Monday, July 30, 2012

Tests and a share

Today, I went to get those dismal tests that let you know if you are in trouble with your heart or if you have any stroke possibilities. But my doctor wanted me to have a few of them and this turned out to come in at a few hundred less than the local places who do this sort of thing as well. The only issue is that you have to make arrangements sometimes months in advance, since they are only in your area at certain times of the year. So it is not for an emergency situation.

Package Selection: (so help me that is what it is called!)
-Stroke, Vascular, Heart Rhythm with Osteoporosis $149.00 (for all the below tests through Life Line Screening:LifeLine.com or call toll free:1-800-449-2389, they are national)
-Stroke/Carotid Artery disease
-Peripheral Arterial Disease
-Osteoporosis
-Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
-Atrial Fibrillation

In the end I just went for everything but the Osteoporosis screening, which I was told is not that accurate; if it is done on the heal; and most Health Fairs do it for free anyway.

Any-who, I already was told when given a bone density test on the machine for that while still insured that I had Osteopenia years ago. And therefore I could more than likely have Osteoporosis now, my Mom had had it; it only saved a wee bit on that bill, of ten bucks, having it done.

The results will be emailed to me within twenty-one days or mailed to a doctor of your choosing for a fee, which right now I cannot recall.
If heaven forbid anything is wrong there they will tell you, or email you as soon as the doctor looks the results over.

So far, I’m good no emails from them!

But I did receive the fix for my access to the program that I needed as a PA at the free clinic, hip, hip ,hip, hooray! Yep, that is what we are called, not PA as in Physician Assistants, although we sort of are, nope, nor a Public Announcement, well maybe more private than public, we are Patient Advocates! That is helping patients to access medications that they otherwise would not be able to afford.
The woman who is also a PA and we are all volunteers by the way, nine strong I believe including me now, anyway… she my computer trainer was on her family vacation but was nice enough to answer my email and help me get into the program and so now I am ready for my first, all by my self patient this week!
I could access it from home to try it out and so I did, but there is one small mistake, the spelling of my last name with only one letter.
The woman who was nice enough to help me, being their trainer for the computer, I thanked her for helping me gain access. I did mention also the spelling error, but that I said could wait until her return from vacation and that is that to date.

And so in closing for tonight I would like very much to be the first to wish you all a very happy night and ask you kindly to count all your blessings and share those overages and we will too!

And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?

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