4.4.2kXI
At long last, I visited an allergist last week, partly because I was getting my butt kicked by the damn allergies for two weeks straight - day and night. The bigger part was because I did not know for how much longer I'd have health care, as my job was looking to be in peril. It was.
But the good news is that I saw the layoff coming and prepared for it. The better news is that I got a decent severance package and included within is continued health care through June. Yay: The allergy doc gets paid!
Getting back to the allergy doc, I got the weird, multi-puncture skin test many of you have likely heard of if not experienced for yourself. I thought it would be fun to say, "Ow, quit it," to the gal as she poked me, and she and the other office geek/med tech giggled like I was as funny. Anyway, they let me fester for a full 20 minutes and I gritted my teeth and bared a really itchy arm. Then they interpreted the results: Grass, rag weed, tree pollen, dust, desert pollen, dogs, smoke, mold, dust mites, Oprah, clay, the St.Louis Cardinals, and on and on.
I knew about most of them, so there weren't any real surprises.
Tonight - Homestead.
bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
A lesson
4.3.2kXI
The following is boring: I got bit by a spider and it showed infection almost immediately: Little pink lines growing under my skin. I'd seen this before, so I knew I had to get me some meds. The little lines were growing so fast I knew I had to get meds fast, and as I was away on a micro-vacation, and as it was 7pm and all the Urgent Care facilities were closed, I had no choice but to visit the ER.
The ER took care of me in 3 hrs, 15 min. Pretty good. However, the $2086 they charged me for the procedure was deemed both "too expensive," and a "non-emergency use of an emergency room," so my insurance declined to cover it.
I called my health ins. admin and got the same gal I talk to every now and again. She didn't have to ask my ID number or anything, so she remembered me too. She explained to me that they weren't covering it because "they" don't want "us" going to the ER for non-ER issues. "Where will they have us go?" I asked. "To your doctor or to Urgent Care," she replied. I said, "But I was on vacation and it was in the evening and I got bit by something poisonious ... I had no choice." She said, "oooooooh ... that changed everything. I'll process the claim." "That's it?" I asked. "That's it," she said.
Sweet. A phone call and a cool insurance administrator saved me $2000. That's a lot of beer and LEGOS®!!!!
Tonight - Lone Palm. The only dive I know with crisp, white linen tablecloths.
bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!
The following is boring: I got bit by a spider and it showed infection almost immediately: Little pink lines growing under my skin. I'd seen this before, so I knew I had to get me some meds. The little lines were growing so fast I knew I had to get meds fast, and as I was away on a micro-vacation, and as it was 7pm and all the Urgent Care facilities were closed, I had no choice but to visit the ER.
The ER took care of me in 3 hrs, 15 min. Pretty good. However, the $2086 they charged me for the procedure was deemed both "too expensive," and a "non-emergency use of an emergency room," so my insurance declined to cover it.
I called my health ins. admin and got the same gal I talk to every now and again. She didn't have to ask my ID number or anything, so she remembered me too. She explained to me that they weren't covering it because "they" don't want "us" going to the ER for non-ER issues. "Where will they have us go?" I asked. "To your doctor or to Urgent Care," she replied. I said, "But I was on vacation and it was in the evening and I got bit by something poisonious ... I had no choice." She said, "oooooooh ... that changed everything. I'll process the claim." "That's it?" I asked. "That's it," she said.
Sweet. A phone call and a cool insurance administrator saved me $2000. That's a lot of beer and LEGOS®!!!!
Tonight - Lone Palm. The only dive I know with crisp, white linen tablecloths.
bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
In Memorium
4.2.2kXI
It's a sad time when such an industrious entertainment entrepreneur passes. Alas, that's what happened last month. The community lost Eddie Dane, co-founder of SF's Hubba Hubba Review.
Tonight a Burlesque memorial will take place at the DNA Lounge.
C'mon out and see some impassioned and hilarious Burlesque, in honor of a one-of-a-kind guy. Admissio is free, but a $5 donation won't be frowned upon.
bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!
It's a sad time when such an industrious entertainment entrepreneur passes. Alas, that's what happened last month. The community lost Eddie Dane, co-founder of SF's Hubba Hubba Review.
Tonight a Burlesque memorial will take place at the DNA Lounge.
C'mon out and see some impassioned and hilarious Burlesque, in honor of a one-of-a-kind guy. Admissio is free, but a $5 donation won't be frowned upon.
bye-ee!
whrr ... clik!
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