What's upsetting you today? - Page 434

Tulip · 03-29-2011, 01:53 AM

It's $4 a month for a generic brand. My mom has been taking a pill daily for the last, oh I don't know, 23 years or so longer.

morethanpretty · 03-29-2011, 10:01 AM

My mom just told me our insurance is changing to a whole different company on May 1. My thyroid surgery is supposed to be May 17. I had less than $800 left to meet my deductible, have a surgeon and everything planned out. She didn't give me any more information either which pisses me off. When the hell did she find this out?

glatt · 03-29-2011, 10:06 AM

That totally sucks. When we switched insurance here at work a year ago, people were told that if they were undergoing treatment for a specific isolated medical issue, they could be grandfathered in to the old insurance until that specific issue was taken care of. (Chronic long term problems excluded.) It's worth checking to see if since you have a surgery scheduled, you might be able to continue with the old insurance until that surgery is performed.

infinite monkey · 03-29-2011, 10:09 AM

Sheesh, mtp...I'm sorry such a stressful thing is made even more stressful. Insurance...what a crock.

casimendocina · 03-30-2011, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Just a couple, four, hours?

Yeah, can't get away just now but I am going up there sometime.

casi, I think you read my mind.

If you can, make a definite date so you DO get there.

infinite monkey · 03-30-2011, 02:39 PM

I can't make a def. date, but probably early summer. Thanks casi.

Today: I don't get it. Is my whole world just a big meaningless fantasy? There doesn't seem to be any purpose, and I don't seem to have a place. I ask for what I need, I don't demand or beg, I'm honest...where does that get you, when it's all just hanging by a thread and in the back of your mind is always the fear that there will be that one 'snip' and lots of laughter as I fall so fucking far down that getting back up may seem impossible.

What am I, a giant social experiment? A topic of philosophical blathering? Just another tick on the post? Is any of it real? Does honesty count for anything? Anything at all?

Trilby · 03-30-2011, 03:24 PM

I feel your pain, IM.

I just handled a phone call and I wasn't at my best. I feel sort of sick over it. But what can I do? I have five doctors all lined up every month for money and I only have so much money to go around. I'd LOVE to pay these people off - but, short of wiinning the lottery...I keep chipping away at the cancer bills but they never seem to get any smaller.

Sigh.

They save your life and then your life ain't worth a plug nickel.

DanaC · 03-30-2011, 05:31 PM

I am really irritable at the moment. No reason. Not 'unhappy' or upset as such...but my temper feels like it is on a hair trigger. I can veer from chilled out and happy to completely wound up in 60 seconds flat, and then that's it, mind racing, thoughts churning. Over really silly shit as well.

HungLikeJesus · 03-30-2011, 07:41 PM

You need to go pet your puppy.

infinite monkey · 03-30-2011, 07:48 PM

For Bri

And I agree with HLJ, Dana, give Pilau a big old hug! My Gaines sure cheered me up today.

Aliantha · 03-30-2011, 07:55 PM

It's kind of upsetting me, but also mildly irritating. It comes and goes.

I ate too much chickpea curry yesterday, and the outcome overnight and today is that I can't stop farting, and BOY do they STINK!

I'm never doing that again!

infinite monkey · 03-30-2011, 07:59 PM

Hahahahaha! They're garbanzo BEANS. But you just reminded me that my discovery of a new work cafe offering of hummus (the garlic) and pretzels might not be good for my breath or the end that does the windy thing.

I suppose curry would exacerbate that effect.

DanaC · 03-30-2011, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

You need to go pet your puppy.

... Is that what they call it these days?

zippyt · 03-30-2011, 09:28 PM

Big Sarge · 03-30-2011, 09:38 PM

mtp - sorry to hear about your thyroid problem. i know that dealing with insurance can be a major hassle. hang in there. i pray it all works out for you!

03-29-2011, 10:01 AM	#6497
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	My mom just told me our insurance is changing to a whole different company on May 1. My thyroid surgery is supposed to be May 17. I had less than $800 left to meet my deductible, have a surgeon and everything planned out. She didn't give me any more information either which pisses me off. When the hell did she find this out? __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

03-30-2011, 03:24 PM	#6502
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I feel your pain, IM. I just handled a phone call and I wasn't at my best. I feel sort of sick over it. But what can I do? I have five doctors all lined up every month for money and I only have so much money to go around. I'd LOVE to pay these people off - but, short of wiinning the lottery...I keep chipping away at the cancer bills but they never seem to get any smaller. Sigh. They save your life and then your life ain't worth a plug nickel. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-30-2011, 07:41 PM	#6504
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	You need to go pet your puppy. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

03-30-2011, 07:55 PM	#6506
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	It's kind of upsetting me, but also mildly irritating. It comes and goes. I ate too much chickpea curry yesterday, and the outcome overnight and today is that I can't stop farting, and BOY do they STINK! I'm never doing that again! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-30-2011, 09:28 PM	#6509
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	__________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

03-29-2011, 01:53 AM	#6496
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	It's $4 a month for a generic brand. My mom has been taking a pill daily for the last, oh I don't know, 23 years or so longer.

03-29-2011, 10:06 AM	#6498
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That totally sucks. When we switched insurance here at work a year ago, people were told that if they were undergoing treatment for a specific isolated medical issue, they could be grandfathered in to the old insurance until that specific issue was taken care of. (Chronic long term problems excluded.) It's worth checking to see if since you have a surgery scheduled, you might be able to continue with the old insurance until that surgery is performed.

03-29-2011, 10:09 AM	#6499
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Sheesh, mtp...I'm sorry such a stressful thing is made even more stressful. Insurance...what a crock.

03-30-2011, 02:39 PM	#6501
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I can't make a def. date, but probably early summer. Thanks casi. Today: I don't get it. Is my whole world just a big meaningless fantasy? There doesn't seem to be any purpose, and I don't seem to have a place. I ask for what I need, I don't demand or beg, I'm honest...where does that get you, when it's all just hanging by a thread and in the back of your mind is always the fear that there will be that one 'snip' and lots of laughter as I fall so fucking far down that getting back up may seem impossible. What am I, a giant social experiment? A topic of philosophical blathering? Just another tick on the post? Is any of it real? Does honesty count for anything? Anything at all?

03-30-2011, 07:48 PM	#6505
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	For Bri And I agree with HLJ, Dana, give Pilau a big old hug! My Gaines sure cheered me up today.

03-30-2011, 07:59 PM	#6507
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Hahahahaha! They're garbanzo BEANS. But you just reminded me that my discovery of a new work cafe offering of hummus (the garlic) and pretzels might not be good for my breath or the end that does the windy thing. I suppose curry would exacerbate that effect.

03-30-2011, 09:38 PM	#6510
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	mtp - sorry to hear about your thyroid problem. i know that dealing with insurance can be a major hassle. hang in there. i pray it all works out for you! __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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