Doctor visit
Saturday, March 25th, 2006
Odd day today. A fever and chills kept me in bed yesterday.
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When I see my doctor we have to get reacquainted each time, since I only go in for a yearly tuberculosis test (so I can do the kids’ camp in France). That’s ok by me. But there are major differences between medical visits in Lausanne and those I used to have in Fresno:
- Here, I walk to the doctor’s office.
- All of the magazines in the waiting room are in French, but they have exactly the same covers as those in American waiting rooms.
- The doctor only makes me wait a maximum of 15 minutes.
- I don’t have to sit in the examination room alone and naked for another 15 minutes. Normally, we are in the doctor’s office. And I’m not naked.
- It is actually cheaper to see a doctor here than there. But I have to pay everything (by post) before getting reimbursed by insurance.
