Of course, I'm no closer to figuring it out, but I figured I needed to at least surface one more time in 2010.
Also, if I didn't get down that quote for the subject, I was going to forget it. ;) And the context behind it that was my fight with the Big Huge Reproductive Medicine Center after I started to get bill, upon bill, upon bill for what I had put down an enormous deposit to cover, even though they said the cost would only be half that.
Oh, big medical offices, always finding a way to bill you for things NOT covered, never mind flat out LYING to you. Oddly enough, I knew this was the very reason that Dr. Wonderful and 3 of her colleagues were leaving BHRMC...
But, dear readers, I didn't take it lying down and hit back swinging. Do not mess with a woman on her 4th chemical pregnancy and with hormones completely out of whack from injectibles. I used my knowledge of the knock-down drag-out going on internally and got in some nasty punches. I also demanded that everything I was being charged for (twice -- they tried to charge me for everything twice!) be submitted to my insurance company for reimbursement, and marked as diagnostic. As expected, insurance did pay, and I suddenly had a refund for my deposit.
But it doesn't leave me any less skittish about these REs and their looking at our IF as a huge money making machine. It just makes the whole thing hurt even more. The desire seems so simple: a child to love. But what you do trying so hard to get there seems oh so unfair!
That is about where I am right now. Still hurting, still nursing my wounds, still wanting so badly, and not knowing what direction to go next in order to be knocked down again. I promise to try and stop by more often in the new year as I cautiously start this journey again.
Good for you for standing up for yourself!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you've had such a hard time. It seems to be a common theme for many of us these days. You have demonstrated how keeping your strength leads to positive results... it's a good reminder for me to not give in to defeat but dig down and find my strength. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteYou're back! I've thought about you, wondered how you were with everything. So glad to see you're not lacking any strength these days :P Talk about setting those guys right. Charging you twice? Got to be kidding me. Anyways, yay for you, yay for your refund and yay for a promising new year!
ReplyDeleteGlad you were able to fight back!!! And even more glad that you posted once more this year :) Here's to the new year full of new twists and turns!
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