November 2002 rediagnosed with a recurring tumor I am going to bring you through the whole fun thing
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This is where you stick random tidbits of information about yourself.
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Brain Tumor History And Other Rants
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Saturday, May 17, 2003
So Friday I went in. Nothing, no transplants, I held my platelets from Wednesday. My whites were still low so I had to hide out still. I am free for the weekend. I go back Monday, whites are still low, but I need platelets. Off to transfusion I go. I get another bag of the yellow stuff, they tell me that Wednesday I will probably need a red blood transfusion if my counts are low. I have Tuesday off. I go back Wednesday. My whites are finally coming up, that is good. My reds have come up a little so they decide not to transfuse those and my platlets are holding. So Friday I am back there again (any one see a pattern here?) Now they say my red blood cells have lowered again a little. So they want me to come in on Saturday morning to get 2 pints of blood. This takes like 4 hours to go in. So this morning I went in and got 2 pints. Not the same as 2 pints at the bar let me tell ya…..
Oh and don’t let me leave out this weeks insurance drama. Always keep in mind that with insurance companies it is all about what they don’t pay. I had from my job long term disability insurance that I paid extra every check to have. So now I need it. I left work on January 16 and I became eligible for it on April 11th. They pay out once a month. So my first check was due to me May 11th. Oh what’s that you say it is May 17th and no check yet. Well unfortunately they didn’t get all their paper work over there to make a ruling on my claim. So a week ago I get a certified letter saying that they haven’t gotten the doctors explanation yet, and they were going to make a ruling on my claim on Friday May 17th. So the responsibility is on me to shake down my doctor, to get a form to the insurance. I called on Monday, left a message, and then I called the insurance company to tell them. Keep in mind they notate everything to cover their own butts, that they tried so hard to get you your settlement. I called the doctors office on Tuesday, left a message with someone else. Then Wednesday I called the insurance company again figuring well this has to be moving along right? No, the insurance company and the doctors office are playing phone tag. OK, Thursday comes along I call the doctors office the woman I need is not in today. I call the doctors assistant to find out if they sent the paperwork and she was in the process of faxing it over. So I wait 2 hours call the insurance company to finally find out that they have gotten what they needed and have approved my disability (that I had paid in for). So am I totally bitching here? Maybe, but insurance users beware! Oh, and now that I am approved do you think my check comes right away? No. Now the insurance company has some more paperwork for me to fill out. No telling when that check is coming, but it’s coming alright, I paid extra for it.
So some may know tonight is the big gala benefit for Bob. History here, the guy I dj for decided to try to help me out with my medical bills with a benefit. So he roped my parents sister and one of my best friends in to help out. The whole thing to me is weird. In my family you got to get married or die to have a party, and depending on who you were talking to when you died is who shows up. So we aren’t big party people. That being said I have djed almost everything, no funerals yet, but I have done plenty of weddings so they count. But still the weirdest thing is being on the other side of that table. I have done benefits for organizations and benefits for people in need. But still to be on the other side of the table, very humbling. I know people have worked very hard on this and I appreciate it, they have donated time and money and that is weird for me to know how to deal with because I like to take care of things myself but I haven’t been able to do that for 6 months now so you would think I was used to this.
Well I guess I have to give a post wrap up to this soon.
6:18 PM
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