Maybe I should have taken it slower with the caffeine this morning, we have that EEG to get to... but in the meantime I'm a little jittery. Whooo. It is not going well with the bummed out I have been feeling lately. It's time for some fun stuff, glad I got snowshoes for Xmas!! That I can use with Gavin in the baby-backpack, even :)
There, have fun. I will. Seriously. I mean it. I will. Done.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Insurance Boxing Match
I am attempting to prepare for an upcoming insurance battle - it would be a forward preparation if not for the insurance company telling me there is a "No Extension, No Exception" policy. Now, when you're talking about me, fine.
When you're talking about my child, and knowing that this early therapy can help my son live a normal life, and they want to cut that off three months into the year, they are going to hear about it.
In all fairness, I do understand that the therapy is expensive (trust me) and that not everyone is responsible for it. But I am also not responsible for others' weight-based health issues, or their drug problems or chronic pain.
But, insurance is there for those unpredictable events, correct? This is certainly something I did not anticipate. I also pay for insurance monthly, for myself and my son. Shoot, I've been in the healthcare pool for *years* and not taken as much as I've put in. Seriously.
Plus, there are strong indicators that given enough help early on, my sweetheart will be able to function at a higher level. He is making progress in therapy already, and I have to celebrate every minute of that. In the end, that will not only save health insurance, but the community at large. He'll be paying for someone else's therapy when he's older (fingers crossed).
I would prefer to do it without being fearful of the cut-off, because honestly I will work longer hours to pay for therapy, but there is only so much my flexible income can increase.
Plus, I am very sure that part of his happiness and well being rests in the fact that he has two parents who have time to play with him and sit down and give him ample attention. I could, very easily, find 16 hours of work to do per day and pay for more therapy - but I think it would only be to our combined detriment. It is crazy, in other words, and unattainable.
I think, though, that I will not put on the foil. Let's see what happens during the bout.
When you're talking about my child, and knowing that this early therapy can help my son live a normal life, and they want to cut that off three months into the year, they are going to hear about it.
In all fairness, I do understand that the therapy is expensive (trust me) and that not everyone is responsible for it. But I am also not responsible for others' weight-based health issues, or their drug problems or chronic pain.
But, insurance is there for those unpredictable events, correct? This is certainly something I did not anticipate. I also pay for insurance monthly, for myself and my son. Shoot, I've been in the healthcare pool for *years* and not taken as much as I've put in. Seriously.
Plus, there are strong indicators that given enough help early on, my sweetheart will be able to function at a higher level. He is making progress in therapy already, and I have to celebrate every minute of that. In the end, that will not only save health insurance, but the community at large. He'll be paying for someone else's therapy when he's older (fingers crossed).
I would prefer to do it without being fearful of the cut-off, because honestly I will work longer hours to pay for therapy, but there is only so much my flexible income can increase.
Plus, I am very sure that part of his happiness and well being rests in the fact that he has two parents who have time to play with him and sit down and give him ample attention. I could, very easily, find 16 hours of work to do per day and pay for more therapy - but I think it would only be to our combined detriment. It is crazy, in other words, and unattainable.
I think, though, that I will not put on the foil. Let's see what happens during the bout.
Friday, March 4, 2011
I'm so odd
I feel so awkward when dealing with my friends and family. I know most people know exactly where I'm coming from, maybe, so most likely I don't have to explain anything, but most of the time I go overboard with the back-story of anything. The other part of the time I blurt out random shit that no one has any reference to.
Then a lot of the time I feel like whatever I said wasn't important anyway. I'm so odd.
Then a lot of the time I feel like whatever I said wasn't important anyway. I'm so odd.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Autism and...
So, I've been part of a list for a bit (several) this one is FEAT WA, there is also an incredibly active Autism Speaks FB page and they are all over the place with opinions about the Thimerosal/Vaccine link. It is in response, mainly, to this:
http://www.kvue.com/news/health/kids-doctor/113127834.html
I haven't been on the bandwagon that immunizations cause Autism - mostly because I can't see a specific link. I also know that there is mercury in fish, water, high-fructose corn syrup - environmental or added, it's there. There is such a thing as mercury poisoning, and it's a hideous thing, but that is not what the argument for vaccine related autism comes from. The fact sheet, "What's in a Vaccine, Anyway?" has in the past highlighted Thimerosal - here's a link to a major example: http://www.korenpublications.com/kp/category/vaccination-patient-handouts
and http://www.detoxmychild.org/what's_in_vaccines.htm
I hate to say that these folks have not done very recent fact checks, because I'd have to back that up and don't want to search around, but if you look at the CDC they actually do release a lot of information about these things: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/additives.htm - same ingredients, different outlooks.
Of course, there are the conspiracy theories that assume since these are made by pharmaceutical companies, you don't really get to have all the information about why they are bad for you and how they are just another trick to make money. But remember - the people who make these discoveries and immunizations are usually in it for public health. As was the guy who was looking at why they can be bad for you. Another link - http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080821.htm leading you to information about the recent measles outbreak.
I prefer to vaccinate my child as I was vaccinated and my mom was over losing him to a preventable illness. That is also why Unicef and the World Health Organization are trying so hard to immunize kids (and clean their drinking water)
Plus, when you want to get to Aluminum and Mercury and heavy metals - you can test your kid for mercury poisoning, by the way - you should remember that these things are in the rocks in our environment, and water picks it all up and depending on where you live, you are exposed to amounts of it all over the place. Particularly mercury.
Ho Hum... heard very interesting things on NPR about replacing Chlorine in water systems with Chloramine. Chlorine creates byproducts that can cause cancer. We should all keep in mind that using Chlorine to purify water was put into place to protect us from Cholera outbreaks and waterborne illness. Chloramine was not shown to initially have as many carcinogenic byproducts, but recently it's been shown to create Nitramines (reportedly 1,000 times as carcinogenic than the alternative byproducts of Chlorine). Somehow, Chloramines also allow lead to enter the drinking water supply that was not released with the use of Chlorine... interesting. Not a conspiracy, backed up with good old fashioned evidence-based research.
Too much to consider, baby boy is sleeping and I'm signing off.
http://www.kvue.com/news/health/kids-doctor/113127834.html
I haven't been on the bandwagon that immunizations cause Autism - mostly because I can't see a specific link. I also know that there is mercury in fish, water, high-fructose corn syrup - environmental or added, it's there. There is such a thing as mercury poisoning, and it's a hideous thing, but that is not what the argument for vaccine related autism comes from. The fact sheet, "What's in a Vaccine, Anyway?" has in the past highlighted Thimerosal - here's a link to a major example: http://www.korenpublications.com/kp/category/vaccination-patient-handouts
and http://www.detoxmychild.org/what's_in_vaccines.htm
I hate to say that these folks have not done very recent fact checks, because I'd have to back that up and don't want to search around, but if you look at the CDC they actually do release a lot of information about these things: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/additives.htm - same ingredients, different outlooks.
Of course, there are the conspiracy theories that assume since these are made by pharmaceutical companies, you don't really get to have all the information about why they are bad for you and how they are just another trick to make money. But remember - the people who make these discoveries and immunizations are usually in it for public health. As was the guy who was looking at why they can be bad for you. Another link - http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080821.htm leading you to information about the recent measles outbreak.
I prefer to vaccinate my child as I was vaccinated and my mom was over losing him to a preventable illness. That is also why Unicef and the World Health Organization are trying so hard to immunize kids (and clean their drinking water)
Plus, when you want to get to Aluminum and Mercury and heavy metals - you can test your kid for mercury poisoning, by the way - you should remember that these things are in the rocks in our environment, and water picks it all up and depending on where you live, you are exposed to amounts of it all over the place. Particularly mercury.
Ho Hum... heard very interesting things on NPR about replacing Chlorine in water systems with Chloramine. Chlorine creates byproducts that can cause cancer. We should all keep in mind that using Chlorine to purify water was put into place to protect us from Cholera outbreaks and waterborne illness. Chloramine was not shown to initially have as many carcinogenic byproducts, but recently it's been shown to create Nitramines (reportedly 1,000 times as carcinogenic than the alternative byproducts of Chlorine). Somehow, Chloramines also allow lead to enter the drinking water supply that was not released with the use of Chlorine... interesting. Not a conspiracy, backed up with good old fashioned evidence-based research.
Too much to consider, baby boy is sleeping and I'm signing off.
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