My favorite line from "As Good As It Gets". So anyway, I call my HMO provider "Kaiser" to make an appointment for female plumbing problems. They send to to a guy, whom I've never met and who after asking numerous questions, tells me I have a dysfunction uterus! Well, this is not going to look good on my yearly review as a Quality Control Manager, but it does explain my children.
Apparently this guy is good because he actually gave me a diagnosis without even "assessing the situation." He didn't venture to look "downtown" and he didn't even peak at my "package". And ladies you know what I'm talking about. I don't like putting my feet in stirrups unless there is a horse involved, but come on. Not a blood test, not a urine test. Zip! Wait, he did say I looked tired and wanted to know if I was getting enough sleep.
So, I called Planned Parenthood and spoke with the nice folks and found at that you can't be diagnosed with a "dysfunctional Uterus" without having tests performed and they told me what to say so I called back and got an appointment for next week with another doctor or Planned Parenthood will do it for $100. So, I just wanted to put that information out there in case any of you have Kaiser, because the female "annual" checkups are know every three years. I really suck at math.
So, my boss gets back today and what do I do? Sleep in. He must think I do this all the time. So I stop to get coffee, well, what's five more minutes when you're an hour late? Right? Wrong! I park at the tile shop because the parking lot is full at the coffee shop and when I came out a damn dump truck had me blocked.
When I got to work I had realized I had locked the front door thereby locking out the cleaning lady. Now I have to CLEAN HOUSE this weekend.
Thank G-d it Thursday.
3 comments:
I wish you could get different insurance. I've never heard much good about Kaiser.
I'm going to try to make it to Ventura tonight.
I called my HMO and made sure that my "automatic enrollment" to a cheaper plan won't cancel my referrals to two specialist. I wish the general rule of thumb for changing anyone's health care plan was "do not change unless I ask for it in writing!" They said I had nothing to worry about.
It's stories like this that make me feel better about the premium I pay on my PPO plan. But, sometimes physicians in general can be idiots. I'm a big believer in second opinions.
Hope your next exam provides you with a better diagnosis. Your first one sounded like malpractice!
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