Phones

I offically hate talking on the phone.

Good lord, it's like all I've had to do these past few weeks is talk to this person to talk to that person to call the other one back. I swear I'm getting the run around and I'm getting close to that point of I really don't F*cking care.

My insurance co. swore up and down that I was provided thru this one hospital out of L.A. but then my case manager said no. Called the insurance co. back a few more times and along with calling the Risk Management Co. Finally yesterday was told no that hopsital does NOT cover the procedure. So just in case today I called again to verify it, they agreed with the last statement, but then I get a call from the Risk Management saying no the hospital that I'm being told now isn't covered and the other one was. So then I have to call back to my insurance, was on hold forever, finally was told they'd call me back. When they did she said once again that I was covered under the one that they have recently told me. We shall see, because obviously I need to call back again and confirm it again and again.

Then my Dr. office said they sent out the packet to the hospital so be waiting to hear from them, but that they should be able to insure me also whether or not they are in network with my insurance. Fun Fun .. tell ya what.

My case worker calls and gives me a pretty fast low down on things. I was a bit overwhelmed. Trying to keep up with what she was saying and writting it down plus to making sure to ask questions that I didn't understand it. Just wow is mainly what I can say.

What I know of now tho, is that I'll probably be out for my consult in the next few weeks and it will be about 2 days long of doing tests, ranging from blood work to CT scans, to Xrays.

My sister wants to come out, which I kind of want her there as well. It would just help with having someone there with more knowledge on the medical aspect and being able to take themselves out of the equation to ask specific questions. But then also I kinda want her to stay with my kids because I'm not so sure how much I trust my mother-in-law.. that hasn't really turned out to well in the past.

And I found out too, that most likely after the procedure that I will have to stay in L.A. for about a month. I guess they might have a campus that I can stay at, which is one thing that I have to verify as well. But I wasn't expecting it to be that long. I guess I was thinking like a week a week and half and that I would be home and just have to take it easy. But I was wrong! So then I have to try and start figuring out what to do with the boys, and even then with Tom and work because he'll have vaca time but at the same time I wouldn't want him to miss so much work and not be around the boys. So that's another thing that I talked about with my sister. Figured maybe she could come out for a couple weeks or something and Tom could at least work half a days or something.

My friends down here too have been offering help, but I don't know how much they would be willing to help out either. And I don't want to burden them. Plus too, to think of going a month without seeing my kids, not so sure how up I am for that. I know it's better then dying but I haven't hardly been away from them at all.

Well that's it for now. Til the next update ..