Monday, October 22, 2007

Hospital Bill


So I got the bill from the hospital the other day. It has taken me a few days to believe it... it says... total charges $7811.89... total adjustments $7108.62... balance due $703.27... WOOHOOOO....OMG, i'm definitely NOT going to call and question this bill. I'm still waiting on the anesthesiologist's bill, but surely it would have come by now, right?... So, I'm thinking it may be included in this bill. I kinda would like an itemized bill (I'm just like that - I like to see details). Anyway, my SIL said, "pay that bill quick and don't ask any questions". So in total my surgery cost... 4035.81 + 703.27 = 4739.08 (hospital bill) + 2000.00 (dr. surgeon bill) + 135.00 (pathology reports - what is this??)... anyway, grand total of...... 6,874.08.... woohoo,, i'll take that any day over the original quote of $13 thousand.

So, we've decided that January sounds good for our IVF cycle. Actually, I guess this would start really in December w/ bcp's and then suppresion starting right before the new year (if AF stays on course). That way we can get through all the holidays and birthdays and hunting seasons, etc, etc, etc, but I may have a screwed up New Year's Eve if that's when I would start suppression. We'll just have to wait and see. Anyway, January, February and March are pretty slow so I won't have any other worries and can have full concentration on cycling and hopefully something sticking...

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Post Lap Uck


So, my laparoscopy went good. The anesthesia made me soooo nauseous, OMG! It's funny too, the anesthesiologist told me before the surgery that it usually does make older people sick. "OLDER PEOPLE" as if I needed to hear this. He said I was right on the threshold of "OLDER". Again, I didn't need to hear this,,, helloooo?! So, ok, after the procedure I'm in recovery, and they give me everything they could to try to stop the dry heaves, and phenergan made me so sleepy that I couldn't even hold my head up. Every time they would come mess with me, I would start again... Oh Boy!... and after I realized that it had been three hours, I said I'm ready to go home. So, I got home (2 hour drive for my Mom, seemed like 10 min nap for me) and hubby was there to put me to bed and put a bucket by me for the .... well, you know. And it's been three weeks and all is well. Now, I'm just waiting to move on to IVF. It's scary but I'm ready.