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Captain's Log - 2024

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Hopalong:
Unbelievable. Papers sent and lost or not sent at all for B? Maddening.

I don't know how you couldn't be numb, because you've both probably run out of fury. I guess it's resignation now. Or is Dr. Third going to go at the logjam for B?

I was very sorry to see that.

hugs
Hops

sKePTiKal:
Well, Hops... B dug out his copy of the approval letter. I read through it, and caught the tiny bit that requires the insurance contact in the doc's office to go online and request a BILLING approval. SIGH.

I think there's a whole office of people looking for every single way they can make a process more cumbersome and complicated; more insane (IMO).

B did finally hear back from the last number he called (Dept of Labor, in DC). They told him he can go log in online and print out the whole letter himself, so we're going to do that today. Then I will mark up the relevant instruction in yellow highlighter and red pen for the person responsible for this task. And MAYBE by the end of the week, he'll have an appt for the test. We're going to drive it to doc's office Monday, and explain what they need to do in small words, spoken very slowly. LOLOL.

Assuming the stimulator works as designed with the leads in a different location, then the actual surgery to move those leads will start the whole approval - wait - wait - wait cycle all over again. They can't just make it simple and consider the actual surgery approved, if test is successful.
 
SIGH.

On a positive note, we voted early yesterday and I was impressed with the new machines that print a paper ballot with your choices clearly marked on it, then it's scanned into a counter. Line wasn't terribly long (but it was steady) and the people were very pleasant.

lighter:
Lord, Amber ....I can't believe how much B can take.  He's a tough guy.  Do you think he'll ever lose hope the system will work? 🤞

sKePTiKal:
OH, he lost hope a long time ago. Now, he's determined to overcome the system regardless the odds/consequences. IE, get them to do their jobs. Yeah, he's tired of fighting - but we both know what his quality of life is going to be like - without these devices delivering constant pain relief (in small doses).

But considering all he's faced already, he keeps pretty positive in attitude (most days). His sense of humor is dark & twisted, as befits an old soldier... but then, so is mine.

I am going to quietly (read: surreptitiously) try to research for other docs - elsewhere. Yeah, it means travel and yeah, he can't travel long the first week after a surgery. I just want to have one more option, if this gets to the "fire the doc" point.

Hopalong:
Following every word, every excruciating turn of the gears...but relieved the gears freeze (at least for now) is over.

Ai yi yi.

I do love thinking of you and B trading dark sardonic laughs at the absurdity of the process. On the days you don't feel the fury. A nice balance.

A sick sense of humor is sometimes the only light to keep one on the path!

huuuuugs
Hops

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