I’m still waiting for the insurance company to decide whether they’ll pay for me to go on Remicade. The medical review unit’s most recent update to my file seems to indicate they think I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. Can it be possible that they don’t know my diagnosis??? On Wednesday they added a note to my file that they’re unable to complete the review until they [more]
Apr 022008
My colonoscopy went fine. I was pleased that this time the doctor only gave me light medication so I was awake and could watch the screen as she did it. Maybe that doesn’t sound like fun but I was glad to be able to see what the doctor was doing and why she came to the conclusions she did. Which were: given the amount of [more]
On Monday I told my doctor I’m continuing to have symptoms. Mostly they’re in the category of “inconvenient and mildly painful” rather than, they significantly change what I’m able to do during each day. I’m glad about that. Last month my doctor talked to me about other medication options after a test showed disease that the current meds evidently weren’t helping with. In view of [more]
Jan 292008
I was told to expect the drinking barium and being X-rayed a lot test would take 2-4 hours but it only took about 1. I was very happy about that. Also (especially) that it didn’t reveal any major new problems. At least I don’t think it did. It was neat that I could see what the radiologist could see on the screen as she ‘explored’. [more]
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