Now that I am relocated in a different city, I don’t have access to routine healthcare, just for urgencies, based on a cooperative arrangement with a sister organization here. This is appropriate and actually generous considering the type of coverage offered at home. At the same time, though, I will carry the feeling of needing to take extra care of myself. My personal physician doesn’t live here anymore.

Before I left, I did take a look at my preventive care schedule, and it so happens that it was time for a cholesterol check. I’ve achieved a “new level of adulthood,” and the guideline has shifted the screening age downward, so we’ve met in the middle. When I told my boss it was time, he asked me if I would be willing to take a statin if it turned out I was high risk (I haven’t been checked in a really long time). This isn’t something I was really prepared to think about. Even the most basic preventive test causes anxiety.
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