Come Up For Air

Last night, there was a rainstorm that included hail and strong winds. I want to say that I may have heard something just as I was about to fall asleep, but I was too tired to get up to check. I thought I heard the sounds of the rain and winds and was thinking about what could be in the yard and blowing all over the place and into the neighbors’ yards. Luckily, I could not think of anything. In the morning, I looked out the backyard, and it didn’t appear that anything was out of place, and everything looked calm and quiet.

Last week seemed like a never-ending storm that was constantly blowing all around me, like I was in the middle of a torrential downpour of bullcrap, and it was raining all over me, and I was in no mood to sing. Instead, I had a couple of emotional meltdowns on the phone with the health insurance company and my doctor’s and specialists’ offices. I was yelling, crying, and getting all sorts of stressed out over what had been and was getting thrown my way. So, the week did not end on the best note. Hello Monday. What do you have in store for me today? To start off my day, I had to mentally prepare for the telemedicine appointment with my Primary Dr because I needed to catch her up on what had transpired recently with the insurance because her role is required to set the next steps in motion for the process of me getting some MRI’s completed. Amazingly, the conversation went better than expected, and her office did not waste any time sending the MRI order to the imaging center.

One down, a couple more to go. I called the insurance back to confirm if they needed the MRI order from my Primary Dr faxed to them. Again, I need to mentally prepare myself for this conversation due to the complications I faced with them last week. Much to my amazement, this go around went rather well, to say the least. I was informed that the insurance did not require authorization for the MRI after all, and I was left speechless because, before today, that was the whole issue. I was told initially that I could not get an MRI without prior authorization, and so on and so forth. I can get my two MRIs done without any referral, and I could not be more pleased with this outcome.

The final step required me to call the imaging center to see if they had any openings before my scheduled MRI appointment this Saturday. I informed them I would go to any of their locations in town. Please and thank you. Well, what do you know? They have an opening on Thursday, so guess what? Put me down. I am there already! After this final call, I felt a little weight lifted off my shoulders. I literally could feel it being slowly lifted.

As the day continued, I conversed through the patient portal with my Endocrinologist’s office to inform her of what had been transpiring. She treats me for my diseases of Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency and Hypothyroidism. After conversing with my neurologist’s office, she brought up my thyroid issues, and I wanted to present a question to my endocrinologist about the neurologist’s thought process. I was impressed because I received a response within a matter of minutes that she was ordering some blood work ASAP. I ordered a Lyft driver and made my way to the facility to get my blood drawn.

At this moment, I feel it might be safe to begin to come up for air—not all the way, but in slow, cautious, and intentional movements.

To Be Continued.