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Monday, September 15, 2025

polishing

Way back in the days of my illustrious but short career as a middle school lunch lady, I was the Grill Queen. Nothing gustatorily creative, of course, but I whipped up many grilled cheeses and grilled ham and cheeses. Too many to count.

These days, we have our own little griddle. Neglected thing. I bought it shortly after we moved here, got it all seasoned, used it a couple of times then realized, "it is way to freaking hot on that back patio, let alone slaving over a hot griddle!", and there it sat, covered for seemingly all eternity.


We have since built a patio enclosure, including an overhanging roof where the little Blackstone has been living its lonely existence. After much procrastination, I finally got around to cleaning and re-seasoning over the weekend. Now, what to do? Grilled cheeses?

Meanwhile, I am currently doctorless. Not that that's related in any way to grilling. 

I had a nearby doctor - a PA really. That practice got bought out by a bigger fish, and after much wailing and gnashing of teeth, most of the staff jumped ship, including my PA.

I got shifted to another doctor that I'd never met before she, too, left. Just before my most recent checkup, I was shuffled to yet another, who miraculously, is still there. Since then, the company that caused all the drama in the first place sold the practice off to another. Now my doctor is no longer in our insurance network, wouldn't ya know. 

Magnum found another practice and got signed up. I lazily piggy backed off of him since he did all the legwork of review-reading, etc. So the dilemma = they can't sign me up with a doc until I make an appointment for a general checkup. I'm not eligible for a general checkup until next spring. 

Bottom line, no doctor for me.

Doctor YouTube, it is. So basically, nothing's changed.


9 comments:

  1. Better steer clear of that grill for a while, what with not having a doctor.
    The medical world is ugly and getting uglier. It took me a year and a half to get a doc for My Guy. It wouldn't have been such a big deal except he's on a gazillion meds and there was no one to renew his prescriptions.
    Now I feel like thanking my own doctor every time just for being there.

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    1. Such a pain. I'm being knock-on-wood grateful that I am not currently undergoing treatment for anything or "on a gazillion meds".

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  2. My son and grandson brought one of those Blackstone grills camping with us this year and it worked really well.

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    1. Ooh, that would be great to have while camping!

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  3. Oh my, we complain about our NHS but yours sounds almost as bad. It's dentists with me. They change each appointment I think. Shame because I really liked the young handsome one called Romeo. (Yes, really.)

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    1. Oh Romeo, Oh Romeo... (okay, I won't say it)

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  4. A few years ago my doctor of 25 years moved to Florida. I didn't really care for the dr that took her place and that particular practice seems to be emploding anyway! Then my insurance changed and they were not in the network so I had to hunt down a new GP. Luckily I found a wonderful practice and have been very happy with my healthcare since.

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  5. That's a nice looking Griddle. Sorry to hear you're Doctorless, so hard to find a good one without a referral from someone you know and trust.

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  6. That's crazy and yet I hear stories like this of buy-outs and PA's and other staff leaving. It's just nuts. Hope you stay well during this time. I wish we had a better system. Ours feels so messed up.

    Love that you got your grill all ready to use again. That's cool.

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