The New Café

[Katie]

You even admit that you don't know how it worked prior.....you didn't have Medicaid and didn't have a serious illness. But suddenly when it does hit home it seems worse.

Also you do realize that even if insuance doesn't cover her treatment the doctors can still proceed with treatment. You just have to pay for it yourself......which is how all insuance works BTW. They cover a portion....you pick up what they don't cover.

If you can't pay, some hospitals will write off the charges. Depends on the hospital. And the hospital isn't the government.

[BubblyShell22]

Well, let's hope so. I'm just worried that with Obamacare, it's going to be harder and harder for things to go where we want them to with all this red tape. I still say things are worse with Obamacare and all that he has done. I have a question though since you have experienced Medicaid: Did you have to have a referral to see a certain doctor and get it approved by the state before you could see that doctor? Because that's what has to happen now and if the doctors aren't in her network, she has to see doctors that are in her network. This is the fear that we have right now.

[Katie]

Yep, that's pretty much how it goes. Some doctors just flat don't take medicaid patients because of the burocracy. Again, it was like that way before Obamacare.

The thing is you've just gotta go through some hoops. You are gonna have to pay for a lot of the treatments. I paid out of pocket for A LOT of mine. Still do have to pay quie a lot out of pocket. That's just how it goes. I had nice doctors that worked with me on payments. Most will if you explain your situation.

It really is the same with most insuance. Some doctors are in and some are out of your plan.....some specialists are covered, most aren't. The doctor I go to for autoimune and allergy stuff is not covered by my good insurance. I have to come out of pocket for that every time.

Thing is, at least having Medicaid made her less woried about seeing the doctor initially. Now you have a diagnosis and it might be a early catch. If she had no insurance at all would she have gone to the doctor? If she had waited a long time.....maybe it would be worse and not treatable at all.

That's all the insurance thing is about. Hoping people will go into preventative care early and catch stuff while it is relatively cheap to deal with.....instead of waiting until it is an expensive and maybe deadly problem.

Good luck to your sister. It is scary but not hopeless.

[Cipher]

Apropos of nothing, I got my first creative writing MFA acceptance by phone today!

I'm quite excited about it. Everyone should care about this because ... because.

[Jester]

Arrests were made in the meth house across the street. FINALLY!

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by Jester

Arrests were made in the meth house across the street. FINALLY!

Look out. Breaking Bad jokes will follow.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by Cipher

Look out. Breaking Bad jokes will follow.

I've been meaning to watch that show...

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by Jester

I've been meaning to watch that show...

It's good. Mad Men is the superior of AMC's flagships, but it's good.

[BubblyShell22]

Thanks for the well wishes, Katie. We think that this may have been happening since she was fifteen because Mom looked up the symptoms and seizures are a part of them. At the time, we just chalked it up to epilepsy, but this could have been the cause the whole time. Sucks that it had to come to this, but we'll see where it goes. She had two minor seizures last night, but the boys were calm and told Mom exactly what happened when she called this morning. At least they're there with her now since school's closed for the day. She's thinking of moving back in with us, and I think that's a good idea. The boys don't know about the tumor yet, so we just said that it's because of her medicine.

And congrats on your acceptance, Cipher. That's awesome!

Jester, that's good. Drugs are prominent everywhere, so I'm glad they got it taken care of. I've heard of Breaking Bad, but I never knew it was on a channel we got. Might have to check it out. Well, that and Sherlock.

[Candy Kappa]

Dammit, my UVB light bulb is broken, and I used a long time to get a new one and the only store that managed to get 1, the one I bought in had them at 250kr which is $40, not only do. Felt ripped off by the price, but added insult that it stopped working way too prematurely...

[BubblyShell22]

Whoa. That sucks, CK. I hate the energy saver bulbs that don't last as long as they say that they're supposed to.

[Candy Kappa]

The bulb is supposed to have a life expectancy of radiating UVB for 6 months up to a year, the light itself should last much longer. My old bulb was almost 3 years old, I had to change it since it no longer radiated UVB. It was the same type of bulb as the one I recently bought.

Maybe I'm lucky and can find the receipt. And then I might have to look into buying bulbs online, cause $40 is a lot.

[BubblyShell22]

Yep, sounds a lot like those energy saving bulbs that are supposed to last three years or so but go out within not even a year. We've been stocking up on the regular watt bulbs because soon they won't be making them anymore.

[Candy Kappa]

I've never had any issues with energy saving bulbs before, just this one. Which sucks cause I have to wait 'til Monday to head off to the pet store and complain, and then I might get a new one, if they even have more, since they only took in 1 bulbs last time I needed one. And they don't get new wares until Thursday. Both pet stores that even have light bulbs do so.

And this is a pretty important bulb for my turtles.

[Blossombrooks]

I hear you Candy Kappa, I used to keep leopard geckos, those lights are really important! I hope they replace it for you and quickly.

Shell, stick to the fluorescent energy saver bulbs not the halogen energy saving ones. The fluorescents take longer to warm up and don't give off such a white light but they'll last you a lot longer. (The perks of working in a hardware store )

[BubblyShell22]

Nah, we tried those, and didn't like them. We'll stick with what we have and the hell with energy costs. I don't care about the stupid environment anymore or global warming. It's all a dumb myth anyway.

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

I don't care about the stupid environment anymore or global warming. It's all a dumb myth anyway.

Oh.

Oh my.

[Candy Kappa]

here is a fun part. I ordered 3 exactly the same bulbs from Amazon. With shipping, handling and tax it's slightly over 500kr, so I almost get a 3 for 2 deal in comparison. Although, I am a bit worried about getting used bulbs (did order new ones ofc), you just don't know over internet, especially when the UVB effect wears off before the bulb burns out. I'm looking into getting a UVB meter reader, but they seem kinda expensive.

And we finally found a name for our new yellow Bellied female. her name is Amy, after Amy Farrah Fowler in Big Bang Theory.

So now we have Lara, Harriette, Salvador and Amy.

[BubblyShell22]

Originally Posted by Cipher

Oh.

Oh my.

Well, it is a myth especially with this whole polar vortex thing that happened in the U.S. So, yeah, I don't believe in any of that crap. Just government B.S. to try and make us do things we shouldn't do.

[Katie]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

Well, it is a myth especially with this whole polar vortex thing that happened in the U.S. So, yeah, I don't believe in any of that crap. Just government B.S. to try and make us do things we shouldn't do.

Your Fox News is showing again.

Actually, one of the theories of what will happen in a global warming scenario is cooling in North America. It goes something like this:

1). Global temperatures rise enough to melt north polar ice
2). Fresh water from the pole dilutes ocean water
3). Natural current that brings warm water from the equator (and warm air too) is disrupted because of the change in salinity and water density.
4). Cold air pools in North America.

But you know....its not directly happening to you....of affecting you...so it isn't real.

Fun Fact: we are currently in the temprate phase of an ice age. Betcha didn't know that