I hate hate hate to complain about healthcare. Why? Well, there are lots of people out there that don't have it and I feel extremely blessed to have it through Ryan's career with the Coast Guard. There are definitely things, though, that annoy the heck out of me and frankly, today...completely threw me into a tizzy. Yes, I said tizzy.
I'll start with the "TMI" part of this. I have a nasal polyp. Sounds gross, right? It is. It's freaking nasty and it has taken over my life for the past 7 (seven) weeks. I'm not going to post a picture of it because even the sight of it via webmd grosses me out. Basically, it's this lump of skin (which is what it looks like) or tissue that is blocking my left nostril.
If I pinched my right nostril, I would not be able to breath...that's how big this polyp is. (By the way, let me first start off by saying that I actually self-diagnosed myself with this weeks ago and went to my doctor and told her what I have. She agreed. This is where I have my moments where I should've been a doctor. Nevermind that I get grossed out easily...or that I got my information from webmd. LOL) Anyway, this nasal polyp blocks my breathing but the kicker isn't the lack of ability to breathe, it's the fact that my nose is constantly running. And I mean ALL DAY LONG. At night, I sport the sexy "small wad of tissue stuck in nose to prevent running" look. It's done wonders for my relationship with Ryan.
So here I am, 7 weeks into this, 2 visits to my primary care physician and a hopeful referral to an ENT. For today. At 3 p.m. Today. I get a phone call at 8:30 a.m. Today. From the ENT. No referral, honey. No appointment unless I want to pay out.of.pocket. Well, I am emotional. I cry, over everything.
I almost started crying. After phone call to here, there and everywhere...two hours later, I find out that I have no referral to an outside doctor and that I have to go on base. Fine...but why didn't you call to tell me? They said they have no correct number...however for every appointment, they call my cell phone. What.ever.
I appreciate that I have the healthcare to get me eventually over this nasal polyp (I hope.) BUT, why can't they just do it right the first time, so we don't have to go through all this crap?! I'm going to live with this for yet another week, at least, and although it's a non-emergency issue, it's still debilitating for me.
I'm just annoyed. And while Tricare positions themselves as the 'world's best healthcare for the world's best military,' it'd be nice if they could get all their ducks in a row so we don't end up spending more money going to the ER for things that could've been treated in a routine visit. Argh.
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