As you, my dear reader, may be aware I am from Helotes Texas. In Texas the typical length of all seasons that are not summer is about two weeks (total between the other three, I wish I was joking). Because I am in no way used to the cold, I have found myself quite unprepared for the pestilence borne of freezing winds. I was even less prepared for these winds to persist longer then a week (again if you think I’m joking it was almost 90 degrees back home this week). Because of how unready I was it is no surprise that I contracted quite an illness. It started, as all things do, with a slight cough and a bit of a headache. I believed myself to just be a little under the weather and so put off any form of treatment. Much to my (unhappy) surprise my symptoms did not vanish in a week but rather grew. Now I had a constantly stuffy nose, none stop headaches and a cough that could only be described as indefatigable and moist. Accompanying these coughing fits was the hacking up of dun and sallow colored phlegm. All of these symptoms were unpleasant but no cause for concern to me. It was not until I began to consistently blow cherry red blood from my nose and into my tissues that I grew quite worried. Well a few more days of that went bye and my eyes began to burn and constantly experience a dull pressure. Finally a week ago from the day this post will be published I succumbed to my illness. And died.
Not really, I finally made the choice to contact Student Health Services (hence the title of the post). I, like many a man, HATE to talk on the phone but unfortunately found this obstacle unavoidable. I want to take a moment to note that you can in fact schedule appointments on the computer, but I had failed to fill out some paper work allowing me to do this. So I called Student Health Services. Now dear reader (who I assume at this point is only the person who grades these posts) I was not in the mood to have a chitchat on the phone. Luckily this is not what I found. I told them I wanted an appointment as soon as possible, and was quickly presented several options. I chose to attend a doctors visit first thing in the morning (8:00 am) the next day. I arrived for my appointment thirty minuets early as requested and was directed to a small kiosk where I completed some digital paper work. Once all of this was done I was went to my waiting area and began to settle in for the long haul. I don’t like to wait, and part of my distastes for doctor/dentist appointments is the act of waiting in an uncomfortable and unfamiliar room with other dying people. Fortunately, I was again surprised! The doctor called my back right at my appointment and after a short talk with the nurse I was seen and diagnosed. Two counts of pink eye and one pretty bad sinus infection (oh whatever will I get for the other ten days of Christmas?) The doctor than asked me ‘Why didn’t you come to see us sooner” and ladies and gentlemen if I had known how easy working was Student Health Services was I would have.