The Chronically Chronic Warrior

First off, if you don't get the title please do yourself a favor and go watch "What About Bob" I think it's on Amazon Prime. It's phenomenal! Bill Murray is a LEGEND! Anyhow, let's continue from my last post. I got Prednisone! Yay! But also not yay, because that made the waiting... longer. The day after my last dose of Prednisone actually wasn't too bad! I still felt pretty good, till I hit a wall at about 3 pm at work and I was barely able to keep my head up and eyes open. I don't think I was drooling but I very well could have been, I felt like I was. I talked to my boss, had my mom on the phone with me as I drove home just to be safe, got home and zonked out. It was like someone hit me in the face with a shovel and then flipped my energy switch to off. Then the next day, it was bad. I thought hitting the wall was bad? Well, day 2 the wall fell on me! Every joint in my body hurt, my head felt like inside out Hellraiser, like I had ice picks or nails ...

Well, let's continue this crazy story I call my journey. If you read this and are lost check my last post! So, the emergency room doctor told me to go see a dermatologist to get a skin test. They gave me my papers, I got dressed and left the hospital. When I got home I got on my insurance website to see if the doctor they referred me to was covered. Then I realized, the hospital I just went to, where they just ran multiple tests, was not covered at all. Great. All I could think of is, I'll deal with that later, let's figure this out and get me feeling better. The doctor they referred me to wasn't covered. And I spent days and days on the phone with them trying to get the referral sent elsewhere so it was covered. They gave me the run around. I then had to call my gynecologic and I told him what they said in the ER and he THANKFULLY helped me out and got it sent to a place that was covered. Then the waiting.  If you don't have a chronic illness or serious health prob...