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Well, today’s the big day. In just a few hours, I’ll be on the table for abdominal myomectomy surgery. While I’m really not thrilled about: having a big cut in my up-until-now surgery-free, nature-given body (I don’t even have my ears pierced!) possible scarring and internal adhesions from having my uterus messed with being exposed [...]

More Red Tape

I hate dealing with health insurance!!! Today, I called my health insurance provider to verify one last time that tomorrow’s surgery would be fully covered: Facility: Yep, they verified the hospital is in-network. Surgeon: Yep, they verified she’s in-network. I asked if pre-auth for my procedure had been issued yet, and she said there was [...]

Hearing Aids

It’s a mystery to me. Do I wear my hearing aids into the operating room? My surgeon said it wouldn’t have any impact on her work, as I will be draped from my waist to the top of my head for the abdominal myomectomy. She said I should ask during my hospital pre-op, but she [...]

Pre-Op #1

(This was supposed to be the pre-op with my gynecologist/surgeon where she discusses my upcoming myomectomy surgery and answers any of my remaining questions, and then I sign the consent forms. As you know, though, I already signed them early because the surgery coordinator knew she’d be out on vacation today.) So today’s appointment was [...]

Priceless

After all the chaos associated with insurance coverage for my CT scan, I was bracing myself for worse regarding my upcoming myomectomy surgery. Upon calling my insurance provider, I was told that no of course it’s not all covered, and have I met my annual deductible yet? (All right, here we go again.) I said [...]