This move has taught me a lot about myself and the state of the world! This post is related to what I am learning about the world and how the people in it tend to think about themselves rather than the community being served. I truly believe if we would move back to a community minded society, like we find in Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers, the world would be a better place!
First is the fact my health insurance has opted to stop paying for telehealth appointments for anything except general practice.
This includes my mental health therapy, nutrition services, oncology, palliative care, endocrinology. Until the law can be changed, I will be forced to drive six hours round trip for appointments that typically last less than 20 minutes. I do not believe that law makers understand the impact of these decisions. I can decide to pay out of pocket if I want to avoid the travel. So basically my choices are exhaust my savings paying or wear myself out trying to save my life. These appointments are typically to check in on me between in person visits. During these visits, I am literally talking to the doctors about lab results or how I am managing the side effects of my terminal cancer. They are not physically examining me. I did not have an issue when the law changed and my doctor had to see me in person every 90 days to prescribe controlled substances but for all of these other appointments, I am ticked off. So now, as if I do not have enough fighting on my hands, I have to find a way to change this policy. It is not fair to me or anyone else who has benefited from telehealth. Telehealth has allowed me to reduce my exposure to germs, reduce the side effects of traveling, and continue to be able to work without having to take two days off for these short appointments. If the people making these policies had the limitations that the patients this is effecting maybe they would not be so narrow minded in their thinking. This world needs to realize we have technologies and capabilities to do things differently than we did five years ago!
Second, I wonder why it is so challenging to get a job completed.
The best thing I can say about my movers is that what they did do, they did well. But the number of things they did not do continues to mount. They left behind a 4' x 8' trailer full of my stuff. They packed the boxes in my garage by size rather than by room, type of items, etc. I had to hire a wonderful company to rearrange my boxes. That job actually went fantastic. I cannot say enough good things about what that person did.
I need to transfer by IV Hydration therapy. Since my company serves my new location, one would think this would be easy. It took over ten days to get the transfer to go through. Then when the new nurse showed up, we had to start at the beginning with my intake. It took forever. Then they had my illness incorrect. Then when she came this week, it is still incorrect.
Apparently, to transfer your prescriptions to the new pharmacy you have to do them one at a time and only when you are ready to refill it, which I was not informed of until we were three in. She was able to cancel two of them but I decided to keep the third.
Deliveries....how hard it is to get an order correct when you it is in writing. It is getting old to have items missing from my order, especially when sometimes it is the one thing I really wanted. The other day, I ordered my dinner and lunch at the same time. My salad was missing the dressing and I never received my drink or baked potato. While the company did refund my money, I do not want the money - I want what I ordered! Another night, I ordered an item and specifically said no hot sauce. It had the sauce and was so hot it was inedible. I just want companies and delivery people to take one extra minute and check the order to make sure it is correct. It is not that challenging. I understand making mistakes but lately, it is more of a mistake to get an order 100% correct!
For tonight . . . I'm just sayin' XOXO
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