So like I said before.. I am currently without insurance. I know I cannot expect much in the ways of service. .. but man I didn't think it'd be this bad. I know that there's a possibility the hospital might pick up a large portion of the bill. Not holding my breath but it's somithing. Then they tell me to go to a specific place to meet a certain doctor 2 weeks after the surgery. For all I know this doctor was a physical therapist. Other than that I was told nothing. Well last Thursday was appt day and I gotta say I was excited to ask some questions about the recovery process.
Little did I know this doctor had no idea why I was ther- WAIT. .. back up.. first off. They turned me away because I didn't bring the literal 5 letters of proof I'm not a drifter to be 'put into the system' so next day I made another appt... my sister drove us BACK to the place, and after showing proof of residency, 2 paystubs, my ID, a few bills to further prove my address... I got in.
I still didn't know what I was doing there... P/T? X rays? Unfortunately the place didn't know either. So not only was I turned away and wasted hours that could've been spent packing up my Shit (I moved this weekend) and SLEEPING (my poor sisters been so great helping me she was exhausted) they didn't have any idea who I was. So after passing the 6 point inspection to get in, I was put in an interview room. Where I was promptly told that I am not eligible for any discounts toward anything there. Yup. Me who makes about a tenth of what I used to make and can barely pay bills with it receives no help. DONT TELL ME HELP IS AN OPTION THEN!
The gal said it would also be a $150 fee to put me in the system (her keyboard keys must fucking cure cancer) and if I saw the doctor (who was literally waiting for me) I'd have to give up $385 more. That's $535 to see if I can solve a mystery. Well I refused ..asked the gal about to punch me in for $50 per syllable if I could ask the doctor why I'm here before fatally wounding my wallet, and was told I could only see her if the bucks rolled..
In the end I opted to keep it a mystery and keep my money. Like I said.. I get it. I am uninsured... but then leave me to fend for myself and don't show me options I clearly won't get. I even got denied painkillers after asking the surgeons office if I call them when my first bottle of pain meds runs out. "Sure no problem sir we just call it in for you!"...
Okay a sigh of relief. .. tell I find out the surgeons office denied my request. No info, no warning it MIGHT get denied ( if they said that I wouldn't be pissed off) Just friendly "we're on it sir we live to help"....
This is my gripe. If you're going to tell me one thing. .. don't do the other. Now I have a massively swollen knee that's Laughing at the aspirin I been taking... I bailed on a mystery doctor and cannot help thinking she was some key to something that could help me .......
(Sorry fell off the bed laughing)
So I do have an appt tomorrow to see the actual surgeon who put my humpty back together. Hopefully some light will be shed. Sorry for the ranting. Just frustrated.
I'll end with a joke...
- a quadriplegic woman is crying on a beach... A handsome man walks by and asks "what's wrong?"
"it's just that I've never been hugged by a real man before" she whimpers..
"Well I'm here" he said, bending down to hug her...and moves on.
An hour later he comes back to the woman .. again in tears.
"What's wrong now?" He asks...
"Well, I've never been kissed by real man either..." she replies...
The man sighs, picks her up, and gives her the most passionate kiss she ever thought possible...
" there you go miss, so long" and he walks away.
Another hour goes by and the man hears her crying from across the beach...wailing louder than ever..
" What's wrong now miss??" He asked..
"Well.." she said..."it's kind of embarrassing. .. but I've never been fucked by a real man either..."
The man sighs again..looks around.. picks her up and tosses her into the ocean..
"There..now you're fucked!"
*disclaimer... If I offended you with this closer... Get over it. It's a frigging joke. We're all hurtin. ^^
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