Re: Changed my date - long

December 4, 2001

Well, folks, even though no one gave me any advice about what to do about my

disability, unemployment, lack of money fears.....I called Dr. Hess' office

today. I decided just to get my gumption up and ask if he had any open

January dates (the woman there can be nice, but she can be imtimidating,

too).....so I started by telling her not to yell at me, then went into a

description of my delima and was on the verge of tears anyway, she could hear

me trying *not* to cry.....so she didn't yell! I had my surgery date moved to

Jan. 14th. I guess someone who was scheduled for that date already had their

surgery, so it was open. I even told her I would have to go with Dr. Oakley

if necessary, though I still wanted Dr. Hess, and then she called the

hospital to find out if they had anything open and gave me this one.

So - if anyone has insurance approval and is going to Dr. Hess and wants to

move up to Dec. 18th, you probably could have that date. I told her now she

had to open to give someone else, but she said most people don't want to have

surgery around Christmas. Then I told her about the 20 on our list who were

doing it!

So, then I called about the disability. Seems the paragraph I was reading

had to do with if I had a rider on my policy for total disability (we're

talking in the years here) - then I'd have to meet the not able to do daily

activities thing. But they still didn't want to make a determination on the

phone. They said they'd have to get the information from the Dr. and even

from my previous employer to see if Iwas getting workman's comp (which I am

not). So, I told her that I was now on unemployment and I didn't really want

my previous employer contacted since they laid me off a week after I asked

for time off for surgery. She said I could send in the unemployment

determination, etc, and then they would make sure the date was not before my

policy went into effect (which it wasn't). Anyway, I sent everything to Dr.

Hess' office along with the portion I filled out and the unemployment stuff

so they could send it all in together. I hope hope hope I will get

disability since I will be too disabled to get unemployment!! But, even if I

don't, taking that additional 4 weeks of unemployment puts me in a little

better place.

so, I am not on the Dec. list anymore, but on the Jan. list now. Carole

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