But askye, we have the best health care system in the world.

I don't think it will do me any good to go the doctor, because I don't have any symptoms that would suggest a bacterial cause, but I am a sick, sick puppy. I have what is a high fever for me and a cough reminiscent of the moment the alien emerges from William Hurt's chest.

You are a better person than me, askye. If I were going through that there would be much crying and yelling and me saying "That's okay, I'll hold until you can find someone for me to talk to who can actually fix the mess you people made."

Oh there's been crying and yelling and lots of angry words.

Supposedly each supervisor i've spoken to can fix things and there's no one higher up on the food chain for me to talk to. And of course I can't go to their office since it's in Florida.

However, if I was in Florida i would be driving to wherever it was and camping out in the office until someone fixed this.

It's so stupid and everyone keeps apologizing and keeps saying I shouldn't be told whatever it was I was told that's now wrong. But like I told the lady today, I don't want their apologies or their "understanding" i want this fixed.

Can you report to the your department of labor or consumer affairs or the State Attorney General? They have your money. You don't have health insurance.

Finally caught up.

Nora, sorry to hear about your grandmother, and much coping-ma on the family front.

sj, sorry to hear about TCG's grandmother.

seriously askye, document and send this info to your state reps. People that can help. COBRA is part of you rights - so some one that is screwing things up and can't get the story straight possibly should not be doing business in Florida. Your situation is not unusual. People often need COBRA when moving. This should not be this f'ed up.

Yeah, definitely start exhaustive documentation if you haven't already. This is ridic.

Askye, what everyone else said. This is beyond ridiculous.

I have to go back to the doctor tomorrow because they couldn't get any blood from me today. I'm headed shopping now because even though 70% of my wardrobe is black, I have nothing to wear to the wake and funeral. I'm between sizes at the moment and nothing fits right.

I sympathize with the not-giving-up-blood stuff, sj. Pound water and stay away from caffeine for the next 24. It helps. A little. I will drive all the way across town and sit in the waiting room for an hour to get the tech who finds the vein first time, every time. She retires? I guess I'll have to find an alternative. Don' wanna.

askye, the whole situation is beyond ridiculous, and I hope the latest supervisor really does know her stuff and gets it straigntened out for you.

Ginger, can you call the doctor and get some reasonable advice? Even on effective palliative care if it's not treatable with ABX? Ease-ma to you, meanwhile.

Nora, be kind to yourself, as you're trying to be supportive to your family.

(((Bitches))) Just 'cause.

Thanks, Beverly. I usually know all the tricks, but I was distracted this time around. The person that is going to be there tomorrow has had success with me in the past, and I am already slamming the water.