04-28-2021, 03:49 PM
I'm getting so tired of lying to Kaiser. I'm not trying to deceive them -- just avoid unnecessary work at their end as well as mine. A few days ago they asked the standard question of whether I had experienced the constellation of symptoms associated with covid. I said no, even though the day before I'd had chills, felt run down, maybe had a bit of fever. The thing is, just the day before --- with the Russian's blessing -- I got my second Shringrex (for shingles) shot. A day later I had a sore arm, minor chills, etc., all to be expected. But if I had answered yes, it might have started an avalanche of checks up the chain and possible delays.
Then today they called to make arrangements for a therapist to come out Friday after the operation. "Do you have any pets?" Halvah is so docile, she could almost be classified as furniture. But I was honest and said yes. "We ask that you confine any pets to a room during the visit. Fine, fine. Then came the question that threw me into a tizzy.
"Do you have any unsecured weapons in the house?"
After a pause bordering on the suspicious, I said no.
After we're done and I hang up, I look at the weapons rack behind me overflowing with swords, three-section staff, daggers, chainwhip, etc. I think about the big Guan dao in the living room. Oh, and the spears there too. There's weapons throughout the house and in the shed and studio. And I feel a little irresponsible telling her no. But I'm interpretating her "weapons" to mean firearms, and I think that's reasonable. After all, every house they come to is going to have a kitchen full of knives. If they complain, and I want to be real anal about it, I'll ask if there's any unsecured weapons in the operating room. Because I've seen the Russian's blood-channel scalpels. That's not kitchenware, I'm pretty sure.
Anyway, I go in at 7 am tomorrow (Thursday). By around 10:30 they should finish with me. If all goes well, I'll come home in early afternoon.
Then today they called to make arrangements for a therapist to come out Friday after the operation. "Do you have any pets?" Halvah is so docile, she could almost be classified as furniture. But I was honest and said yes. "We ask that you confine any pets to a room during the visit. Fine, fine. Then came the question that threw me into a tizzy.
"Do you have any unsecured weapons in the house?"
After a pause bordering on the suspicious, I said no.
After we're done and I hang up, I look at the weapons rack behind me overflowing with swords, three-section staff, daggers, chainwhip, etc. I think about the big Guan dao in the living room. Oh, and the spears there too. There's weapons throughout the house and in the shed and studio. And I feel a little irresponsible telling her no. But I'm interpretating her "weapons" to mean firearms, and I think that's reasonable. After all, every house they come to is going to have a kitchen full of knives. If they complain, and I want to be real anal about it, I'll ask if there's any unsecured weapons in the operating room. Because I've seen the Russian's blood-channel scalpels. That's not kitchenware, I'm pretty sure.
Anyway, I go in at 7 am tomorrow (Thursday). By around 10:30 they should finish with me. If all goes well, I'll come home in early afternoon.
