Well, it was a "really long" ride to the Bristol Wellmont hospital so that my husband's insurance can "sort of pay" for medical expenses. First they tell me there is a $300 deductible for the ultrasound on my middle region (abdominal area, under both ribs and the middle, where the vital organs are and I have felt some pain) so I put $150 down, THEN I FIND OUT my lab service connected to my husband's insurance isn't even in the hospital anymore. That is a financial bummer. But "most" of the healthcare in this country is a financial bummer. My mother is spending "all" her extra dollars on doctor bills. We need a healthcare tax that is "better" than Medicare, that covers lab work and some specialists. Healthcare is just too expensive.
So they tell me his lab service moved down the road near Kroger or some such place. But if I did go there after the ultrasound then I probably wouldn't have eaten a bite till 11:30 (as I had to fast and not eat/drink from the night before for the bloodwork AND the abdominal ultrasound-- the bloodwork had to do with insulin fasting, I think and they like your abdominal area 'flat' so it is easier to take pictures). And I was kind of exhausted, so I took the higher deductible and had the blood work done at the Wellmont hospital.
I was exhausted as the dog, Grover, had been yelping on and off all night. Should I have taken him to the doggie emergency room that evening? I almost did, but I knew I had to leave by 7 and thought I wouldn't get any sleep if I did. Well, he was yelping on and off (we think it was constipation but I say he had a blockage) and I got almost no sleep. Finally, at 6 am the husband took him to the doggie emergency room but he died on the way. We should have taken him that evening, put him out of his misery sooner, as I don't think he would have survived then. He collapsed twice at home that evening. And he'd had seizures since being put on the heart medicine for an enlarged heart -- could the drug have had a bad side effect? I felt bad we waited to take him to the vet. We haven't had much luck with dogs and this is the last one I want to take care of. I'm not really a small dog person anyway; they can be whiny.
So after the medical 'stuff' I got with natural friend Carrie and she told me about a man who had bone cancer and had been on the Gerson Therapy (alternative cancer therapy) for 2 years. It involved juicing everything, coffee enemas, and supplements, but he hadn't gotten better. In fact his cancer had spread. I don't think I will try that if I have cancer, but the Kelley therapy is kind of similar. I think I'd rather do a targeted therapy and do "Protocel" instead.
No comments:
Post a Comment