Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Let Me Vent - Frustration

I haven't posted in awhile because I received an email from my local GI doctor and was pretty frustrated about it for awhile. In my last post I informed you that we were starting the appeal process with the insurance to try and get the surgery covered. Well, long story short the insurance company is using my local GI doctor as a go between for me and my insurance. Anyways, they had him contact me to let me know that I need to get a 2nd (well, more like 3rd) opinion about whether or not I should have the surgery and if it would benefit me. , to see if they will cover it.

I'm just frustrated with all the run around from this doctor to another doctor and then fighting the insurance company too. So, I called to schedule my appointment with this new doctor and they won't even schedule me an appointment until they have all my paperwork. Hopefully I will get around to calling everybody to send them all my paperwork. When I get frustrated like this, I just want to give up and forget it all, so then I keep pushing off making the phone calls they want me to.

Another thing that bothers me is that I actually work for the hospital my insurance is through and they still don't want to cover things. I supposedly heard that they made the comment that "she is stable". Well yes I'm stable, because I'm on the TPN.....that's not the way I want to live the rest of my life and if my body would start rejecting it, I wouldn't be stable for long. Which is why I'm interested in the surgery, to see if it will help and then I can get off the TPN and lead a more normal life.

There's plenty more I could write about, but I will end it here. I don't like to complain, but sometime I just need to get it off my chest a little.

Taking it one day at a time!!!