I’d waited for four months to get an appointment to talk to a CPAP specialist. Many, many confirmations and guidelines about the appointment,of course.
On the day before, a human calls and goes through a long checklist of information and questions to “see if I’m entitled” to talk to the specialist. Last question: ‘Are you currently in this state?’ “Umm, no, I’m currently helping my mom in a different state, but I can…” “Soooo sorry! Call back to reschedule (in another four months).”
Medical wife explained that it’s a common thing with the hospital’s insurance. But why not mention that in all the contact they’ve had with me over the last month?
Why would it matter, even insurance-wise? If you are resident in the state and can get to the appointment in time, that should be enough.
I don’t understand your health system, but this sound even more illogical than usual.
Next time, lie and find another provider if possible.
Had a job making those calls in college for the hospital neurology department. Four hours each evening, five days a week. The original appointments were made months prior. I’d call all the numbers in ten or so minutes, then spend the remainder of the hour studying.
I’d re-call numbers that didn’t answer and then spend the rest of that hour studying.
Easiest job ever, although I’d get awkward situations like being told the patient had died weeks ago.
My oldest daughter’s dad died yesterday. He let an infection in his foot get out of hand, had to have an emergency below the knee amputation last month, and just never bounced back. He turned 60 in January. We didn’t see each other anymore, but we parted amicably lo, those many years ago. Fuck!
Sex is bad, mmkay? From SouthPark. Sometimes. If I’d not stupidly, briefly, got together with an old school mate around christmas, I wouldnt have tested pos for hpv. I’m sure it couldnt have been my ex. Or maybe it was, no way to tell. You think you dont need a condom when your new partner says he hadnt had sex in 9 years(believable).
Not only that, abnormal cells found. Dr. cut 2 small pieces of my cervix for testing purposes. No numbing. It hurt terribly, am still sore.
Sorry if TMI.
Thank you. My daughter is the oldest of his five kids. His other daughters lost their mom back in October so it’s really hitting them hard. His sons at least still have their mom.
His medical team were rock stars. They tried so hard to keep him alive despite all his health problems. His ICU nurses deserve medals.
The nurse who took my vitals said Its like a major pap. No. I had a Leep once, and didnt feel a thing. She said I may feel a pinch( more like a sewing needle poking me), then another. Damn. Hopefully, there will be no need for another.“No intercourse for a week.” Yeah, its going to be a lot longer than that.
Microsoft has updated again. I spent fifteen minutes changing the template back. I don’t like the Calibri font. Easy change. But most of the time was spent trying to convince my computer to edit the normal.dotm file, which both Windows and Word resist, because I really don’t want widow/orphan protection on, but Microsoft, for some reason, really, really, really badly does. There are a few other things that I changed eight or nine times without success, until I was able to figure out a workaround, which I will document here in case I need it again:
Solution: change the permissions on all the folders and subfolders so that I (“Everyone”) can actually edit them; open normal.dotm; save it in the same folder with my changes as normal2.dotm, which actually takes (though saving as a .dotm is its own challenge); close Word; delete normal.dotm; rename normal2.dotm to normal.dotm.
The Subway near me has had signs up for more than a year saying “Due to supply chain issues, we cannot accept coupons at this time.”
What bullshit! What does accepting coupons have to do with whether or not they can get all their foodstuffs and other supplies promptly? They never seem to be out of anything. They just don’t feel like dealing with coupons and heard there were problems with “the supply chain” and decided it made a convenient excuse.
I don’t even use Subway coupons. It just chafes my hide that they can’t be more honest and say, “Sorry, no coupons accepted” without a bullshit excuse.
Yes that’s some major fucking bullshit from a care provider. I’ve heard from friend who had IUD insertion that nearly made them pass out from pain. Myself first baby, no numbing before the episiotomy, amidst painful excruciating contractions when I felt the blade slice me open I nearly levitated off the table in extra focused searing pain from that “little pinch”. Was not my doctor, he was the on call obgyn, if I could’ve stood up I would have felt like smashing his face in.
