Cookies in the Oven!

I'm in the process of baking cookies for tomorrow's potluck at work. I would rather bake than cook any day. While they're in the oven, I thought I'd give an update about how my day went.

We were a lot slower than yesterday, which was welcomed with open arms by both Doc and myself! I got caught up on some paper work which as some of you know is one of my favorite things to do (not); however, it was much needed. We got free lunch today. That is one nice (yet bad) thing about working for a big group: reps bring in lunch. Why is it bad? Well, often times it's stuff that's high-cal and just not as healthy as one would like! I have eaten more since I started working here than when Doc would buy me lunch! We had panera today, which wasn't bad.

After lunch, Doc and I met with the Big-Wigs at the big pediatric hospital in the area. It went well I think. We told them which specialists we needed closer out here. They have a clinic about 45 minutes from us, but it's still half way between their main hospital! They weren't too optimistic about the wait times for their developmental peds, neurologists, and psychiatrists... However, it gives us closer options! After our meeting, Doc made a round trip our area to show them all the different pediatric groups in the area that could potentially give them referrals, in hopes to woo them.

The afternoon was also quiet for us. It's almost Halloween, one of the biggest kid holidays, so no kid wants to admit they're sick and no parent wants to be the bad guy who takes them to the doctor and finds out they can't go out trick or treating! I would expect it to not be busy tomorrow, or at least I hope it isn't!

I'm hurting pretty bad today in both hips. I sat quite a bit today. Normally I'm up and down walking around. That's one of the cons about being slow... Tomorrow I'm going to check with my supervisor as to which day would be the best to take off for my appointment. I'm thinking Wednesday since Doctor J is off and his MA used to work with Doc and I. She knows how he likes things. So I'll probably take off the early that day.

I talked to one of the office managers at Lazzarini's re: my insurance. She was pretty helpful. Hopefully I can get them to take most of what I would normally pay out of pocket for an in-network provider. Sadly the new insurance I have to take, they aren't contracted with. UGH! But I know I just need to keep focusing on God and He will lead me through this mess, like He has since the beginning.

Big Meeting

So, Doc has a big meeting tomorrow with a big hospital about getting more pediatric specialists out here. Here, in the boonies (as we call it), we are at a loss with pedi specialists. We have some specialists, but with the more "in-demand" ones such as neurology, developmental pediatrics, and things such as those it's a really long wait. It's really hard to watch parents be frustrated with how long it takes to get into see a doctor so they can begin to try to figure out what's wrong with their child.

AND he asked me to sit in. I'm not exactly sure what it all entails, except that I know more than he does about the kinds of waits our patients are having to wait, the distances that they have to travel to see someone, and the problems that we have with getting what specialists that are relitively nearby covered by insurance...UGH!! It should be interesting to say the least.

Hip? What? Did you say something? Ignore? What? Psh..No...Ok maybe yes. I have been kinda ignoring my hip.......when it allows. Yes, I know it's bad. But I'm going to ignore it like I did for 4 years before until I get an appointment with Lazzarini. No, I haven't scheduled it. I have to figure out which day of the week I can schedule it. Stupid work.

On the bright side, I BOUGHT MY TWILIGHT TICKET! So I'm excited. Very, very excited. YAY! So on that note, I am going to go to go. And soon, very soon I will have a computer again.. YAY!

Oops..

So, it's been awhile.. Again... I am still without a computer, so that makes me sad. I need to make more time to update everyone...

So, in 3 days I will be officially 6 months post op... I keep thinking that in 3 days I will be all magically better that the surgery really did work... I have a feeling though that it won't be like that... I was supposed to call and get my MRI done, but I had decided to wait until I was sure that I could go through with the surgery.. So I think the first week of November I will make an appointment to see Lazzarini.

Other than that, not much has been going on. Wifey is getting ever so much closer to the baby being born. I know that she just wants it to be all over. I'm excited, and so is the rest of her family.

Lately, work has been going well. There was some issues with insurance, but me being as proactive as I am, helped fix the problem. We're getting busier and busier as the cold and flu season starts up, which is good!

Sweetie has decided that he will quit his job and go back to school for the Winter semester. So he's excited (for now). I wish I could do that...but I still have hip stuff that I need to work out before I can go back. It makes me pretty sad actually. I just want to get this over with so that I can go and get on with my life. For now, I will continue to enjoy life and will update after I go see Lazzarini....