Monday Night:

I had today/tonight off from personal chef responsibilities; did an afternoon of of "lil doggy/Maltese daycare" here today, which was super-easy, fine; we did some of my errands around town together & I delivered him home @ 6pm.

I dedicated most of my energy today to tending to 'paperwork' (which tends to pile up!), and dealing with medical insurance paperwork/claims/statements; and reconciling an 11-months-now medical billing error/issue on the part of the medical provider ... which led to a call this weekend, from the medical provider's collection agency (!!) attempting to contact me, via my medical form's listed "Emergency Medical Contact" person's name/phone # ... !!! (Needless to say, I was furious!)

And all the more so indignant @ the collection call, because for months now, my Medicare Complete Healthcare Provider has sent to me Claim Statements showing that they'd "Paid", and a "$0 Patient Balance".

Fortunately I was "calm & cool" today when on the phone with the medical specialist provider's insurance/billing person; she was super nice & apologetic; said she will inform the collection agency to no longer make efforts to contact, will research & make any necessary corrections, assuring me that if my insurance is showing "$0 Patient Balance", that the medical provider's billing is in error, and that she would attend to it promptly and mail to me this week a corrected statement from their offices. Yay!!

And the point here is that I managed all of this sans becoming overstressed today (which triggers PCS symptoms for me.)

I see my PCP later this week for a routine 6-mos. check-in/update appt.
I got my 3 Rxs refilled this weekend; amazingly my copay has been decreased! Yay!!

The weather variations/temp changes have been great of late; the barometric pressure was frequently fluctuating overnight, with thunderstorms, which led me to awaken twice overnight feeling most uncomfortable ... and finally at 4am I switched the central HVAC onto AC!

Tomorrow, Tuesday, I am back 'on-call' for personal care, and to prepare dinner for tomorrow evening's clients. I am feeling well rested, in a good state of well being, relatively PCS symptom-free, and ready. Yay!!

I simply cannot convey "how major" is this 'progress'/improvement for me in handling/coping with/dealing with the extra-ordinary stresses of the past week.

I remain faithfully at present a 'longterm veteran' here on NT ... doing presently quite well ... functioning highly & capably ... happy with my life as-it-is, and fully engaged with life again.

To each & all ... even for an 'oldster' like myself ... there's ample hope for improvement, positive change to-the-better ... even if it's not what-we-were pre-injury! KEEP THE FAITH.

All the best,

Theta Z.