.Finally, after two weeks of seemingly constant doctor appointments, this week we have some slack. The only physical contacts are that my wife has a hair appointment on Friday at 1500, and we have a dialysis team meeting at 0920 on Friday. I do say ‘we’ because, until the situation with my legs going to sleep gets resolved, no pun intended, she has been driving me to all my appointments.
Speaking of my wife driving me, if I haven’t elaborated on her now being my “official” VA Caregiver, it is worth noting that we have heard nothing further from the VA. Not that we expected to be overcome with aid and attendance. I’m certain that all will come in due course.
Now that we have physical appointments out of the way, that’s not to say we don’t have several follow-ups to make. We received a bill from Pentec for two weeks of IPN. That’s all well and good. It was in the neighborhood of less than $800 for our share after estimated payments by Medicare. That said, there is no evidence that Pentec billed our secondary payee, Tricare for Life, which generally picks up whatever Medicare does not. I called Pentec this past Friday and pointed this out, and was told they would check it out and get back to us.
The second hanging thing is we are supposed to have the temporary back device installed on 8/18. We have received no word on the exact scheduling of this procedure. If we don’t hear anything by Wednesday, it’s off we go seeking answers.
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