Life has been quite busy in the Panther household this past week. On the heels of the cheerleading championship, Diva's high school volleyball team began
their participation in the state tournament as the #1 seeded team in the East/Middle Tennessee bracket. They've done really well. Tonight they play in
the semi-finals. The finals are tomorrow. Since the state tournament is a day to day thing, there have been lots of last minute plans and adjustments to life
in order to get everyone where they need to be. Thankfully, the tournament is being held in the town where my mother lives, which is about an hour away. I
feel sorry for the teams coming from either end of the state who have much further to travel. Wish Diva and her team luck! As Diva is a sophomore player, she
will not dress for the game tonight, but the word is that if they play tomorrow, the coach will dress all 15 girls on the combined varsity/JV. It's all
very exciting!
So, yeah, there is little stitching happening around here. I did stitch for about an hour last night - first time in 10 days I've picked up a needle! I am hoping next week will see a calmer, gentler routine around here. Goodness knows I could use a break. Not to mention the household tasks that need done/scheduled.
In my "spare" time, I am fighting with my health insurance company. Gotta love 'em. So, I have a splenetic artery aneurysm. It's completely asymptomatic, so the only way to know if it is growing or in danger of rupture is to do a CT scan. The current guidance for surgeons is to order a CT scan every six months until there are three consecutive scans with no growth. Then you can drop down to once a year. So, I had the CT scan in March where they found the aneurysm while looking for something else. It was an incidental finding. I just had another CT scan this month to check for growth. The lovely thing has grown from 1.3cm to 1.5cm in six months. Definite growth (they do not recommend surgery until it exceeds 2cm). Insurance has decided they do not want to pay for the October CT scan because they do not believe the diagnosis warrants additional testing. However, upon inquiry, they assure me that if I have a rupture (75% chance of bleeding to death) that is covered. Aside from how incredibly many kinds of wrong and stupid that is, keep in mind that I need to continue to have a CT scan every six months. Fortunately, my surgeon's office is willing to be involved and is lobbying the insurance company to try to get this worked out. Say a little prayer that the insurance company sees reason. Part of the problem is that my specific aneurysm is rare, so there isn't really a defined protocol for the insurance company to follow. I'd really hate to die for my condition to be covered by health insurance. But, I guess there would be time to stitch on the party bus to hell (and I have reserved seating).
So, yeah, there is little stitching happening around here. I did stitch for about an hour last night - first time in 10 days I've picked up a needle! I am hoping next week will see a calmer, gentler routine around here. Goodness knows I could use a break. Not to mention the household tasks that need done/scheduled.
In my "spare" time, I am fighting with my health insurance company. Gotta love 'em. So, I have a splenetic artery aneurysm. It's completely asymptomatic, so the only way to know if it is growing or in danger of rupture is to do a CT scan. The current guidance for surgeons is to order a CT scan every six months until there are three consecutive scans with no growth. Then you can drop down to once a year. So, I had the CT scan in March where they found the aneurysm while looking for something else. It was an incidental finding. I just had another CT scan this month to check for growth. The lovely thing has grown from 1.3cm to 1.5cm in six months. Definite growth (they do not recommend surgery until it exceeds 2cm). Insurance has decided they do not want to pay for the October CT scan because they do not believe the diagnosis warrants additional testing. However, upon inquiry, they assure me that if I have a rupture (75% chance of bleeding to death) that is covered. Aside from how incredibly many kinds of wrong and stupid that is, keep in mind that I need to continue to have a CT scan every six months. Fortunately, my surgeon's office is willing to be involved and is lobbying the insurance company to try to get this worked out. Say a little prayer that the insurance company sees reason. Part of the problem is that my specific aneurysm is rare, so there isn't really a defined protocol for the insurance company to follow. I'd really hate to die for my condition to be covered by health insurance. But, I guess there would be time to stitch on the party bus to hell (and I have reserved seating).
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Posted: 10/29/09 10:52:14
Good luck to the Diva!