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Well, so far the vacation is going well. We spent Wednesday night at Michelle and Carl's which was great. It was my first night away from Claire and I did not have any mental breakdown.
Thursday morning, I realized that I had forgotten to ask Chelle if she could take us to the airport. I'm an idiot, I know. Luckily, Michelle is kind and got out of bed and took us to the airport.
Our first flight was pleasant until the descent. As soon as we started going down, I began to feel excruciating pain in my right eye and in my head. It felt like someone was stabbing me in the eyeball with an ice pick. I have been having allergy problems and clearly my sinuses could not equalize the pressure change. It was nearly unbearable. I started to cry. The only thing that kept me from screaming was that I knew it would end and I didn't want to get thrown in jail for disturbing the flight.
The same thing happened on the second leg of the flight, but it was much, much more painful and happened in both eyes. Hopefully, my sinuses will be better before our return flights.
Thursday when we arrived at the resort, we met up with my friends and had some dinner. Our room is wonderful. We are oceanfront on the bottom floor in a corner room. The property is just as pretty as it was when we came here on our honeymoon seven years ago!
Friday, we spent the entire day on a trip to Chizen Itza, the Mayan pyramids. We had an excellent tour guide who is a Mayan and is an archeologist and anthropologist. One of the highlights was when we stopped in a Mayan village and gave some school children gum. They were so excited!
Today was the wedding and my friend Michelle looked beautiful. It stormed first thing this morning, so that had me worried, but the sun came out just in time for the wedding in the gazebo. We all had a nice lunch and then we played in the pool this afternoon.
Tonight we are going to a Mexican fiesta show. We're looking forward to that.
Claire is doing fine at home. She is having a great time with my fried/co-worker Stephanie. Today she went to the zoo and she had her first Krystal burger. My sister is coming to keep her tomorrow and will be with her for the rest of our trip.
Until the next update,
Lori
PS I have no idea how to add pics or do the cuts. Sorry.
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Sorry to do so hear, but right now it is just me and Claire and she won't understand but she will certainly repeat any bad words I might use.
So...last year after Claire was born, I received notice from our health insurance company, Aetna, currently known as MF Devils, that a $4000 anesthesia claim for my delivery was being denied? Why? Because they claim they paid first for $700 should have been inclusive of all my anesthesia for my delivery. I had a 16 hour labor with an epidural and then I had an emergency C-section. In any logical mind, it is obvious that the $700 is in no way inclusive of all of this.
So, last July, I called the MFDs, and inquired as to why this claim was not paid. They told me that they were only paying the $700. Well, that guy was a real jerk, so I waited and called back to get a more reasonable person. I called back the next week and explained the situation and was told that, no, delivery anethsesia would be covered and they would send it back through. I didn't hear anything about this for a while, but I was patient since insurance companies are slow. However, I was aware that I had a six month period in which to appeal any denied claims. Well, by the end of Novemeber, the claim still had not been paid.
I called the MFDs and specifically asked how to file an appeal. They asked me why I wanted to do that, and I told them my claim had not been paid, that I knew it should be covered, but I was worried about the appeal time running out. They asked me what I had done and I told them that it was a vaginal delivery that failed and ended up an emergency C-section. They told me that that should be covered and there was no need to file any appeal. That as Nov 2007.
Well, in June of 2008, low and behold I get a $4000 bill from the anesthesia office. I call the MFDs again, and tell them that I was told this would be taken care of. Again, they tell me it should be paid and they will run it through. I wait another month and it is not paid.
I get a new person and she reviews my file, and again tells me it should be paid and runs it through. She tells me she will follow up with me within the week. Miraculously, she calls back and tells me that the $700 bill was for the C-Section and the $4000 bill was for the vag, and that most places bill together and these folks won't. She says she can see in my record that they have attempted several times to get it paid, but this is keeping it from being processed. So, she says she will initiate an appeal.
Well, today, I get letter from the MFDs saying that my appeal has been denied because I filed too late and basically, if I don't agree I can sue them.
I swear to God, it doesn't surprise me that people shoot those places up. If I have to sue them, I will...if I can find someone to take a $4000 case. I don't have $4000 to pay the doctor. I have to pay $5000 for friggin dental work next year.
I will call them tomorrow and I pray and I keep it cool. God help the poor soul that answers the phone.
Thanks for letting me vent! FFFFUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKKKK!!!!!!
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So, it has been a while since I have had my teeth cleaned. Too long, in fact, but I have never had any cavities and everytime I go, the comment on how clean my teeth are, so I don't feel very motivated. Well, here the last few months, I've had a little pain by my gum line that I have been ignoring. Pregnancy is notorious for doing bad things to one's teeth, so I asked my OB if it was OK to get my teeth cleaned and he gave me the go ahead, as long as I do it soon. Well, my co-workers mom is a hygienist at a good dentist here in town, so I got an appointment over there for this morning. I have a mitral value prolapse (floppy heart value) so I have to take antibiotics before I get my teeth cleaned. So, for that, I had to call the OB and get him to call in the antis plus a diflucan since I will most certainly get a fiery crotch bomb yeast infection from the antibiotics. Oh, they will probably give me the runs, too. My appointment was this morning at 8:00, so at 7:00 I popped my pills and left my house. This was 30 minutes before I usually leave. Well, the radio stated that there was an accident on the interstate at mile marker 160. Well, I get to mile marker 159 and there is no traffic, so I figure they have cleaned the wreck. So, I don't get off. Then I get to mile marker 162 and traffic slows. There is a wreck! I am trapped. Fortunately, they have managed to move the four vehicles in the side and the slowed traffic moves past easily. About two miles down the road past the wreck, traffic comes to a halt. I sit in the same place for 15 minutes. I call the dentist office and to let them know that I will be late, if I make it at all. She tells me to call back in another 15 if I still haven't made it out of traffic. 15 minutes later I was sitting in the same spot. I called the dentist and she told me to call when I got to work to reschedule. At this point, traffic is clearly stopped for miles. The radio keeps talking about the non-existent accident at mile marker 161. I turn off the car. Wait and Wait some more. Did I mention that when I took the antibiotics, that I drank a quantity of water? Well, it takes a good amount of water to wash down and dissolve for Amoxicilan pills. I called my friend at work and asked if I would lose all dignity if I exited my car, hiked to the woods on the side of the interstate and squatted for a pee. I mean, I was already having pee pains, with no end in sight. She told me to go for it, so I did. I actually got out of my car, parked on I-24 crossed a lane of stopped traffic, waded in the mist, through grass and leaves and found a demure shrub behind which to relieve myself. I was renewed! I got back to the car and shortly thereafter, it began to rain. Good thing I peed when I did. I waited and waited. I download a $6.99 pacman game to my cell. It is difficult with those tiny buttons! I waited some more. After a grand total of about 1 hour and 45 minutes sitting in the same place on the interstate, we finally moved. Within minutes, I was back up to normal traffic speed and not once did I see whatever had caused this monumental delay. So, now I can't get another dentist appointment for two weeks. So, I'll have to call the OB again, get another scrip for antibiotics and diflucan and hopefully, I'll make it there next time. It is rainy today. I'm worried I won't be able to vote because the idiots at po-dunk voter registration but the wrong DOB on my card. I'll probably get the shits and a yeast infection by this afternoon. There won't be anything on TV tonight. At least Lost is tomorrow. Save the cheerleader, save the World! Current Mood:  gloomy
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