@kamama94, I do the same as you and agree whole heartedly with "better safe than sorry". Love it that you wipe down your dog, too! smiles

You are doing a better job than I of checking urine so thanks for that tip. Aware of big loss in usual energy since covid started and attribute most of it to just the upheaval of our usual routines and uncertainty about the future Covid waves I feel are coming...especially in Texas, now decreed a hotspot, where most people have ignored basic precautions from the get go. Why should this come as a surprise??

Even after our gov f i n a l l y mandated all must wear masks starting July 4th, a friend told me yesterday that she and a friend had lunch Sat (July 11th) and their waitress, water boy and check out clerk were Not wearing masks...they should have gotten up and left before being served but didn't. Both she and her friend individually called to report them to our Health Dept. yesterday. No idea if any action will be taken. Think fines of $200 can be assessed to individuals but no idea about businesses and don't know if all have to be "caught in the act" for any penalties to apply.

Dentists love to see me coming! And why not? I've sent their children to college and built their private tennis courts and swimming pools over the years...vbg Have been hoping against hope for the past 2 months that a troublesome tooth would "magically heal" without seeing my dentist. Called yesterday and after 3 back and forth conversations with receptionist/off mgr, dentist prescribed an antibiotic and oral rinse to try first for a few days. I am confident that my dentist is taking every conceivable precaution with her staff, equipment and office but still, what closer contact can there be than dentist and asst. hovering right over one's open mouth???

Luckily, my Walgreens has a drive through and I'll pick up the scripts to start today. I truly appreciate the dentist trying to determine if there may be an infection but I'm thinking the problem may be a crack between teeth because it isn't the constant aching of a tooth infection. We'll see.

Thanks for your response! One medical decision at a time, yes?

Glad you will continue taking best care and hope all of our other health compromised friends on Connect will be too.

@kamama94 @gingerw, Kamama, I am doing exactly as you do in taking extra precautions and although it makes me feel like a virtual pariah in my own "little kingdom", I'll continue for the foreseeable future. We only have one life and if it is compromised with chronic health issues, it seems prudent to walk on the safest side we know.

Ginger, I called Quest Lab to check on protocal. As you'd reported, the online site had listed the 1st hr of day for seniors. Was able to schedule an early appt for the 29th which was a relief. Then called the neph. to ask about protocals there. Could wait in car until my turn but it was "against doc's 'policy' to release a lab report until following the patient appointment with her.

Now I know why Quest had told me earlier that it would be faster to get a report from doc's office and also why the doc had me hand over the lab copy I'd requested the day of my appt. for her to review with me. Frustrated to say the least.

Late afternoon yesterday, a voice mail from doc's office saying my appt had been moved up to Aug. 7th and I would need to have completed my lab a week in advance before the appt. Barely under the wire for doc appt. Will keep it because I really need to know my lab values but I'll be asking my PCP for a new neph referral at my next annual. I may be overreacting but didn't feel good initially with this neph and this only serves to confirm my early intuition. Feeling overloaded by recent events and just needed to "vent". See what happens when you open the door kamama??? Smiles