Doctor, Doctor

Give me the news. I've got a bad case of ... visiting you!

One of the things they don't tell you is that the more children you have the more often you visit the doctor. Also, the older you get the more you visit the doctor.

I remember back in the day when I would visit the doctor once, maybe twice a year. Now we're at some sort of doctor at least once a month, or so it seems.

When I was pregnant with C, between the diabetes, AMA and general visits, I was going to the doctor one to two times a week at the end of my pregnancy. Good gravy, I never wanted to see a doctor again. Not to mention most of the appointments were down in the city and required me to pay for parking.

Now, it's just other stuff. So far this year:
January - one well child check up
February - one well baby check up, one physical
March - two well children check ups
April - one child's allergy
May - one well child check up, one child dermatology

That's almost $200 in co-pays right there. Too bad the medical threshold is a tad too high. We'd probably qualify. I think we qualify for 2007 though with the delivery and subsequent hospital stay.

So, if we all stay healthy, hopefully that'll be it for now. Aside from the fact that I need to get my hip check out, the skin spot as well as my hearing. Can't wait to get this all out of the way.