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June 1,
2000 - Well, I have decided to go ahead and look for another Dr to do the
surgery..
I am not thrilled with the idea but I know I need to do something.. Alex
needs
a mommy and Chuck needs a wife... There are a few Drs I can call tomorrow
but, I
know at least one of them only does the open procedure.. I will be much
better
fat than
I will be with an incision going from my ribs to my pubic bone... There
is NO
WAY I
can be laid up for 6 weeks with a 17 month old!!
June 6,
2000 - I found out yesterday that I have been approved by Medicaid!! I've
also been
approved since May 8th and was told I have 1 year to have this done...
I have
also thought
long and hard about having another procedure done by another Dr and
I don't
feel it's a good idea.. First of all, I would need to go through the entire
process
with medicaid
again being that they have some kind of code they use and the code
they have
is only good with Dr Rutledge.. I don't feel I should push it because if
I do,
they could
very well deny me this time.. Also, I have gotten some information from
other
doctors and one of them is booked solid until August and then they have
at
LEAST
one hundred people on a waiting list afterwards.. Another one can't even
give me
any information unless I drive over an hour for an appointment.. The
receptionist
don't know anything.. She had to keep going to the nurses for
answers
to my questions.. So, I guess now that I already have insurance approval,
I will
just sit back and relax a little bit and get my information to Dr Rutledge
so that
if and
when the hospital begins accepting medicaid again, I will be ready to go!!
I
also went
for a breathing test today.. It wasn't too bad but they needed to do a
blood
gas..
That was interesting, to say the least.. I can honestly say that the needle
going
into my
vein was much better than the wheel chair ride up there though.. The
elevators
right ouside the admittance desk were broke so they had to take me all
the
way down
the hall to the next set of elevators.. Well, we got halfway down the hall
and my
hips started hurting.. I realized that the wheels were rubbing against
my
shorts
and was burning me... So, I tried to adjust myself.. That didn't work...
It just
made the
other side worse.. So, for about 5 minutes I had to push on my feet to
lift my
butt off
of the chair so my hips wouldn't rub anymore.. I am so sick of being too
embarrased
to speak my mind, especially when it comes to my comfort!! I didn't want
to say
anything because I didn't want them to make a big deal about how fat I
am
and how
I can't even fit into a wheel chair that is supposed to hold people like
me..
Although,
I have seen bigger chairs... As far as the tech was able to tell, I do
have a
slight
constriction <is that the word I am looking for?> but I will get the
results
explained
to me next monday..
