{"id":1813,"date":"2011-11-26T23:57:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T04:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2011-11-26T23:59:31","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T04:59:31","slug":"post-thanksgiving-is-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/post-thanksgiving-is-busy\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Thanksgiving Is Busy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things are getting busy around here.<\/p>\n

First, it’s the weekend after Thanksgiving, so that means the holiday season is officially on. *chuckles* We’re trying to clean up the apartment to get ready for a tree. Problem is that we want to put it in a different area this year – in the “dining room” part of the front room instead of right next to the couch against the sliding glass doors. And that’s a very involved project and a LOT of cleaning up. We made some headway today but not enough.<\/p>\n

Added to the stress of the cleanup is that Love has surgery on Thursday so we want to get the tree before<\/i> then because after that, he won’t be able to carry a tree for awhile. It’s not a huge surgery, it’s outpatient to remove three lipomas<\/a> from his upper thigh. They’re at the point where now they’re impacting the nerves and he’s getting pain and weakness in the leg as a result. We saw a general surgeon on Tuesday and he’s going to take them out this Thursday (December 1st) and Love will take off Thursday and Friday to give him 4 days total before going back to work. <\/p>\n

Even still though, it’s right on the muscle so carrying a tree up three flights of stairs will be too painful I’m sure which is why we’re on the deadline to clean the apartment.<\/p>\n

Monday I have my appointment with the hematologist. It was originally the 15th but I had a miserable migraine that day and rescheduled for the 22nd which I had to change since it was Love’s appointment with the surgeon, so I re-re-changed it to the 28th. I got another bill from them for another $500 (in addition to the $600 I already got) and the idea was to try to get in and talk to them about treatments that might be cheaper, etc. BUT, I think I figured out what’s going on. I’m pretty sure that they’re mistakenly being processed as “out of network.”<\/p>\n

See, I have a $1,000 in-network deductible (long since met that) AND a separate $1,500 out-of-network deductible. I logged into the PCIP<\/a> site and noticed it says I have “$1024.00” in my out-of-network deductible. But I haven’t used any out-of-network providers. Even my surgery anesthesologist was in-network. And the hematologist doctor was in-network too because I specifically checked before I made my first appointment. BUT…I realized the bills don’t come from him, they come from a parent company called “Florida Cancer Specialists.” And I think that’s why it’s being incorrectly billed as out-of-network.<\/p>\n

I tried to call PCIP Friday to see what needs to be done to get them processed in-network (and thus, making my portion only 20% not 100% of it I’m getting billed currently) but they were closed. So I will try Monday before my 3pm appointment. If I can get this straightened out, I might yet be able to get my anemia treatments. Wouldn’t that be awesome? It’s the last thing I need to be fully healthy.<\/p>\n

Oh and my damned cold won’t go away. I feel better but I’m still so damned stuffy<\/i>! Grr. It’s been a week now and I’m still congested and coughing. I know I’m still internally healing (and lately, I’ve also been sore from the coughing\/sneezing\/blowing my nose) but it’s easily been managed with a few ibuprofen. But all this soreness and stuffiness certainly makes me cranky. I will be so happy when it just goes away for good!!<\/p>\n

Anyway, need to get ready for bed. More cleaning ahead tomorrow!<\/p>\n

PS – I’m running a free shipping sale in my shop<\/b><\/a> through Cyber Monday with code “GIVETHANKS” at checkout. So check it out! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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