Been pretty much MIA

Sorry gang. I have had a lot on my plate this last week. Still do. Stress, fibro health stuff.

Monday I went to the proctologist for my hemorrhoid appt. He said yes there were hemorrhoids and he wanted to do a scope and make sure that there was not something more serious causing the bleeding and while he had the scope there he would band the hemorrhoids. Fine and dandy. We set the procedure for Friday – yesterday. I had my husband staying home from work to take me and my sister to watch the baby.

Also had migraine and I used my two samples of Imatrex. Called the doc to get more samples and found out they had a script for me waiting there for it they forgot to give me. I still asked for samples because it is such an expensive script. Nurse was out and they put me to her voice mail. That was last week Thursday. I had not received a call back as of Wednesday so I figured the samples were probably waiting for me. I did have my throat feel like it was closing up the two times I took the samples – but I though maybe it was supposed to do that. Kal said talk to them about it.

E was flying back to Ohio for the weekend to do a couple of jobs installing security cameras. He needed a rental car. He did not have enough in his checking account to cover the rental. His work was supposed to give him an advance on his Friday pay Wednesday to help but the check signer left before the check was cut so Wednesday night I tried working with the rental company to get him a car by putting a hold on my credit card… Unfortunately, the name on the credit card and the name of the person renting/picking up the vehicle have to match. So we work with the company to do a one day rental and I transferred $50 bucks to his checking account to help him out. It gave him $64 in his account and the rental car was supposed to be 42. Well when he got up there it was declined. The rental car company was trying to hold an extra $50 and of course it was not in there. SO I ran to his work to pick up and deposit his advance on his pay.

NOW mind you this is after something else happened that day and I was so upset I was crying….

I got a call from the proctologist’s office. They told me that I needed to bring over $400 to cover my procedure with me to the appt the next day. It seems that the procedure is not considered outpatient surgery and there for is not eligible for a co pay but comes out of my deductible. I burst into tears. I do not have an extra $400. She said talk to my hubby and she would talk to the doctor and see if they could work out payments. She wanted to know how much I could bring with me and I said I did not know – I would have to talk with hubby first…

So I talked with him and we tried to figure it out – proctologist office called me back… I told them Hubby only gets paid every two weeks and mortgage came out of this check but I could put a max of $100 on my credit card (Since I did not use it to rent E the car) she said she would need a FIRM commitment of more than that every two weeks until the procedure was paid for – oh and the cost was now over $700 because she calculated the physician fee at the 80/20 once my deductible was met — and since I had nothing towards my $1000 deductible I had to pay the whole thing. I had a melt down and said I had to just cancel the procedure.

So that is what happened BEFORE I went to pick up E’s advance from his work.

Now back to that part of the story…

Once I got to his work they shuffled me around from person to person as to who I needed to see. I finally got to the correct person and she told me that the management refused to give him the advance. Now mind you… he is now sitting IN the airport in Ohio and is stuck with out a rental car. She told me she was going to send some of the guys on a junk run (taking the unfixable appliances to the junk yard) and would definitely have some money for him by 4 pm. I told her that I had to make a deposit to his account by 2 to be credited for that day – it would not help him in the least. She said she would call me if they could get a junk run done before that.

So now I am stressing over that. I had to tell E they did not give him an advance. It is now after noon. I am hungry – baby is cranky and hungry so we go to Burger King where I proceed to totally blow the diet and eat 2 (yes 2) Whoppers and a large fry. I sit for a while hoping E’s work will call me back – but they don’t so I figure I better head home and get baby down for a nap.

So I get all the way home and pull in the driveway – just as I open the car door to get Autumn out my cell phone rings.

It is E’s work. They made a quickie junk run and she has 160 bucks for me, well for E. Ok No problem – it is now 1:15 think I can make it back to his work and make the deposit by 2 – so I back the car out of the driveway and head back to South Daytona…

I get there and she hands me the cash and says she is sorry for the mix up and such. I told her I would be by on Friday to pick up his paycheck and she said ok.

I run to the bank and go inside so I can talk to a teller to make sure the money will be avail right away. They have 1 teller working inside, there is one man in front of me and a lady at the teller window asking questions of the teller that should be dealt with by an account specialist. It is now 1:50 pm. I am holding a squirming Autumn and she wants to be let down so she can run around. Finally it is my turn and it is now 1:56. Yes the money is avail even before I walk out the door of the bank.

I call E to tell him the good news. I tell him to call me back to make sure he got the car.

I get back in my car and since I am in the area I decide to stop by my Neurologists office to pick up my prescription and the samples of Imatrex because I have a migraine starting.

I walk into the office and the receptionist is a little put off… like I am inconveniencing her. There is no one else in the office employee wise or patient wise. I ask if there are samples and a prescription waiting for me. She looked and there was only a script – no samples. So I asked if Dr.’s nurse was in and she said no. I said ok; please leave a message for her. The receptionist was even more perturbed. I left a message that asked about the throat closing up thing and also to try to get more samples because I just could not afford to fill the prescription at this time. I then left.

It started to POUR buckets of rain. Adding to my very depressed state of mind and headache – Autumn starts SCREAMING… she does not want to be in her car seat anymore. I don’t blame her. Traffic is moving at 20 miles an hour in a 50 mile an hour zone (Nova Road from Beville to LPGA for those of you in the area) I pull in my driveway – FINALLY and it is now almost 3pm.

I put fussy pants down for her nap.

I try to nap but I am just to I don’t know – STRESSED.

Kal comes home and I was going to cook pork chops but I was so stressed he let me order Chinese food.

Friday Kal still takes off work. I get a call from the eye doctor. Kal and I both have exams on Saturday (Today) and they said I have approval for my exam but there is a pending exam approval for Kal. DAG NAB IT! A little over a month ago we were going to have Kal’s eyes checked at Wal-Mart vision center but when we got there the lady was RUDE and wanted to charge us over $100 for his eye exam. I told her we could have it done cheaper elsewhere and she said “Good Luck finding somewhere” She said she did not put the visit through for approval with his insurance. Evidently she DID. SO I had to call Wal-Fart and have them call his insurance to cancel their pending exam approval so he could be seen today at the other place where his exam was only $70.

We have lunch on Friday with my sister at Booth’s Bowery. Man I love their garlic wings. We spent too much. Oh well – I don’t get to see my sister enough and it was nice to visit with her.

It has been weird without E in our living room. Kal and I don’t know how to act. He is happy cause snogging ensued and we did not have to be careful noise wise. (We have a very old and squeaky bed)

So anyway today my over emotional state has finally been understood. I got a visitor today. Kal is happy because he got snogged yesterday and won’t have to go a whole week without any….

We had our eye doctor appointments today. My eyes are worse. Thank goodness they have both changed about the same. Now I can still get away with ONE box of contact lenses. They have gone from -3.25 to -3.50 in both eyes. At least I can see again – trial pair of lenses. I am going to shop around for a better price on the lenses. They said they would match any prices I found so long as they are not less than what they pay for them. So first thing Monday I will be calling around for prices.

So there you have it. My week in a very big nutshell…. Hopefully things will be a bit calmer now… well one can HOPE can’t one?

P.S. The Cat is peeing on the sofa again……

A REAL ENTRY FINALLY

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