20050427

5.35AM and not a drop to sleep

Argh. Another night awake. I so need my relaxation sleep chill out chill out. I've been off a bunch of meds (including NSAIDs) since the 21st and I am trying to handle more pain than I can really manage. Chin up (gotta enjoy it while I can!). Stop whinging. I am doing ok for the most part, the lack of sleep is getting to me though.

At least tonight when nary a wink is in site I'm alert enough to get some things done.

My MedicAlert bracelet came this week. The new perma telegram I have to wear on my person reads:
NEEDS FIBER OPTICS. STOP.
CERVICAL FUSION. STOP.
ASTHMA. STOP.
EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME. STOP.
NO LATEX, IODINE. STOP.

Is that really the most important things? I don't know. I went around and around with the MedicAlert peops. EMTs don't usually give Phenergan in the field. Hope not. Anaphylaxis sucks. I figure the MedicAlert thang is another one of those 'if you have it done, taken care of, in place...you won't ever need it' type things. Better safe than sorry.

Still trying to get ye-ole health insurance to deal with the appeal. The fact that I'm having surgery in 9 days is not cause for an expidited appeal in their view.

The list for tomorrow before we fly to New York is daunting. I better try again to sleep. 'nite

20050414

Procrastinating Appeals

So here I am procrastinating from working on the appeal I am writing to my HMO. They are (of course) denying coverage for anything that approaches REAL care. The saddest part of that being that even though I live in a major metro area, and have ever since I have been dealing with major medical issues, I can't find doctors that actually sort anything out where I live. So I HAVE to go 2,927 miles east to find specialists that understand what is going on with my body. What part of piles of doctors, lots of tests, lots of $$$, no answers, bad treatment and mental anguish=local. One specialist unit, some tests, in the end a lot less $$$, some real freakin answers=out of town specialists can't they understand? Oh, right. Medical justification only. Let me lay it out real easy for you. One line appeal.

It will cost you less money to do it this way.

So here I am writing justifications to a pile of mental arguments that I can hear the appeals board coming up with, trying to answer any and all arguments in a single letter. Of course these arguments each require a lot of research since I am suddenly dealing with a lot of issues that I know only a little about.

Searches bring me to more interesting things to read (like Ghetto River Nymph's blog) which distracts me into responding to her, which distracts me into setting up my own blog. What was I doing? Oh, right.