ok, i know just about half of everybody on this board feels this way—so i feel a little guilty even posting on here—but i am just so down today!!!! i can’t stop crying, i have had the rash from the depths of hell in the nether regions and have been treating it with everything i can think of.
i was just in to the doctor for this a few weeks ago, only it wasn’t quite as bad. he didn’t test it because he thought it was beyond the testing point—but it spread after i saw him, anyway. he gave me a brand name prescription to treat it instead of the generic and i paid a king’s ransom for the tiniest tube of cream they make above sample size, i’m sure.
i’m beginning to think that maybe what i’ve got is shingles. i had them years ago, bilaterally, no less, which is rare—-don’t believe any doctor who says you can only get them on one side—he is ill informed. anyway, i had them across my back and down both legs. i have a scar on my lower back that is numb—so there must be some sort of nerve damage there–and it also means that the virus settled in the nerves of my lower spine. since the MRSA and all those antibiotics really did a number on my immune system, and herpes viruses are opportunistic viruses, and i was recently exposed to chicken pox and shingles——–are you seeing what i am thinking.
i thought it was funny to get arthritis in my bum after breaking my tailbone, but i don’t think shingles in the crotch is very funny—if that is what it is—it hurts like hell sometimes to pee.
i am waiting for the docs nurse to call me to tell me when they can work me in.
i’m also waiting for my insurance to call me back on a claim that i think they are cheating me on. we get the first $500 of diagnostics and lab work covered 100% before deductible. we also get charged $100 for any ER visit which does not go towards deductible or our % of coverage after deductible.
i had approx. $200 of diagnostics done when i got MRSA. they only payed $100 of it at 100%, then used the other $100 as the $100 that we have to pay for an ER visit—–but, they went ahead and deducted the full $200 from the amount i am allowed for diagnostics. they are charging the same $100 dollars to 2 different places—-i don’t think this is legal.
i have made repeat phone calls and get told they need to talk to a supervisor—bulll!!! i told them they didn’t need a supervisor because i know my policy and what they are doing is illegal.
they have twice told me they would get the info to a supervisor with an urgent notice on it.
this last time i told them i didn’t need a supervisor i needed a lawyer.
from experience, i have learned that if i mention lawsuit, or something similar, i quite often get quick results—and i’m not a person that would dive into litigation—but i say what works when the need arises.
so, here i sit, waiting for two different phone calls. we are also waiting for the results of kevin’s MRI and hoping he didn’t tear his ACL. if he did, he doesn’t have a good knee left, and he is not going to be able to keep doing the work he is doing. (he has torn the ACL twice in his other knee)
i swear our life is governed by murphy’s law.
thanks, if anyone got this far. it actually helped me to get it out of my system a little—that and the 2mgs of clonazepam i took.
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Some days are worse than others and this sure fits in that category on the top of the list!!!!! Hang in there, Christine! I wish I had answers or even words of wisdom, but I am just at a loss for words. I think you and I must have been having a lot of fun and wronging someone in our past lifetimes as I feel like Karma is laughing in my face more often than not. I keep saying I hope I had a really good time as I have a lot of days that I am paying for it now!Hang tough and know you are strong and you will get through this!!!!!Ann Marie
. I have no suggestions and all i can do is offer you hugs 
