Health, um, things
I went physically to the local Social Security Office this morning just to make sure they were processing my Medicare Part B request.
They said everything will kick in come December 2013. And that while my December SSDI check would come minus the Medicare monthly premium, they would retroactively date it all back to the beginning of November. As soon as I get my new Medicare card, I can call Medicare-Aetna, get my Part C in place, and have everything done. Part D will be included in Part C. I have already checked with Medicare Aetna and all my doctors and my pharmacy, and all will be accepted. Then, once I've made absolutely positively certain that things are in order, I can cancel this expensive private CareFirst insurance, switch all my doctors and prescriptions over to Medicare and Medicare Aetna, and save nearly a hundred dollars a month.
*Fluttershy YAY*
And here I was worried it would be too much of a terrible hassle.
Wait - knock on wood. It's Medicare. Breathe. But, I mean, none of my medications nor specialists fall outside of that... that... what's it called... that area where they go "Ehhhnnn, this might not work." Everything looks great on my end.
*Fluttershy YAY?*
Also, I have a Twilight Sparkle Beanie Baby.
Adam has off tomorrow, after working hundreds of hours in the past two weeks. If I feel up to it, I will go with him to Annapolis to see Mikey, so we can go to the school and give Mikey his very own smartphone and headphones (my old Galaxy S3 that got waterlogged and then magically fixed by Adam), with audio books and piano keyboard apps and all that. Anything to help my beloved brother-in-law communicate a little louder, since he is non-verbal and has so so much to say.
If I don't feel well, Adam will go alone. If he does, I'm hoping he will stop at the Donut Shack. I'd make a list of flavors. But I should be okay to go. I miss Mikey.
We've made our Thanksgiving plans. Once we get our house-sitters settled, we will go to Long Island, The East End, Suffolk County, The Hamptons, Southampton, Sag Harbor, my parents' house. And we will rest and relax and I will gorge on New York water, New York pizza, New York bagels. Oh yes.
They said everything will kick in come December 2013. And that while my December SSDI check would come minus the Medicare monthly premium, they would retroactively date it all back to the beginning of November. As soon as I get my new Medicare card, I can call Medicare-Aetna, get my Part C in place, and have everything done. Part D will be included in Part C. I have already checked with Medicare Aetna and all my doctors and my pharmacy, and all will be accepted. Then, once I've made absolutely positively certain that things are in order, I can cancel this expensive private CareFirst insurance, switch all my doctors and prescriptions over to Medicare and Medicare Aetna, and save nearly a hundred dollars a month.
*Fluttershy YAY*
And here I was worried it would be too much of a terrible hassle.
Wait - knock on wood. It's Medicare. Breathe. But, I mean, none of my medications nor specialists fall outside of that... that... what's it called... that area where they go "Ehhhnnn, this might not work." Everything looks great on my end.
*Fluttershy YAY?*
Also, I have a Twilight Sparkle Beanie Baby.
Adam has off tomorrow, after working hundreds of hours in the past two weeks. If I feel up to it, I will go with him to Annapolis to see Mikey, so we can go to the school and give Mikey his very own smartphone and headphones (my old Galaxy S3 that got waterlogged and then magically fixed by Adam), with audio books and piano keyboard apps and all that. Anything to help my beloved brother-in-law communicate a little louder, since he is non-verbal and has so so much to say.
If I don't feel well, Adam will go alone. If he does, I'm hoping he will stop at the Donut Shack. I'd make a list of flavors. But I should be okay to go. I miss Mikey.
We've made our Thanksgiving plans. Once we get our house-sitters settled, we will go to Long Island, The East End, Suffolk County, The Hamptons, Southampton, Sag Harbor, my parents' house. And we will rest and relax and I will gorge on New York water, New York pizza, New York bagels. Oh yes.