Happy 1st Anniversary, Disability Approval. That feather still packs a punch.

[brightrosefox]

Oh, damn. I forgot to celebrate my first SSDI Approval anniversary on July 10th. Eh, better late.
Besides, as of August, I'll have my Medicare Part A activated - and I did turn down Part B, because I like Carefirst too much.
I hope I made the best decision for now, since it's not like I am so bad that I am constantly in and out of clinics and such. Right?

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Also, I have so many random head and face pains. It could be so many things. Migraine, eye strain, neck pain, tension headache, dry sinus, jaw pain, cranial nerve pains, bone issues. Last night it was so excruciating I couldn't sleep. Finally, after Adam helped me with Reiki and massage, I muttered something about "dammit, taking drugs now" and got my two strongest prescriptions: Soma and Codeine/Tyenol. At 12:45, I swallowed them down with sea buckthorn oil to hide the taste and coffee to also mask the taste. I woke up again at 1:45 and there was some mild improvement, like some of the ice pickers had packed up and gone home. At 2:30, I glanced at the clock and realized that there were only a couple of little sharp, shocking stabs here and there around my nose and cheeks and skull, and I could live with that. I didn't even hear Adam's alarm at 7:30. I slept straight through until noon. Rose lay herself on my torso and nibbled my cheeks and jaw and licked me. Then I fell out of bed using the cane nearby, took my necessary pills (pharmaceutical and supplement) with that amazing cold-brew coffee with almost no acidity, took a long very hot shower, took more Soma and Codeine with Klonopin, stretched very very gently, and realized I would be okay to look at a computer screen for a couple hours at a time. Good.

I always knew it would get much worse and that I would fall so hard. But at this point, I don't even notice. The feathers are heavy but soft.

Comments

[kita0610.livejournal.com]

Part B doesn't cover clinics, I don't think? I could be wrong. Maze uses my insurance, so he didn't take any of it.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

I don't think so... I think they're really really particular in what they cover. Like, after I found out that over half my specialists wouldn't accept Medicare, and that many clinics don't, I checked the NO box when sending the form back. They misinterpreted it as Yes, for some reason, since I got a letter saying they would be taking out a monthly fee for Part B. I was highly confused and slightly annoyed, so I called Social Security and was like, whut? And the lady said, "Oh, right, sorry, we'll take care of that!" And then I got a card just saying "Part A" and a letter officially saying that I had denied Part B.

I think that as long as you've got a good insurance, you don't need Part B - unless you are, like constantly in need of many doctors who will take Medicare, and I've been told that even then you must specify firmly that you want Medicare to be your secondary.