Hello James,

>>>> hahahaha.. at least it's good for a laugh 
>>> ... Being the "best" medicine. 
>>> There is that.. though all it does is make me spill my coffee 

>> ...Out your nostrils? THAT wouldn't be good medicine. 

>> Well, if you lived in an old house like we do (1865 or
>> something) with 2 yellow lab puppies, 1 9yr. old black lab,
>> and 4 feral kitties, you might welcome it coming out of
>> your nose Lol - you know, clear the sinuses. :)  eeeek :)

> One recently adopted long-haired domestic cat, and I get enough hairballs
> coming from the back of *my* throat! Thanks anyway.  I still have to
>develop a method to groom his belly. At least he seems to have forgiven me for
> the last mat I miscalculated with a pair of scissors, and cut him. )-:

Oh ouch, poor kitty   I've done that by accident once years ago
to our Maine Coon Cat - that was the last time he let me groom him, poor
guy :)

>> use the 3 character security code on the backs of cards, that
>> some banks require, and of course my bank does require it... so the
>> bank put a freeze on my card because they saw three failed attempts
>> by the Aetna nitwits.  Argh.. so after I got that straight
>> with our bank, Aetna says I can send a check.. My bank was
>> on the phone with their credit card services division for
>> about an hour while I was "holding", so I was being told
>> the status of stuff  Only to find out from the aetna
>> person, that they cannot add the sec. code field to their
>> software hahahahahaha  I almost told them to let me write
>> them a new program 

> Bottom line, is the Aetna nitwit *you were talking to*, has no chance to make
>it work automatically.

Yep, probably hard coded limitations in their software (kind of like Gates
saying years ago, no one will need any more that 64K .

>Compounding the problem, their IT department likely has
>more interns than people who know what they are doing. The tip of that iceberg
> is in the boardroom who pee themselves a little every time they erect another
> hurdle for a claimant.

but they are so good at doing just that.. Lol.

>Long story. Surgery on Thursday. Pain on Friday. Surgeon called me unprompted.
> "Well, the pain would have to be an eight for me to even notice over my
> preexisting condition." bla-bla-bla... Still bleeding a six-days later, and
>yes, they had no bed for me, so I was back in surgery exactly a week later. Al
> told, I was standing in an emergency ward for fourteen hours that week.
> (Preexisting condition makes sitting next to impossible.)

That's a drag..

>> This *is* in Canadia, you realize? "There is a review
>> under way." Ya... Review
>> the criminal that authorized the payments!

>> Ah.. Canada :)  Well, NOW I do .  And here I thought
>> you were lucky (NOT) enough to be covered by U.S. Health
>> Insurance.. bah humbug..

> Latest I heard, this arse is preparing to sue the government to resume
>payments! After we just finished paying a former prime minister (Capitalizatio
>omitted deliberately) something like $14-Million for falsely accusing him of a
> pay-back scheme that it turns out he *was* guilty of, I'm wondering if your
>pay-to-stay-alive system might not be so bad. But most of my health trouble ha
> been iatrogenic in nature,

That's scary.. You wonder about the 'do no harm'..

> so besides three set broken bones in a hospital,
> (the rest were home-remedied) I'd have been better off staying home.

hehe.. "pay to stay alive".. Great term for the nonsense that is
called insurance in the USA .  I submitted another claim for
physical therapy my neurolgist ordered .. The bill is for over $450.  While
it's covered under our plan, the bill went to my deductible.  So we have to
pay it.  What a lark. It's not enough that the ampyra cost is $1100/month,
why would they apply that to my deductible.  They might have to pay for
something 

Take care,
Janis

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