I have a couple of food pics. I marinated some chicken breasts in pineapple juice and jerk seasoning and grilled on the Foreman for 6 minutes. I sliced the breasts in half long ways before grilling to cut down the cooking time. 6 minutes turned out to be the perfect time. I had that with half of a baked potato w/ a pat of butter and spoon of reduced calorie sour cream as well as some baby carrots.
Hamburgers were the plan for dinner but decided to nix the bun for me and have some sauteed mushrooms and onions along with a strawberry banana Chobani. They make the best yogurt EVER.
I got my Ebay listings put up and not much else accomplished. But I did do a lot of chatting with friends who have some of the same health problems as me. I'm trying to sort things out in my head as to what I need to do to fully address each one. Oh, and I'm pretty sure my doctor completely gave up on me. After my bad lab work a couple of weeks ago, he referred me to an endocrinologist and that's the last I've heard from him. I've left 4 voicemails over the last 2 weeks trying to ask questions about different things, and haven't had a single call back. Should I take that as a major hint that I've been dropped??
My problem with the endocrinologist is that they charge $350 for the initial visit and who knows how much after that. I cannot afford a specialist. There's no way I can pay that amount per visit. Yes, we have insurance through Dwayne's job but it comes with a $4500 deductible...so it's pretty much the same as not having any insurance if we have to pay everything out of pocket up to that amount. I'm more than a little stressed over the doctor situation now and have been spinning around in circles today trying to figure out what to do about it.
It would be simple enough to find another primary care doctor, but I really want to try and get off the Synthroid I'm taking for my thyroid and get on a natural hormone, and I'm pretty sure a primary care doctor won't even go there. From everything I've read on the subject, it's basically a nightmare trying to get your meds changed from synthetic to natural by a traditional doctor. And the price of endocrinologist is just out of my reach. I'm so lost as to what to do from here. Will keep thinking about it until I figure something out I guess. I need to call my mother. She always has the answer to everything. :)
I live in the Netherlands and although they cut the budgets on health care it is always much better than in the USA. I'm always amazed how badly it is in the USA and how much you have to pay. I had a paralyzed voice chord last year and was sent to a specialist without questions, had an MRI and a couple of visits. All I had to pay was my (about) $ 350 own risk, the rest was paid. It sucks when you have medical problems like you that it's so hard to get good medical care without paying so much. Sorry for that.
ReplyDeleteI don't like walking in the rain either but always do with my Bella because I don't want her to do it in my garden. An accident is okay but it doesn't has to become a habit. But the walks in the rain are definitely shorter than the normal walks :)