Stress

[cjsmith]

I'm wearing two hats at work, either one of which is easily a full-time job. ("Full-time" means "if I worked eighty hours a week I'd still be kicking myself for not getting as much done as I should".) The two hats part of it is temporary, but...

I have had a brief blinding flash of social life, with two weeks wherein just about every lunch and dinner was claimed. Temporary, and fun, but...

It's November. Temporary, and useful, but...

I'm working on my BFR. I hate getting in situations where I know I won't do well. It won't take long before I'm doing well again, but...

I'll hear back from the IRS in maybe late December. Meanwhile I try not to worry ("don't think of a blue VW Beetle!"), but...

My insurance company just told me that my foot surgery was not medically necessary and was therefore ineligible for coverage. CRAP! THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY! I don't even know how much! I hope to appeal, but...

My doctor filled out my parking placard form wrong. Again. I can probably get another one, especially if I'm willing to keep faxing forms over until one comes out okay by random chance, but...

I'm on staff (half-time) for a square dance convention coming up. Two and a half weeks to go, and...

My feet hurt. OK, this one's probably permanent. I'm sure I'll get used to it some day, but...



...in the meantime, it's a little bit stressful around here.

EDIT: I just got the phone call from my doctor's office. Insurance is claiming the surgeon assisting was medically unnecessary. They've checked with billing, and insurance has paid their part of the rest of it. PHEW!! My doc(s) may wangle with insurance over this, but if for any reason I do get stuck with this portion of the bill at least I'm confident that I can pay it.

Comments

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

*stage whispers*

"Today, the part of cjsmith will be played by crazyladynocats"

*i come strutting on-screen and pretend i'm you while you go and take breather*

*sigh* if only it were that easy.

that really burns me up about your surgery... so your insuance doesn't think that walking is medically necessary, either? *fumes* i hope you can find the spoons to fight them, or at least argue your side.

*hugs*

Sorry you're going through all of this

[runeshower.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I feel for you. It's especially annoying (adding insult to injury) when they don't want to pay for an operation that also didn't quite fix the problem. Grrrr. I hope you can successfully appeal.

[ohhjuliet.livejournal.com]

*hug*

even temporary stressors suck huge.

love you

[ambar.livejournal.com]

*hugs*
and we have a dinner date!

[rampling.livejournal.com]

Bleah! *HUGS* In the meantime, hey, remember kitties are scientifically proven effects-of-stress reducers....

=^..^=

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Whew. Glad I read the post after you made the edit. Still, insurance companies. Bleah.

*hugs*

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

Your insurance company needs to have its ass kicked. It's not Wellpoint, by any chance, is it?

whew - just saw the edit.

*offers you chocolate and a shouder-rub*

Socializing...

[the-ogre.livejournal.com]

...now that my life is hopefully not throwing big surprises at me for a while, perhaps we could schedule dinner and hanging outness?

I'm thinkin' Thursday evening...

[rfrench.livejournal.com]

Whew, glad to hear about the insurance company!

[hot-turkey.livejournal.com]

I'm working on my BFR. I hate getting in situations where I know I won't do well. It won't take long before I'm doing well again, but...

Wow--what's with the multiple flights per BFR? I stopped flying power years ago, a few years before I stopped flying gliders (well, maybe some day...), but it was always just a single flight. Were you not current, have they gotten a lot harder, or what?

[hot-turkey.livejournal.com]

...and, hang in there. I got stuck with an unreasonable medical bill once, panicked at first, but in the end, they were happy to accept a small fraction of the insane amount that they first tried to squeeze out of me.

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Yike! What a scare, with the surgery cost!

[rampling.livejournal.com]

Wow! About a month ago I got the last notice from last year's health plan that they FINALLY settled on covering everything they were supposed to cover. They'd fussed about extra charges for my late Sunday night ER visit, and other stupid little bits, trying to make me pay somethimg like $384 here and $249 there. Annoying. But at least they never fussed about the big stuff. But, still, I can't believe it took that long! Including them threatening me with bill collectors while they were still wrangling between the medical group and my insurance! Bastards!