Sorry folks, but I need to get something off my chest. Last week I spent 2 days getting almost all the breast tests I need and wrote about it in the September chit chat thread and then we had to go to my husband's eye specialist on Friday. Never....ever....make another appointment on a Friday before a holiday. Joe has macular degeneration and this was a followup visit to see if the laser treatments he has been getting were working.
No such luck! Now he has to get injections into the eye. We were there from 1:30 till 3:30 waiting to get the pre-authorization from the insurance company. The 20% co-pay will be over $400.00 and we don't know how long he will be getting them. Finally we decided to go get lunch and come back another day since it is only 15 minutes from the house. So there were 3 days last week that either I or both of us spent waiting in a doctor's office.
We got the mail when we got home and found a letter from the neurologist telling us that his appointment on the 12th has been rescheduled for the 18th. The same day as he has another appointment with an orthopedic doc and hopefully get fitted for a back brace. The reason was the neurologist is going to be on vacation. This visit is a followup to try and come up with Joe's diagnosis and in the meantime.... he is slowly progressing....without knowing what IT is. The neuro did mention ALS ....Lou Gehrigs disease so he is testing for all the other potential diseases as it is a diagnosis of exclusion.
Now, we will find another day so he can see the neurologist and if he still cannot come up with a diagnosis.....we may have to go to Mayo Clinic. I have researched their website and found they are able to get a diagnosis in 2 to 3 days. Here the neuro is doing 1 test at a time and then we have to wait a month to come back so he can do another 1 test. My patience is wearing thin.....
And we thought when we retired we could travel and enjoy ourselves....LOL I guess we could travel to Mayo Clinic and try to enjoy ourselves!
Gabriella
No such luck! Now he has to get injections into the eye. We were there from 1:30 till 3:30 waiting to get the pre-authorization from the insurance company. The 20% co-pay will be over $400.00 and we don't know how long he will be getting them. Finally we decided to go get lunch and come back another day since it is only 15 minutes from the house. So there were 3 days last week that either I or both of us spent waiting in a doctor's office.
We got the mail when we got home and found a letter from the neurologist telling us that his appointment on the 12th has been rescheduled for the 18th. The same day as he has another appointment with an orthopedic doc and hopefully get fitted for a back brace. The reason was the neurologist is going to be on vacation. This visit is a followup to try and come up with Joe's diagnosis and in the meantime.... he is slowly progressing....without knowing what IT is. The neuro did mention ALS ....Lou Gehrigs disease so he is testing for all the other potential diseases as it is a diagnosis of exclusion.
Now, we will find another day so he can see the neurologist and if he still cannot come up with a diagnosis.....we may have to go to Mayo Clinic. I have researched their website and found they are able to get a diagnosis in 2 to 3 days. Here the neuro is doing 1 test at a time and then we have to wait a month to come back so he can do another 1 test. My patience is wearing thin.....
And we thought when we retired we could travel and enjoy ourselves....LOL I guess we could travel to Mayo Clinic and try to enjoy ourselves!
Gabriella
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