Ok, kind of good news. I spoke with the woman that handles the insurance at the neuro's office. She said that the doc can sign off on part of the disability papers, but b/c he didn't actually "take" me out of work per se, they couldn't fill out the other part. That sucks. But not for long b/c I'm going to talk to my medical doctor in the am and see if he will sign off on it and actually "take" me out of work...even though it really isn't his choice, nor mine (if you recall, it's my EMPLOYERS choice, kind of "forcing" me out). I'm pretty sure he will. I had talked to him before about it, and he said he possibly could if the neuro wouldn't or couldn't. So, we'll see when I actually talk to him tomorrow. I had left him a message this afternoon and told him to call me at home before 4 pm and well, he did call...45 minutes after we had left to go bowling (which I wasn't able to, just went to cheer them on). So anyway, he left a message and said he would call me tomorrow...so we'll see how that goes. So that's the "semi-bad" news.
The bad news is my medical insurance will expire on Oct 31 at midnight. Oh, I can continue to keep it and pay the premium each month. Which, I wouldn't mind doing...IF I could afford almost $400 a month!!!!! If I could afford that, I would get private insurance...so, I have to try to get everything done this month...i.e. the MRI, the rheumatologist visit, the lab/blood work, etc. At least as much of it as possible. When I spoke the first time with the insurance woman at the neuro's office, I explained to her that my medical insurance would expire the end of the month and that I need to at least get the MRI done before that happened.
The good news is...after I spoke with the insurance woman at the neuro's office (which she was actually nice to me this time!) the first time, and explained my situation to her, she called me back within about 15 minutes and told me THE MRI WAS APPROVED!!!! So, it's scheduled for next Tuesday at 930am!! Thank you God, at least SOMETHING is going right for once!!! So, maybe if I get that done this soon, I can have the other visit with the neuro, get my results and see the rheumatologist maybe the following week...if all goes well. We'll have to see. I will definately post once I have the results, so don't worry...ya'll will know soon after I do! At least that's in my favor right now...until we get the results. So, for those of you that have done so before, continue to keep my in your prayers and thoughts and let's hope all goes well on Tuesday.
I'm scared, but working hard to keep a positive outlook on it. Thanks to all those who keep sending me encouraging thoughts and wishes. It helps me sooo much! More than ya'll will ever know!
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