drwex | Quick medical stuff

Blogging this mostly for my own reference. Starting with my annual physical in January I've been attending to various medical grr-argh things and trying to do something about some of them. If any of them turn serious I'll post more. Generally I'm not dying any faster than expected.

I have no detectable STDs. I mean, that's what I'd expect, but it's good to have up-to-date testing.

My hearing is somewhat degraded, particularly in the high range, but not so serious as to warrant spending on hearing aids, yet. This will be revisited in a few years. The audiologist gave a few pointers on things I can do to compensate for my problems in crowds, like asking my conversation partner to move to the edge of the room.

My vision is still essentially unchanged from my last check about three years ago. Slightly more astigmatism in the right eye, but some of the vision problems I'm having appear to be attributable to my glasses, which have a UV coating that deteriorates slowly over time. In a year or two I'll need new lenses even if my prescription doesn't change. The doc did have an interesting comment about why my nighttime vision is more problematic - basically it's down to the muscles controlling pupil contraction getting slower and not responding at the high speeds driving wants. Good to know.

I have a theoretical appointment with an allergist to see whether adult allergy shots might be a thing. However, they want me to go off all antihistamines for a week. In April. BWAHAHAHAHAHA no. That appointment is likely to get cancelled. Like, if you want me off antihistamines for that long let's schedule for... I dunno, NOW?