I have this aversion with hospitals, doctors and the like. I haven't had a bad experience with them personally (in fact, I haven't been hospitalized ever!), but growing up, I've seen my sister (there was a time when she got really sick and can't walk for a couple of months) and just a few years back my dad, go in and out of the hospital so often and it was the worst time ever. If only there was a frequent-patient card, we would have filled that up quickly since my dad gets confined almost in a weekly basis!
I try to avoid anything medical-related unless absolutely necessary. And with that, I was able to get away from not getting my annual physical exam for 8 years back at my previous job. But this time around, it won't be that easy since our HR rep knows us personally (she'd usually drop by our area every morning to chat) and would constantly remind us with the things going around the office. The deadline to get our APE is by the end of the month, so no choice but to get it done this weekend.
Good thing Lyn lives down south so we decided to have ours done at the same time at Healthway in Town. We met up a little before 8am and I was glad that she was around - I had someone to talk to while waiting in line and having the procedures done. It wasn't that bad - just the routine lab tests (though I hate it when they take the blood sample), physical and dental exam, and X-ray. It only took long since there were a lot of people at the clinic - all getting their pre-employment and APEs as well. We finally finished everything at around 10am. With that done, I have another year before I have to go through this again!
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