Neurosurgeons

I've never really had doctors. I mean, yeah, I have, but I've almost always been healthy. I had the same pediatrician for like 17 years. No joke, it got to the point of ridiculous. There was one time when I drove to the doctor's office (for routine shots, I think) and I'm sitting there around 3 month-old kids, and I finally told my mom I was done. If I can legally drive to the doctor, I do not need a pediatrician.

There were a few years in the late teens where I had a dermatologist. And that's sort of where I'm going - people talk about their doctors like they're possessions, sort of. With women it's much more pronounced, since you all "have" an OB/GYN.

So throughout my life I've "had" a doctor of some sort. I've "had" a dermatologist. I've "had" an orthopedist after breaking my wrist. I've "had" an ophthalmologist. And here's the really funny thing - this is not the first time in my life I've "had" a neurosurgeon.

When I was in the first grade, I was over at a friend's house and we were running through the woods. I reached out and grabbed a stick, and yanked, with the intent of breaking it off. Instead, it sliced through my pinky finger, down to the bone. And it severed the nerves. I didn't even feel it until my hand felt wet, and I looked down to see my arm covered in blood. I mean, the whole thing is a long story, went to the hospital, and yes, nerve surgery in a digit is WAY different from brain surgery, but still, the point remains: for the second time in my life, I've "got" a neurosurgeon.

You can sort of see the scar tissue from the accident 30 years ago. Full restoration of all sensory and motor nerves

Except this time, I've got a TEAM. I've actually lost track of them. Laura is better at it than I am. But I have a team of neurosurgeons, and they've already worked on me once. Kind of makes me feel like a badass.

As an aside, you want to know something I still think is hysterical? I still have no clue who my "primary care manager" is.