Happy happy Monday!!! 
Hoping to put a smile on everyone's faces (mine included LOL)
I woke up this morning and my first thought was ugh- I need more sleep. Thank goodness for coffee!! I have a nice big pot brewed and a plate of bagels and muffins for you all.
In fact, I am going to grab another cup- anyone need one while I am up? "D
Ok, that's good!
How was your weekend? Is it possible to have a weekend go slow and too fast at the same time? It was pretty boring, and I was 100% unmotivated to do anything. I read a lot. I finished Jodie Picoult's new book, Handle with Care. And since that was so intense, I decided to start Prisoner of Azkaban. Yes HP dork that I am, I am rereading all of the books from the beginning. If you are an HP fan- you should do this too- all of the little clues that you pick up when you know the full story- JK Rowling is brilliant!
One of the reasons I had a rough weekend was b/c opf the whole PICC line insurance debacle. In a nutshell, my insurance has now completely denied me, saying that it is medically unnecessary.
First, my Healthnet HMO denied me, then the dr went through the Pharmacy program- also now being denied. my dr is still trying to fight to get me covered- not going very well.
Then on top of it, we have a new HMO starting on April 1. So basically I have to wait until then, call the Infusion Co with my new info and the process has to get started all over again.
The woman I am working with said that this is so typical for Lyme patients- apparently everyone *but* Lymies can get covered.
She said it is b/c of the "archaic" (her words) treatment plan of the IDSA.--treatment protocols that are known to be inaccurate as well as outdated.
For those of you who have no idea of what I am angry about - google Gary Wormser and IDSA and see what an a$$ he is. This is exactly why we have to pay out the nose for a Lyme Literate doctor, rather than an infectious disease dr.
So that sets the tone for me, and then add in that Gary is still feeling miserable on all levels, it was not a really fun or relaxing weekend!
One nice thing was that my IL's came up for dinner on Sat. and they brough tme bags of groceries- like real meat! LOL Stuff I can't afford ATM. And then some other frozen dinners, fruit, eggs, bacon- it was awesome!
I don't get them sometimes. Sometimes they seem blind to what we are going through, then they come up and do this- it had to be well over $100 worth of food!
but-- I am *not* going to complain! LOL
Yikes, I am blabbering.
Hi Yam! No problems at all -- anyone can start the Ooo's. I typically do it, since I am up so early on the East Coast. But on weekends, I try to sleep as late as I can!
I hope that you are feeling better today. Hugs!!!!
Welcome to the Ooo's Stirling!
merkee, you are a great example- you are only as old as you feel. My kids say that I look like I am 20, but some days I feel like I am 80! :lol: Glad that you are young at heart! yay! How is everyone in house feeling now?
LindaP- OMG- they took out the load bearing walls!! How did the house ever pass inspections! Sounds like you have a lot of work cut out for you. Hope it goes smoothly. I know that we we bought our house as a fixer-upper, the more we tried to fix, the more fixing we found needed to be done.
Did you get to watch the movie?
I was a lump too- Read one book right after the other, and now I can't separate them in my mind, they are just one long book.
Bagpipers are really cool- there was one at my G-ma's funeral (We're Italian, but they lived in a Scottish town) and my Brother and SIL had one (She is 100% Irish!) at their wedding. Very cool!
I am going to post this now so I don't lose it!
Hoping to put a smile on everyone's faces (mine included LOL)
I woke up this morning and my first thought was ugh- I need more sleep. Thank goodness for coffee!! I have a nice big pot brewed and a plate of bagels and muffins for you all.
In fact, I am going to grab another cup- anyone need one while I am up? "D
Ok, that's good!
How was your weekend? Is it possible to have a weekend go slow and too fast at the same time? It was pretty boring, and I was 100% unmotivated to do anything. I read a lot. I finished Jodie Picoult's new book, Handle with Care. And since that was so intense, I decided to start Prisoner of Azkaban. Yes HP dork that I am, I am rereading all of the books from the beginning. If you are an HP fan- you should do this too- all of the little clues that you pick up when you know the full story- JK Rowling is brilliant!
One of the reasons I had a rough weekend was b/c opf the whole PICC line insurance debacle. In a nutshell, my insurance has now completely denied me, saying that it is medically unnecessary.
First, my Healthnet HMO denied me, then the dr went through the Pharmacy program- also now being denied. my dr is still trying to fight to get me covered- not going very well.
Then on top of it, we have a new HMO starting on April 1. So basically I have to wait until then, call the Infusion Co with my new info and the process has to get started all over again.
The woman I am working with said that this is so typical for Lyme patients- apparently everyone *but* Lymies can get covered.
She said it is b/c of the "archaic" (her words) treatment plan of the IDSA.--treatment protocols that are known to be inaccurate as well as outdated.
For those of you who have no idea of what I am angry about - google Gary Wormser and IDSA and see what an a$$ he is. This is exactly why we have to pay out the nose for a Lyme Literate doctor, rather than an infectious disease dr.
So that sets the tone for me, and then add in that Gary is still feeling miserable on all levels, it was not a really fun or relaxing weekend!
One nice thing was that my IL's came up for dinner on Sat. and they brough tme bags of groceries- like real meat! LOL Stuff I can't afford ATM. And then some other frozen dinners, fruit, eggs, bacon- it was awesome!
I don't get them sometimes. Sometimes they seem blind to what we are going through, then they come up and do this- it had to be well over $100 worth of food!
but-- I am *not* going to complain! LOL
Yikes, I am blabbering.
Hi Yam! No problems at all -- anyone can start the Ooo's. I typically do it, since I am up so early on the East Coast. But on weekends, I try to sleep as late as I can!
I hope that you are feeling better today. Hugs!!!!
Welcome to the Ooo's Stirling!
merkee, you are a great example- you are only as old as you feel. My kids say that I look like I am 20, but some days I feel like I am 80! :lol: Glad that you are young at heart! yay! How is everyone in house feeling now?
LindaP- OMG- they took out the load bearing walls!! How did the house ever pass inspections! Sounds like you have a lot of work cut out for you. Hope it goes smoothly. I know that we we bought our house as a fixer-upper, the more we tried to fix, the more fixing we found needed to be done.
Did you get to watch the movie?
I was a lump too- Read one book right after the other, and now I can't separate them in my mind, they are just one long book.
Bagpipers are really cool- there was one at my G-ma's funeral (We're Italian, but they lived in a Scottish town) and my Brother and SIL had one (She is 100% Irish!) at their wedding. Very cool!
I am going to post this now so I don't lose it!
