Back to 5 digits...
This post is loooong and contains oodles of medical/gyno stuff with a dash of politics so simply do not read it if it will bother you. I haven't written in two months, but here's where I am. The Bad In December I wasn't sure if my health insurance was about to go up, so I made a bunch of appointments: I got a mammogram, a gyno checkup, and a skin check at the dermatologist. The mammogram was fine, but they said that because I'm only 31, I need to get another one done elsewhere just to make sure- because my breast tissue is too dense/"young" to really tell. Well, why the hell didn't they mention that up front? Why did I waste my time and funds on the first one? That will be $660 out of pocket, so I'll see if I can get it covered before I do it. For those of you who don't know, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 35, which is why I [should] qualify for mammogram coverage when I'm this young. At the gyno I was diagnos...