First off, Happy Halloween!! I'm pretty anti-Halloween this year. Mainly because my sisters baby shower is tomorrow and we have a lot of last minute stuff to get done tonight. I can't believe tomorrow is the big day! And I really can't believe how fast her pregnancy has gone! In just a little over two months a little baby girl will be here!
Anyway, yesterday I received an email from a producer at Good Morning America. She read my story in The Daily News and wanted to talk to me more about my experience, especially dealing with a misread MRI. She's starting her research and talking to patients and doctors about this....apparently it's a bigger problem than I thought! If the pain in my leg hadn't persisted, I would've trusted what the results of my MRI said and maybe gone months--or years--with cancer! And then there were the problems getting referrals, etc. with the MRI readings being wrong. Why would the insurance company pay for me to see a specialist at the University of Washington when, according to my MRI, everything was normal!?
Needless to say, it was a pretty weird day! She asked what airport is closest to us and then said they'd be able to fly into Portland if they want to talk to me on camera. Crazy!! Even if they find better stories--which I know mine is minor compared to most--I still can't even believe I was contacted by Good Morning America!
In other news, I got my hours at work cut from 40 to 20. I've been anticipating this for months and I found out on Wednesday. I totally understand the need for cuts, the car industry has been doing horribly and dealerships are closing down everywhere, it's just the insurance I'm worried about. For me, that's more important than my paycheck right now. Joe and I are pretty sure I can get onto his insurance, we just have to sign a "domestic partners affidavit" so we need to get that figured out next week.
Anyway, it looks like Joe and I will be living on 1 1/2 incomes for awhile! I've always wanted to be a stay-at-home wife/mom, I just didn't plan on being a stay-at-home fiance. Or I guess I should say a part-time-stay-at-home-broke-fiance! :) Everything happens for a reason though......better things to come!
This is nothing compared to what I went through earlier in the year. Nothing!
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