Only two weekends left before surgery. I want to bake another batch or two of cupcakes for my painters, to give them on Monday. Also might be able to take some to VOICEcorps on Monday, as that's my last reading day.
I take a variety of pills every day: a Claritin, a Lipitor, a Seasonale, a calcium gelcap, and an Aleve. While loading up my pill dispenser for next week, I was sad to put only three Aleves in: Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Nothing but Tylenol for me from Wednesday on. I think this will go a long way toward removing the last of my reservations about whether surgery is really necessary. The shoulder will probably be singing Ave Maria by the time I go in on Monday.
I had a call a few days ago at work from the surgery center. Apparently, they want me to pay my portion of the surgical center's fees in advance, to the tune of $155.45. This covers the nursing, the drugs, etc. My insurance instructs me not to make co-pays up front, but instead to give them my insurance card, bill the insurance company, and then send me a bill for the remainder. I guess they're worried about not getting paid? Plus, the lady said I'd also be getting a bill from the surgeon (Dr Latshaw) and a separate one from the anaesthesiologist.
Being a forward-thinking person, I've already made sure that the anaasthesia is covered under my insurance, and that they're in-network. Just because your surgery is happening at a facility that is in-network doesn't necessarily mean that all of the providers who are contributing to your surgery are also in-network. So I double-checked this all last month. The bills are all going to the insurance company under the facility name, so I am covered at in-network rates. Yay!
8 days, and counting!
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