Leah B.
Servant of All
Let me start on a positive note: The credit card company I was worried about did in fact acknowledge my payment. They also did send me a new card with my name spelled correctly. Now it's just a matter of forcing myself to make a final decision and then calling to cancel the card. I just always agonize over decisions and dread doing stuff like this.
And speaking of dread... I made myself go back to bed for another three hours this morning because I didn't want to deal with more garbage with medical. I turned out to be right. First up, yesterday my pharmacy informed me my pulmonary doctor did not provide the requested refill for my main COPD inhaler. I called his office. They told me the inhaler refill was just called in. They asked me to wait to see if the pharmacy updated their system so I did. Nothing. I called the pharmacy today. They insisted that no refill was called in. I called my doctor's office again today. It took them two hours to stop being on answering service. When I finally got through, I ended up having to leave a message anyway. I waited all day. They never re-phoned the rx in. This is an inhaler to help me breathe so I don't end up in the hospital or dead. Wonderful. In addition, I had procured a disc copy of my CAT scan, as well as my written report of same from the dental specialist to give to my pulmonologist. I did this at his request because he wants to determine if I need to see an ENT specialist, as well as a cardiologist. I dropped these materials off last Friday. [An incidental finding on my CAT scan was calcifications around my thyroid. That may or may not put me at increased risk for heart attack or stroke. The thing is my pulmonologist can tell right away. He's very good at his job, and I will do whatever he says.] But back to point: I asked the office staff today if my lung doctor got the materials. I was told they put them in his mailbox. All this being said, please pray in Jesus's name this refill gets straightened out tomorrow and that I get my inhaler soon. Also please pray my pulmonologist gets back to me soon with his input about my CAT scan results.
Okay. Next up, we come to my neurologist appointments. As you may recall, it took me TWO MONTHS to even get the office to allow me to book an appointment. It took two months, one week to see the neurologist. Then it took two more weeks to get another appointment, which was a screening interview. After that interview, I waited for 12 days and heard nothing back. Today I found out why when I called them: They got my phone number wrong. Anyway, the issue at hand is it will take until mid-January for me to start treatment at this place. On top of that, there's somewhat of a chance that my insurance won't cover it. I can't afford any more out of pocket. The dental specialist already cost close to five thousand dollars. Anyway, please pray in Jesus's name that my insurance will cover these treatments and that they will work. [I have some doubts because these doctors are literally split 50/50 as to the cause of my jaw movements. If the treatment doesn't help, it means that I went with the ones who are wrong.] Also please pray in Jesus's name for my mental state. I'm SICK of all of this. I would literally almost rather let myself drop dead than keep fighting to get medical care. I am betting there are people like me who really do give up and just let themselves die because everything is so ridiculously hard. Thank you for praying
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And speaking of dread... I made myself go back to bed for another three hours this morning because I didn't want to deal with more garbage with medical. I turned out to be right. First up, yesterday my pharmacy informed me my pulmonary doctor did not provide the requested refill for my main COPD inhaler. I called his office. They told me the inhaler refill was just called in. They asked me to wait to see if the pharmacy updated their system so I did. Nothing. I called the pharmacy today. They insisted that no refill was called in. I called my doctor's office again today. It took them two hours to stop being on answering service. When I finally got through, I ended up having to leave a message anyway. I waited all day. They never re-phoned the rx in. This is an inhaler to help me breathe so I don't end up in the hospital or dead. Wonderful. In addition, I had procured a disc copy of my CAT scan, as well as my written report of same from the dental specialist to give to my pulmonologist. I did this at his request because he wants to determine if I need to see an ENT specialist, as well as a cardiologist. I dropped these materials off last Friday. [An incidental finding on my CAT scan was calcifications around my thyroid. That may or may not put me at increased risk for heart attack or stroke. The thing is my pulmonologist can tell right away. He's very good at his job, and I will do whatever he says.] But back to point: I asked the office staff today if my lung doctor got the materials. I was told they put them in his mailbox. All this being said, please pray in Jesus's name this refill gets straightened out tomorrow and that I get my inhaler soon. Also please pray my pulmonologist gets back to me soon with his input about my CAT scan results.
Okay. Next up, we come to my neurologist appointments. As you may recall, it took me TWO MONTHS to even get the office to allow me to book an appointment. It took two months, one week to see the neurologist. Then it took two more weeks to get another appointment, which was a screening interview. After that interview, I waited for 12 days and heard nothing back. Today I found out why when I called them: They got my phone number wrong. Anyway, the issue at hand is it will take until mid-January for me to start treatment at this place. On top of that, there's somewhat of a chance that my insurance won't cover it. I can't afford any more out of pocket. The dental specialist already cost close to five thousand dollars. Anyway, please pray in Jesus's name that my insurance will cover these treatments and that they will work. [I have some doubts because these doctors are literally split 50/50 as to the cause of my jaw movements. If the treatment doesn't help, it means that I went with the ones who are wrong.] Also please pray in Jesus's name for my mental state. I'm SICK of all of this. I would literally almost rather let myself drop dead than keep fighting to get medical care. I am betting there are people like me who really do give up and just let themselves die because everything is so ridiculously hard. Thank you for praying
