I went to see the doc this morning and was a bit nervous to begin with. However, my nervousness turned to sadness after talking with him. It’s not that he refused to write a letter of recommendation for the surgery…no, in fact he told me to contact my insurance and have them forward the forms that they need completed to his office along with a list of what they perceive to be “comorbidities”. My doctor is wonderful…he is notthe cause of my frustration. This whole thing is. 
It’s kind of a “catch 22″ really. In order to be eligible for surgery coverage my insurance states that one must have at least 2 comorbidities and a BMI over 40 (100 lbs or more overweight). However, one must also be healthy enough to have the surgery to begin with which means that the patient must have all health issues under control. My blood pressure was high this morning and it hasn’t been in the past 6 months…however the medication that I’m currently on causes high blood pressure. I have a history of many comorbidities from high blood pressure (hypertension) to borderline diabetic to hypothyroidism, however my doc feels that I don’t qualify now as having all of those. My hypertension has been under control the past 6 months and I’ve never taken medication for it in the past. My glucose levels were fine last time I tested so that means that diabetes isn’t a item either. I’ve been on thyroid medication for YEARS for my hypothyroidism and my levels have fluctuated something fierce this past year but are now under control as well.
I’m upset because I have a feeling that now these items are controlled that it will put me as someone who does not meet the requirements for the surgery because the comobidities are not a threat at the moment and therefore technically aren’t comorbidities. Does that make sense?
Anyway…it all boils down to the fact that I don’t think that I’m going to be approved. I hope I’m wrong and I’m still going to try…but I’m just not optimistic at this point.
I think all of that combined with the fact that I work for a company with a warped sense of reality probably has caused my stress level to increase just a bit…well, enough to raise my blood pressure anyway. I just have a f*idiot for a boss who likes to control everything…and I do mean EVERY aspect of what I do. He drives me beyond crazy…I just can’t even put it into words how much I loathe this man. I’ve never had feelings toward another human being the way I do for him.
I worked from home last Monday because I had 2 sick kiddos at home, both of which are way too young to leave home alone. So instead of putting others in a bind and causing issues I worked from home. I took care of what I had to in order for people to get paid properly and for others to get the information that they’d requested for their employees.
Last Friday I got a call from my boss throwing a temper tantrum demanding to know “who” gave me “permission” to work from home on Monday. Wow…that’s a lot of thanks isn’t it? It’s not like I had any physical records at home or anything like that…everything is on a secure server through our office (whcih was setup by our IT person) and isn’t located anywhere else. Also I have SO many logins to access records…he doesn’t even have access to the security level that I do!
I told him that there were things that needed to be done and I was not able to leave the house to come into the office to take care of these items so I did what I needed to do so that the employees were taken care of so that payroll could be processed correctly for the week. He told me that I “wasn’t allowed” to do that unless I had “preauthorization” from him to work from home. He doesn’t even know what I do…he’s a safety guy and I take care of Personnel for the company. He doesn’t get it…at all.
Anyway…so I told him that was fine with me. The next time that my kids get sick at 3am on a Monday morning that I will make damn sure to call him and get “preauthorization” to work from home. 
F*IDIOT!
**does happy dance** He even gave me permission to file my taxes…little does he know that I had already filed. 
Now mind you, the children reside with me and I have custody of them. He pays child support…but it’s not even enough to cover my weekly grocery bill, let alone actually help support the kids beyond that. I provide all medical and dental coverage for them along with life insurance. Jason and I also pay for ALL other necessities for them (i.e. school fee & supplies, clothes – which aren’t cheap, etc.). I’ve never taken him back to court to raise the amount of child support because well…that’s just not what I’m about. He hasn’t had any easy go of it financially…well, but neither have we. He decided a couple of years ago to take it upon himself to claim 2 of our three kids on his income tax and I think now he’s paying for it. 
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