I'm not afraid to say it. Healthcare, Education, and Energy should be Socialized, Nationalized, Communized, whatever. I've posted an email I just received from my favorite Aunt. Basically her insurance company is opting for an invasive surgery to remove a possible brain tumor rather than perform a test because of cost factors. In her words, "I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM DRILLING A WHOLE IN MY HEAD TO FIND OUT IT IS NOT A TUMOR" (she uses big letters so she can see what she is writing.) Her specialist is convinced it is just scar tissue from an earlier eye infection and not a brain tumor. But the insurance company will not allow this particular test to be performed. Instead:
"THEY WANT TO SAVE MONEY AND JUST PUT THAT HOLE IN MY HEAD!"
HI EVERYONE, i AM GOING TO SEND THIS IN ONE SHOT AND HOPE EVERYONE GETS IT. i HAVE BEEN GOING FROM ONE DOCTOR TO ANOTHER IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS . i NOW HAVE 7 DOCTORS!!! they HAVE FINALLY DECIDED TO DO MY FIRST EYE SURGERY 5/13. i T WILL BE ABOUT A 5 HOUR SURGERY BUT HOPEFULLY I WILL REGAIN MOST OF MY SIGHT IN MY RIGHT EYE. ONE WILL GO THRU MY NOSE TO TAKE AWAY SOME BONE AND ANOTHER WILL GO UNDER MY FRONT RIGHT EYE TO THE BACK AND REMOVE MORE OF MY EYE SOCKET SO MY EYE HAS ROOM. MY EYE OS TO BIG FOR MY SOCKET AND IS PRESSING ON THE OPTIC NERVE CAUSING ME TO LOSE PARTIAL VISION. THIS IS WHY I AM WRITING BIG, SO I CAN SEE. AS FAR AS MY LOVELY " POSSIBLE BRAIN TUMOR" I WILL KNOW MORE ON MAY27TH. I WILL HAVE ANOTHER MRI AND HOPEFULLY IT HAS NOT GROWN AND THEY WILL DECIDE IT IS NOT A BRAIN TUMOR BUT A SCAR FROM A POSSIBLE BRAIN INFECTION. I AM HOPING FOR THE SECOND!!!! NO SYMPTOMS SO FAR. THAT IS GOOD NEWS. I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM DRILLING A WHOLE IN MY HEAD TO FIND OUT IT IS NOT A TUMOR. BUT B/C B/S STILL WILL NOT APPROVE TEST THAT MIGHT PROVE IT IS NOT. THEY WANT TO SAVE MONEY AND JUST PUT THAT WHOLE IN MY HEAD! IT IS VERY DEEP AND CLOSE TO ALL MY MOTOR SKILLS. {THE ONES I HAVE LEFT} . THE ONCOLOGIST WANTS TO DO EVERYTHING TO PREVENT THAT STEP FIRST. SO THIS IS MY STORY AND I AM STICKING TO IT. I AM BACK ON THE 1000 MG . OF STEROIDS SO THOSE ARE MAKING ME CRAZY. WISH ME LUCK THIS WEEKEND AT WORK. ALL THE CRAZIES ARE OUT FOR MOTHERS DAY AND YOU MIGHT SEE ME IN THE NEWS. I JUST MAY KILL SOMEONE!! LOVE , SYLVIA HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL MOMS - I LOVE YOU ALL