This time I was in and out in around 10 minutes. The nurse and the LPN were both nice.
The last time I went they basically told me I was fat and I had to have blood work done. They told me to get it done at their building for free and to fast the night before. I followed their instructions and showed up ready for my blood work when I was told, nope it wouldn't be free. I wasn't a happy camper, plus I was hungry.
The time before that I went for a sinus infection (imagine that) and as soon as they saw my name was Selena, they sent me back with a Spanish translator who wouldn't stop speaking to me in Spanish even though I kept telling her I didn't understand her. She was really nice but she was checking my blood pressure and getting my pulse at the same time and refused to let the blood pressure cuff go down to the point that I was purple and almost passed out. It is entertaining and funny now, but at the time it wasn't anything of the sort.
Since the last time I went I have lost almost 30 pounds due to being taken off of a certain medication. When the LPN saw me tonight she kept mentioning the last time I was there and about my weight so I said "Can I show you how much I've lost, please weigh me!" This is probably the first time ever anybody has begged to be weighed, but she weighed me and was pleased, as was I since I now have validation.
So the end to this very boring post is that free clinics sometimes rock and sometimes they don't, but they are free, and mostly helpful. I am beyond grateful that they are there for people like me who have no insurance.
Now I would like to eat some:
How's that for random? It's crab rangoon in case you didn't know and I would kill for some, in case you didn't know that either.
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