Friday, February 10, 2006
STILL not on the mend.....
I still feel like hell. I'm starting to wonder if I'm EVER going to feel as well as I did before I did that functional capacity exam. Still can't use the Gazelle, can barely do aquacise, and when I tried to do simple stretches today, it hurt so bad I cried. I'm taking muscle relaxants every day that upset my stomach. I'm still getting leg cramps, mid-back spasms and more shoulder pain than I've ever had in my life. I can't believe I did this to myself for a paltry 50 percent of my former pay AND knowing I'll probably get denied anyway.
I'm bummed about the whole cell phone thing. I called the company that provides my cell phone service, and while I can get an upgrade to a nice lightweight flip phone for free, it requires an additional two-year commitment to their service. I don't understand that when I've already been their customer for four years and have never missed a payment, made a complaint or even called customer service before. But here's the kicker: they don't have local service in South Dakota (I don't think any major company does). So I can't even commit to the same plan I have because I would have to change it to a national plan if I moved to South Dakota. I'm not going to pay more for a national plan if I don't even know I will need it. It's this kind of crap that made me cancel the satellite dish. I just want a new phone with the same service and phone number. You'd think that would be easy to do. I will just keep my piece of crap phone and not change anything until Dan gets a new job.
Having a little go-round with TurboTax. I filed my return on Sunday using their website. But you're supposed to go back and check the status of your e-file 24 to 48 hours later. Well, the links on their site are not working, at least they're not working on a Mac with Netscape. I get an error stating the link is invalid. It then directs me to go to TurboTax.com, which is the site I'm already on! I e-mailed customer service, and they sent me to their tech guys. I got an e-mail back telling me to go to TurboTax.com and hit the link for checking e-mail status. Helloooooo! I told them that's already what I'm doing. So now they say I have to resolve this with a phone call. I had to make an APPOINTMENT with them for tomorrow afternoon! Why, so I can tell them their link doesn't work? I'm hoping they can just tell me if my return was accepted or not.
I did do some positive things this week. I went to the endocrinologist (well, her assistant, anyway) yesterday. Turns out I was supposed to see her in December. Oops! Anyway, I got my blood drawn to make sure my thyroid and glucose levels are ok. The only thing that really suck about going to this particular doctor is that it's at a hospital, and the closest parking is like two blocks away. I had a horrible time trying to get to the car after the appointment; I had to rest a few times, and I was wiped out the rest of the day. I think next time I'm bringing the wheelchair.
I ran into a snag getting set up with a physiatrist because the one I was referred to doesn't accept my insurance. So I had to call the pain management specialist's office and ask for some alternatives. I did find one today and have an appointment on the 23rd. I've never been to this type of doc before, so I'm really curious what he'll say and/or do.
I guess you'd have to call me a "fair weather" sports fan. I haven't followed football since I stopped working in radio 12 years ago, I don't care for hockey, and I've only watched one professional basketball game in person (although I admit I really enjoyed it). I like baseball best, but I probably won't go to anymore games because of my physical limitations (the wheelchair seats are way far back, and I wanna sit closer if I'm gonna pay a lot of money for tix). I watch bit and pieces of "extreme" sports on tv now and then, and some tennis and beach volleyball because Dan likes them. So why, you may ask, am I going to watch the Winter Olympics? I'm not sure, it's just that I've made an effort to watch at least some of each Olympics since I was eight years old and Olga Korbut was shaking up the world of gymnastics. But I've never seen the opening ceremony before, and it's gonna be televised at 7pm, so I'd better wrap this up.
USA! USA!
I'm bummed about the whole cell phone thing. I called the company that provides my cell phone service, and while I can get an upgrade to a nice lightweight flip phone for free, it requires an additional two-year commitment to their service. I don't understand that when I've already been their customer for four years and have never missed a payment, made a complaint or even called customer service before. But here's the kicker: they don't have local service in South Dakota (I don't think any major company does). So I can't even commit to the same plan I have because I would have to change it to a national plan if I moved to South Dakota. I'm not going to pay more for a national plan if I don't even know I will need it. It's this kind of crap that made me cancel the satellite dish. I just want a new phone with the same service and phone number. You'd think that would be easy to do. I will just keep my piece of crap phone and not change anything until Dan gets a new job.
Having a little go-round with TurboTax. I filed my return on Sunday using their website. But you're supposed to go back and check the status of your e-file 24 to 48 hours later. Well, the links on their site are not working, at least they're not working on a Mac with Netscape. I get an error stating the link is invalid. It then directs me to go to TurboTax.com, which is the site I'm already on! I e-mailed customer service, and they sent me to their tech guys. I got an e-mail back telling me to go to TurboTax.com and hit the link for checking e-mail status. Helloooooo! I told them that's already what I'm doing. So now they say I have to resolve this with a phone call. I had to make an APPOINTMENT with them for tomorrow afternoon! Why, so I can tell them their link doesn't work? I'm hoping they can just tell me if my return was accepted or not.
I did do some positive things this week. I went to the endocrinologist (well, her assistant, anyway) yesterday. Turns out I was supposed to see her in December. Oops! Anyway, I got my blood drawn to make sure my thyroid and glucose levels are ok. The only thing that really suck about going to this particular doctor is that it's at a hospital, and the closest parking is like two blocks away. I had a horrible time trying to get to the car after the appointment; I had to rest a few times, and I was wiped out the rest of the day. I think next time I'm bringing the wheelchair.
I ran into a snag getting set up with a physiatrist because the one I was referred to doesn't accept my insurance. So I had to call the pain management specialist's office and ask for some alternatives. I did find one today and have an appointment on the 23rd. I've never been to this type of doc before, so I'm really curious what he'll say and/or do.
I guess you'd have to call me a "fair weather" sports fan. I haven't followed football since I stopped working in radio 12 years ago, I don't care for hockey, and I've only watched one professional basketball game in person (although I admit I really enjoyed it). I like baseball best, but I probably won't go to anymore games because of my physical limitations (the wheelchair seats are way far back, and I wanna sit closer if I'm gonna pay a lot of money for tix). I watch bit and pieces of "extreme" sports on tv now and then, and some tennis and beach volleyball because Dan likes them. So why, you may ask, am I going to watch the Winter Olympics? I'm not sure, it's just that I've made an effort to watch at least some of each Olympics since I was eight years old and Olga Korbut was shaking up the world of gymnastics. But I've never seen the opening ceremony before, and it's gonna be televised at 7pm, so I'd better wrap this up.
USA! USA!
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