Flippy - I Rant, You Read

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

the wee hours

Stitches ‘B’ Gone

Today is my first follow-up appointment with the surgery.  I’ll be getting my stitches out and hopefully finding out how they think the surgery went.  Right now I mostly feel the same as I did before the surgery - some leg pain, a teeny bit of back pain, some bladder issues, but without any sciatica.  I’m hoping the other problems (they do seem a bit lessened) may be affected by an irritated nerve that’s recovering from the surgery, and from having disc cooties touching it for so long.  If so, then I can look forward to more healing.  If not, then I’ll have to work hard in physical therapy and strengthen my back to help prevent future problems.

Oh, today I got a scary bill from the lab that did my pre-op tests.  But, when I read further it got less scary.  My crappy insurance company is erratic - this time in my favor.  They paid over $800 for my lab work, and I only have to pay $75.  I hope this bodes well for the surgery bill.  Although, the injection bills are still coming in and I’m not sure if they’ll be $900 or close to $2000.  They’re just more of the THIS IS NOT A BILL things.  I can’t tell if I’m being charged by the surgery center and the doctor, or just by the doctor.  Wheeee.  It is SO much fun getting the mail every day now.