So I got the denial paperwork for Hartford. It boils down to nothing in the paperwork the meds manager sent them after October had information that supported my claim I was unable to work. I don't know what it actually says. I have 180 days to appeal this. After I deal with a few other things I'm going to go contact her for copies of documentation and appeal. Mostly because I'm entitled to an appeal.

I need to cut my hair. Mom took me to get my hair cut here from a lady who specializes in short hair and the cut was good but it wasn't quite right. She left it too long and didn't thin it out enough so I only had 2 weeks of being able to reasonably use product in it. And she was kind of expensive so I guess I'm going back to taking my chances at some place cheaper. Either that or think about growing it out so I can just pull it up in a pony tail and not think about it.

askye, since you are planning to appeal the decision, maybe try requesting the name and qualifications of Hartford's people who made your decision. I saw a thing that suggested that for any medical procedure that is denied. This may not work, but the idea is, if they've some one making those decisions with no medical education, Hartford might give you the appeal rather than admit that.

That's a good idea Andi I'll put that in with my request. Their names should be on the paperwork but I would like to know their qualifications.

I'm also wondering if I was trying to be too optimistic when I talked to Hartford and if my meds manager was painting a better picture or something. I'm trying not to dwell or worry until I actual see something in writing.

Best of luck, askye. I'm sorry you have to deal with such b.s.

I'm getting annoyed with people that have never made any effort to see us when they're in town who are now insistent on seeing us because we have a baby and then don't want to accommodate our schedule in any way. So sorry people we did not stop having a life because we had a baby.

The baby will be available for viewing Tuesday-Thursday 1-3pm. Tickets are available at your local Ticketmaster. Limited seating. First come first served. No refunds.

Again, needing a Like button for Zen.

Heh! I was joking that instead of Christmas gifts this year I should have just given out gift certificates that allowed the recipient to hold the baby for one hour.

People who want to see a family with a newborn but are unwilling to fit the baby's schedule are generally either people who never had a baby or who had one so long ago they forgot what it's like.

Yeah, that seems to fit the pattern, Burrell. Although, in this case it is our schedule not hers. It's the 11th anniversary of our first date tonight, and we don't technically celebrate it since we got married, we do try to go out to eat and have a nice relaxing, we survived Christmas, dinner. We have a groupon that is going to expire this week if we don't use it. So we're going out tonight, and I can't change our reservations for dinner any later because then we won't have ltc in bed by her usual time.