Please Excuse This Post

Okay, so about a month ago I had some seriously bad attacks and as a result discovered that the cause of the attacks are gallstones. It appears that the only way to get relief from gallstone attacks is to have your Gallbladder removed. Yes, that means surgery. And here is where my rant begins… I waited a month for an appointment to meet with a surgeon (suffering from milder attacks during that month.) Finally, Thursday came and I showed up to my appointment at the suggested 20 minutes before my scheduled appointment time. I payed my $30 co-pay and then waited ONE AND A HALF HOURS after my scheduled appointment time to meet with the surgeon. (Question: Why bother making an appointment in the first place if you are just going to see me whenever you want? Apparently, my time is not as valuable as theirs.) I guess you could call it a meeting. It lasted about 5 minutes. If this had been any other business, this stuff would not fly, would it!?! I feel I should have at least gotten the 30 bucks back. (yeah, right) Okay, I know it could be worse and I should not complain, but I am. So, now I know that my surgery will be some time on Tuesday. They can’t tell me exactly what time it is, but they have called to tell me exactly how much it will cost and inquire how I would like to pay for it. (Of course they did. ) To say that I flipped out at hearing the grand total is a slight understatement and the subsequent rant to my husband, mother and sister about the state of our Health Care system, what my suggestions would be to fix it and where exactly I feel the insurance companies and government can stick it, I will spare you from. I’ll just say…WHATEVER! Okay, now that that is out, I’m going to let it go. I am accepting that this is the way it is and I am letting it go. There, I’m putting good things out in the universe. Relax, relate, release….