naval Battalion of the Rhode Island Militia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-71179151280079193542019-11-22T07:52:12.787-08:002019-11-22T07:52:12.787-08:00Do Naval Air Cowmen ever really retire?
Yup, bein...Do Naval Air Cowmen ever really retire?<br /><br />Yup, being out there on the Plains I'm betting that there are a lot of hard days with a lot of "This sucks so bad that... Oh, wow, look at that hawk sitting on the post, and gee what a lovely sight over there in that gully and ..." Yes, I read your blog and have seen a lot of your "pesky silver linings," it's why we go back again and again.<br /><br />(Tell your Muse that I have a box of bad ideas, cheap, if she's interested. 😉)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-66484457193584037022019-11-22T07:49:13.551-08:002019-11-22T07:49:13.551-08:00Knowing how things have gone for you over the past...Knowing how things have gone for you over the past cuppla years, I'm thinking TBY might be for you, Three Bad Years. Or have you done that already? 😉OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41221079201826923102019-11-22T07:47:59.527-08:002019-11-22T07:47:59.527-08:00Nailed the photo Dave.
It's good to be useful...Nailed the photo Dave.<br /><br />It's good to be useful, especially in retirement!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com