Pain Clinic update 3/6/12

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Hi,

Sorry this is an update and a vent apparently. Maybe long winded.

Well, I finally got a call from a certain city about going to a pain clinic

(saved the voicemail message)

and I was able to talk to her. She said they were more of an " Alternative "

medicine clinic and the " Reg all in one Pain clinics " are few and far

between.And I found out they are not " in network " anyways but I have the

note she called if I wanted a second opinion or other services so...

All I keep thinking about is everyone who is worse off then I am, because

for me I feel there can always be something worse than what I go thru

day after day.

I did get out of the house today, when with hubby to dentist, thankfully

that was paid 100%, and just love how the dentist calls back to tell me that

the rest of his visit will be paid 100% but the 12 yr olds fixings will be

about 322.00 and I thought we had the " better " dentistry plan (pays for 1/2

of braces and one of the kids needs that one of these " years " when he can

learn to brush his teeth twice a day)

I know I need to be Grateful that I have insurance. I was grateful that

hubby got insurance within 30 days and I always pick the plan that if we

were very hurt in an accident, we pay for the insurance, they can pay for it

too. Thankfully, they did last year, I was in the hospital, didn't get my

shots (very BAD allergy season) like I was suppose to,(not enough gas to go

or something comes up) so each payday in Oct (twice) ended up in the

hospital, 10,000.00 bill. Only one I was able to see and it said we owed

nothing, my jaw dropped.

I think right now I just hate the " in-network " versus the " out of " network

and we just got in the mail today a nice 487 page book of doctors by county

and a list of docs in the back of the book for our state.

I guess I am worried about going to go get my asthma/allergy shots tomorrow

but the car I have, of course, has a flat tire (cords coming out of it) and

it really needs 4 tires for it so I can have my truck back, though we

changed one tire on the truck already and it needs tires too. I am just

waiting to get the refund taxes back to fix up the vehicles (and mostly save

for the mortgage) and there is always something that needs work or the fact

that i just did up a budget and just for the 5 of us we would pay out, and

we have insurance, about $1244.00 monthly in co-pays and they wonder why I

can't afford our Mortgage????

Of course we can keep our house but because the Mortgage wouldn't accept

payment for a year and a half we have to pay it all and the fees, so they

jacked up our house payment $300.00 more. (thankfully I can get samples when

the doctor has them or when the medicine doesn't get recalled, apparently

the insurance would rather have the two of us (who have bad asthma) end up

in the hospital instead of being able to get our medications, which is so

wrong)

I just wish we could ALL win the lottery and be able to afford to get what

we need and want

Now I was trying to find the doctor that did treat my neck and shoulder pain

and I am afraid he isn't in there. I have to try to figure out how to spell

his last name since it has been a few years.

Well, before I write a chapter to you, I think I best go and try to relax.

I hope everyone has a pain less days ahead. I will be thinking and praying

for you all

G