Friday and the Insurance Company!

I was not going to "fight" with the hospital or insurance company over anything. It gets me too agitated and takes too much time, so I told myself not to do it. I told myself to put that at the bottom of my list and do what I was supposed to. But that was not enough.

When I went and paid out of pocket another $99 for Sam's test strips (that you use to read the blood sugar level - you cannot get by without them!!!), there was a note that MY insurance company would not pay for any more until July 9th. So of course, I had to call. I talked to FIVE people on my way to the boys' track meet - some of them very nice but could not wait to pass me off to some other department! I know there are limits and for good reason. But insulin dependent diabetics are suffering because of the number of test strips allowed (either financially or healthwise or both!).

So my dear friend Carla called one of our state representatives yesterday. He answered the phone! Then I emailed him, and he emailed me back to tell me he had shared my email with the head of the State Health Plan. Then I get an email from a senior director asking for my phone number. He called and talked to me for a while. After that conversation, in which I thanked him for getting back to me, I emailed my representative again to let him know how nice they all were BUT I did not agree with the policy. The conversation with the insurance company man was a good one, but I do not feel like families/patients like ours are treatly fairly. They have a lot to consider. I understand. But I asked specifically if "real" people were in those sessions helping make the decisions that affect us so greatly. He said they get a lot of letters. Mine will be one more to add to their pile!!! It will take me a while to compose it so they can get the most out of a little information. But they will get one from me!

Today we are going to see Laura off to her junior prom! She will be beautiful, and she wants Sam to be in some of her pictures. So that will be fun! We are trying to clean house some before we go.

Pete is helping at someone's house. Andrew (for the first time in forever) spent the night at a friend's house with some other boys and won't go with us! I am thankful he had a good night, but it made me nervous. But like Carla said, it will be good for him.

I slept later this morning after a tough week. I kept feeling like it was Friday (or hoping it was) every day this week. I hopped out of bed to write down some words that kept going through my head. I will work on them more later. I don't know if it's a poem or a song or either.

I had better go and coordinate some more cleaning efforts. I am so glad it is spring! I love winter, but this winter wore me out!