Just a little out of sorts lately

January is the month of new beginnings.

But in spite of my over-all optimism, I just can’t help feeling a bit jittery.

First, finances.  December is really the month of big spending…and limited income.  You see, as self employed private doctors, we only get income when we have patients, and of course, there are less patients in December.  And, of course, we want to spend time with family, have Christmas dinners and vacations, which means even less time at clinics = less income.  Add the fact that we are spending a lot for gifts.  I have nothing against gift giving coz this is the chance for us to show people our appreciation.  But gift giving means spending for gifts.  Which combined with the limited income = depletion of the family kitty.  And in January some bills and must pays keep creeping in.  Sigh.  Double sigh.

Secondly, our kids.  We’re now having pleasantly cool weather which I’m enjoying.  But our kids had bouts of viral infections.  My girl even had to be brought to the hospital when she had benign febrile convulsions.  Thank goodness it’s over now but definitely not a good start to the year.

Thirdly, our career.  There are so many changes coming that we really do not know what’s ahead.  There are now more and more HMO patients and some HMOs, instead of increasing the fees that they pay to doctors, are actually decreasing it.  No wonder established doctors shun HMOs.

Fourthly, my/our desire to finally have a place of our own.  I want so much to have my own “kingdom” so to speak.  It’s rather limiting not to be able to make your own decisions regarding your own self and your own family and having things done your own way.  But, it seems that we have to postpone that too.  For now, the best thing for our kids is to stay put, where a loving grandma can and will watch them when we are away, especially when they are sick.  And hired help does not have the same sort of loving care that blood relations do.

Well, January is now over.  Maybe February, with the beginning of the Chinese New Year, will be a better month for us?  I certainly hope so.

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  2. Tani says:

    Hi Doc Joey. Is the husband a doctor as well? My husband and I both have a medical degree, but we chose to forego residency and pursue other fields. I am a nurse before I took up Medicine so I’m back to nursing. I still get to practice Med because I’m a retainer in MEDICard. BTW, I can’t seem to follow your blog because it’s wordpress.org not wordpress.com like my blog. I’ll just put the link in my blogroll.

  3. admin says:

    Hi Tani! Yes, we’re both ophthalmologists. I subspecialize in glaucoma while he is in medical retina. We got married at the end of his fellowship. Pretty difficult to undergo training when the kids arrive. As it is, I pretty much gave up na my Masters. Sigh

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