Segway office ankle breaking sounds like a Mad Men plot. With less blood, I guess. I suppose ankle breaking is better than getting run over by a lawnmower.

You might be able to golf again, at least.

Oh, Teppy I am feeling your pain. My gyn is awesome, but his office sucks. I've been trying to get a BCP refill for several days now, but there has been no answer at the office (phone just rings and rings). I finally try to get to the "on call" physician, figuring he can authorize a refill, only to find out that the office is on a retreat and aren't taking prescription calls. ARGH.

"on call"

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

Seemingly, "on call" doesn't always mean "will answer the call".

Steph I feel your insurance rage.

Last year, when my company changed insurance companies, they "lost" me for almost two months. Everyone else* got their cards and got coverage; when I called to ask where mine was, they said they didn't show any record of me being coverd.

• Except for the one other older woman on staff.

I'm trying very hard to be zen about this and tell myself that it will all work out (because it most likely will), but the clock is ticking and I need to get this done before the end of the month, and I just can't be chill when I'm running out of time and getting it done before the end of the month is the difference between $50 and $1,000.

sj, I'm so sorry you're dealing with this, but very glad for F that she has you there. This is TCG's step-grandmother, right? I think it's wonderful that you're spending so much time with her now. It's a gift to be able to be there with her, as hard as it is.

Yes, she is a wonderful, amazing woman who made me feel like a part of the family immediately. And, she adores TCG, so she is obviously a smart woman. It will be awful to lose her of course, but the hardest part really seems to be seeing her this way all weak and helpless.

Teppy, have you explained it to your doctor? They may be willing to try to squeeze you in more if they understand the urgency.

I'm worried about an upcoming change in insurance also--at the beginning of the year, they sold off my part of the company to another. They said it would happen (and insurance would change, etc) end of Q1, and then they said end of April...and now they're saying end of June. But each time I start wondering when I can make my doctor's appointments and stuff, and if the insurance will be irksome and if the docs will be covered, etc. Just made an eye appointment, and was like "no, I need to do it soon, so it's under this insurance!"

In happier news, I just bought tickets to see Neil Gaiman next month in New Hampshire. I can't wait.