So, yet again I simply gotta stay....STILL WAITING!!! AAARRRGGGGG *rips hair out
Still not word from the insurance company. Who knows how long it will be.
I talked to my doctor about it yesterday (the 29th). He seems confident I will get approved because of all the health issues that are coming up for me (the list so far is...arthritis in spine and knees - on high level pain killer for this,,,,, diabeties- on 2 meds for this as doctor also thinks I have some female disorder that mimics diabeties and the treatment for that is same meds for diabeties,,,,,high blood pressure - on 1 med for this and its working great, my BP was normal even with stressing yesterday,,,,,of course obsese - supposed to be on 1 med for helping loose some weight but insurance didn't pay for it,,,,,on 1 med to help me quit smoking,,,,,sleep apnea - supposed to be using the C-PAP machine but I keep waking up FREAKING badly and have to rip the mask off my face to stop a full blown panic attack,,,,, and then there's my OCD problem - on 1 med for that.) Crazy ain't it. I'm not quite 37 years old and taking almost the same amount of meds as my mom and dad did in all their bad health issues! I had to go buy one of those weekly pill planner things just to get it all straight!
I swear if the insurance company doesn't approve me after I've gone through hell to be diagnosed with all this stuff, I'll scream bloody murdering hell.
Oh yea, as a side note, my doctor non-chalantly tells me yesterday the bad head cold I'm getting ISN"T a head cold. I have allergies. ALLERGIES??? TO WHAT?
How ironic though that I think he is right! Yesterday when I changed to get ready to go see the doc, when I got in the car and leaned back, it felt like I leaned back onto a porcupine! I kept getting little prickly pinches everyone on my back and there was nothing in my shirt or on the car seat. It didn't leave up until I changed shirts and put lotion on my back. I also remembered this last load of laundry I did was in new laundry soap and thats around the time when this cold started setting in. LMAO Goddess with the adding to the list of problems ever end? I feel like I should be 96 not 36 lol.
Oh well. The more problems now, the more likely for approval so I'll bite the bullets and deal with things. The only one that worries me is the sleep apnea. I'm telling you people, go look information up on sleep apnea and if you snore or sleep long bouts without feeling rested, TALK TO YOUR DOCTORS! Ask for a sleep apnea test. Its a simple thing where you go get hooked up to some wires and then sleep. Easy peasy. If I can get used to my breathing machine, many of my problems would ease up! I was sooooo totally amazed to learn just what all sleep apenea can affect.
There are 4 stages of sleep that we go through each night on about a 90 minute rotation. Level 4 being the level where your body "resets" itself, thus letting you feel rested.
I don't reach level 4 at all! I only get 0.3 on level 3. Hell its no wander I have no engery etc! My body is fighting to stay alive basically the entire time I'm "sleeping".
Anywhoo, I just thought I'd give a lil information about what I've been discovering/dealing with. Mind you, I'm NO doctor, I'm simply going with what my doctors and nurses are telling me and trying to share some information to help people. Always talk to your own doctors before going with what I say.
Its your body, if you want something to be looked into, ya gotta let it be known. I say ask for sleep apnea tests because far more people have it then admit it. Another thing that will cause weird problems I found out via a friend is tonsils! Yep, if your an adult, make sure you keep an eye on those buggers to if you have them (I asked to have mine checked yesterday and mine are good to go whohoo, one less issue lol).
Something else you should do to is keep your family doctor informed of any other doctor situations. I made sure to let my doctor know about the sleep apnea and found out HE DOESN"T use his machine because he freaks LOLOL. (I'm getting along better with the quack and we are learning to communicate better. My major anxiety attack last month really made a difference in how he is dealing with me and I him. He is listening to me!). I took all my pills, including my vitimins and nazal sprays in and asked him about interactions etc. I found out over the counter nazel sprays can be adiciting! He told me he had been addicted to them years ago! He prescribed me some thats not so bad for ya. He was pleased I took the initiative to take all my pills, both Rx and over counter and vitamins in so he could see what I'm on. Do that as well. Your doctor may not realize what she/he has you on or what other people have you on.
Well I hope that my lecture helps peeps to realize you CAN get doctors to listen to you. Its YOUR body and doctors are only human, they make mistakes and sometimes first bad impressions could be wrong. Asking to get tests done like the sleep apnea and tonsil thing can only lead to good things. Your either gonna find out you have a problem you didnt know or your gonna find out your good to go.
Now me and my misterious allergy/major head cold thats making me have Rudolph the red nosed reindeer nose and making me pretend I'm Sneezy from the 7 dwarves are gonna go do some house work and lie down lol. I hate being the Drippy Nosed Katt lol.
More to be written later.
