Feb. 4th, 2004
Brezsny Strikes Again
Feb. 4th, 2004 08:55 amI'm not sure what to make of this one...
VIRGO
I rarely employ my mediumistic skills, but a host of spirits was just clamoring to address you this week. So I agreed to channel five of them, on the condition that they'd be brief and to the point. Here, then, are your advisors from the other side of the veil. First, Wernher von Braun: "Research is what you do when you don't know what you're doing." Second, A.A. Milne: "One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries." Next, Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis." Casey Stengel: "You're lost but you're making good time." Harry S. Truman: "If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em."
VIRGO
I rarely employ my mediumistic skills, but a host of spirits was just clamoring to address you this week. So I agreed to channel five of them, on the condition that they'd be brief and to the point. Here, then, are your advisors from the other side of the veil. First, Wernher von Braun: "Research is what you do when you don't know what you're doing." Second, A.A. Milne: "One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries." Next, Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis." Casey Stengel: "You're lost but you're making good time." Harry S. Truman: "If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em."
Llew told me a few minutes ago that Billy's MRI came back and poor Billy has a degenerating vertebra, so it looks like he won't be working after all. I asked Llew if that meant he was going to be taking care of Billy. He told me yes. Then he said that Billy and Melanie were doing their taxes and would be starting to pay him back soon. I told him that I hoped so, but what if they didn't? "Then I will run out of money," he replied.
I could feel the rage worming around in my chest. It physically hurt me, this perfect crystalline fury.
( it gets bad from here )
I could feel the rage worming around in my chest. It physically hurt me, this perfect crystalline fury.
( it gets bad from here )
Addendum to the Previous Post
Feb. 4th, 2004 11:51 amI wouldn't be so pissed off if I didn't love him so much. That's the real bitch of it. The situation finds me helpless and angry and finding no strength where I need to find it.
Decisiveness
Dedication
Honour
Self-Preservation
All these are lacking.
If he can't save himself, how can I ever think he'd protect me in any capacity?
Decisiveness
Dedication
Honour
Self-Preservation
All these are lacking.
If he can't save himself, how can I ever think he'd protect me in any capacity?
I called UHC this afternoon and talked to a very nice man named Reginald. He informed me that a decision had not been made on my claim because they didn't have my medical records for review. I explained to him that everything should have been faxed to Care Coordination on 13 January to which he replied that the records may have been faxed to the wrong department. Now, how can they have my claim and not my medical records when they were all sent at the same time? I didn't argue though. I very nicely asked for the correct fax number so I could pass it on to the surgeon's office and bid Reginald a good day.
Forthwith did I call Dr. Ross' office. As is typical of my current bout of fantastically sour luck, Jean was out of the office. I gambled and asked to talk to Sue, whom I thought was also in the insurance department. She came on and seemed a bit put off that I was bothering her with this since she's the one who schedules surgery dates. Oops. So Sue forwarded me to Angie, who apparently was helping Jean with my claim. When Angie came on, I told her what Reginald said and she was surprised to hear that UHC didn't have the records. She told me that she spoke with Takita at UHC yesterday, who requested the medical records again, and she (Angie) immediately faxed them to Takita. I asked her what fax number she used. When she told me, I mentioned that I had a different fax number. This really bothered Angie, so she told me she was going to call Takita to confirm receipt of my medical records and then call me back to let me know what was going on.
About thirty minutes later, Angie called me back and assured me that UHC was in possession of my claim and my records and that they were working on a predetermination. The problem is that Reginald explained that UHC has fifteen business days from the time they have the records to make a predetermination, so I'm possibly looking at another 15 days before any resolution. Angie seems to think it'll only be a couple of days.
Given my current track record, I'm thinking I won't hear anything for weeks and, then, it will be bad news.
Hope for the best, expect the worst. Mel Brooks is the only one getting me through this chronic uncertainty.
Forthwith did I call Dr. Ross' office. As is typical of my current bout of fantastically sour luck, Jean was out of the office. I gambled and asked to talk to Sue, whom I thought was also in the insurance department. She came on and seemed a bit put off that I was bothering her with this since she's the one who schedules surgery dates. Oops. So Sue forwarded me to Angie, who apparently was helping Jean with my claim. When Angie came on, I told her what Reginald said and she was surprised to hear that UHC didn't have the records. She told me that she spoke with Takita at UHC yesterday, who requested the medical records again, and she (Angie) immediately faxed them to Takita. I asked her what fax number she used. When she told me, I mentioned that I had a different fax number. This really bothered Angie, so she told me she was going to call Takita to confirm receipt of my medical records and then call me back to let me know what was going on.
About thirty minutes later, Angie called me back and assured me that UHC was in possession of my claim and my records and that they were working on a predetermination. The problem is that Reginald explained that UHC has fifteen business days from the time they have the records to make a predetermination, so I'm possibly looking at another 15 days before any resolution. Angie seems to think it'll only be a couple of days.
Given my current track record, I'm thinking I won't hear anything for weeks and, then, it will be bad news.
Hope for the best, expect the worst. Mel Brooks is the only one getting me through this chronic uncertainty.
