Boy you think I�m not excited�on January 9, 2004 I called and scheduled my Psychiatric work up with Dr. Mehta. I will be seeing him on January 21, 2004. After I hung up from Dr. Mehta�s office I set right to work setting up my work up with the Dietician, Rhonda Avery. I will be seeing Rhonda on January 28, 2004. I can�t wait to get all of this done so we can submit to the insurance company for approval.
I also had to go to Dr. Wilson�s office to get hubby�s test results, so on the way to her office we picked up my medical records from Dr. Saha (an old Primary Care provider). While I was there at Dr. Wilson�s I asked for a couple of things. First and foremost since I have no energy I wanted a B-12 injection. They were happy to give and boy did it really make a difference. They also gave me a prescription for the B-12 and syringes so that I can get them weekly at home. I also after talking to Cathy asked for a prescription for Nicatrol Inhaler. They gave this to me as well. We talked again about them writing a letter of medical necessity now that they have my records from Dr. Saha and I should get that in the next week or two. I picked up a copy of my medical records that they had on me so now I have a complete set. I will take these to Dr. T the next time I have to go to the clinic. I plan to get the prescriptions filled and start them all on Saturday.
The things I do to get ready�on January 10, 2004 I started the inhalers to quit smoking. I thought this was suppose to be good for me�lol. I had an allergic reaction to them and ended up going to the emergency room on Sunday evening. I developed some irritation and strain to the tendons in my chest wall. So needless to say I will be finding another way to quit smoking.
On January 13, 2004 I made the second of what will undoubtably turn into many trips to Bond Clinic. I went in for my chest X-ray and lab work. I stopped by Dr. T�s office and dropped off the copies of my medical records. While I was there they went ahead and set up my appointments for the cardiology and the pulmonary work ups. I will be seeing them both on February 3, 2004. So with any luck at all I should have all my evaluations done by the first week in February. And then we all know what that means�the battle begins with the insurance company.