Today I received an email from a reader with a referral to a medical doctor who practices Western and Eastern together. She said he accepted insurance, which I was really surprised to hear, so I called him immediately. Of course, the sweet receptionist informed me they stopped accepting Aetna last year, so I thanked her…
Archives for January 2013
Why is it so hard to find a decent doctor?
I have mentioned several times in the last week that I feel like crap, but the truth is something is really wrong with me and I have yet to make it to a doctor. Ever since Tiara and I have gotten home from the hospital on January 5, I haven’t felt well. I have only…
True Confessions, my parenting pitfall…
I have mentioned several of my failures as a person such as my propensity to yell, swear and be overly dramatic but I have yet to admit the area in which I completely fail as a parent. I HATE helping my children with their homework. The good news is I only have one child with…
Memorable Monday’s, My 4 year old self…
So I haven’t done a proper Memorable Monday series since December 24 and I was going to skip it again today because I’m still feeling like crap and can barely keep my eyes open but suddenly I just changed my mind. I think I would rather tell you a funny story about me as a…
We did it, Aetna approved the medicine!
Good News! After a rather interesting chain of events Aetna decided to approve the 4 pills of Vimpat per day that Tiara needs for her seizures. Whoa!!! It appears this blog now has another use, for which I never intended, pressure people to do the right thing! So the story goes like this. Wednesday morning…
Does Karma really exist?
Does Karma really exist and if so what does that say about my life? Have you ever read one of my posts and wondered “What did Tiffani do in the past to deserve all this crap? Does she have bad karma or what?” I know you have thought this at least once, I know I…
Aetna has denied Tiara the medication she needs and I’m crazy mad!
If you follow me on Facebook you know I was a basket case on Christmas Eve because our health insurance decided Tiara didn’t need 4 pills of Vimpat each day, but only 2, so they denied the pre-authorization and I was unable to get her medicine. Why even have health insurance? Vimpat is one…
Will I really know when the time has come?
Sadly I have spent some time during the last week thinking about when to put our dog to sleep. I mentioned in a previous post that Bailey our standard poodle was diagnosed with lymphoma, even though he just turned 6 this September. Unfortunately the cancer is growing really fast and we have been faced with…
Welcome to the Goff House…
I can’t tell you how great it feels to be home with Tiara. We finally got released from the hospital on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and when we drove up to the house, I could see from the driveway that something was posted on our front door. “What the heck is that?” I thought to…
From the ICU to the dungeon…
Because Tiara is improving so much the doctors wanted to move her out of the ICU and put her on the “floor” today. For those of you who aren’t frequent fliers of the hospitals, yes that is what the nurses actually call kids like TT, “the floor” doesn’t mean literally on the germ ridden ground…