Today marks six months since I emerged, kicking and screaming and fighting (or more like drugged and sliced up) from the ICU, surviving an emergency scare and living to tell the horrors of medical bills for years to come..

In times like these, I’m grateful for my full-time, salaried, health benefits grown up job. But I’m not only thankful for this when I have an emergency, but also for those everyday doctor appointments. Thus, today I thought I’d share some of the many many doctors that I consider necessary check-ups as a woman in my twenties.

• Yearly eye exam for overall eye health, contact prescription. More likely I go more than once a year for random eye strain/ irritation/ infections.
• Dental exams/ x-rays. Although last time I visited (the first time in about 7 years), they gave me clean bill of health to skip a visit or so.
• Annual lady parts exam for pap, breast exam, birth control maintenance
• Annual skin care “scan” with dermatologist. I did this for the first time last summer. Basically it means they look at your moles.
• Random trips to urgent care when I get bladder infections, ear infections, etc. These used to be more frequent in college but lesser so in my grown up days.

Beyond this, I don’t see a regular doctor. I have considered finding a GI specialist to discuss the (ahem) digestive related troubles (from before and after surgery). Since graduating high school, though, I’ve mainly used my annual gynelogical exam to double as a doctor visit.

I’m starting to wonder if this is normal. Do you ladies (and gents) out there see a doctor? What about those of you older than your twenties, is there an age you started seeing other specialists? DO TELL!

And now, for a topic the doctor probably wouldn’t like… SUGARBOOOOOWL. Yesterday’s winner is: (drumroll)…

WHOPPERS. Ick, people! You really all like those malted milk balls more than delicious junior mints? I wash my hands of this sugarbowl! Well, until today, anyway. We’re back for another battle. This time its:

Jelly beans vs. Smarties!

Vote vote vote! What doctors/ specialists do you guys go to? Do you have health insurance?

Meri