I hope you get all of that sorted out, Dorothy. Paperwork from summer knee surgery is rolling in - I didn't use the standard spinal block they usually administer, asked for general anesthesia. And like the first surgery, they apparently don't have time to administer a femoral block into that nerve above the affected knee prior to the end of anesthesia (it gives you a few days free of the knee pain before it is removed). However, I find several notations on the bill regarding that procedure. I saw an xray ages ago in relation to a check before doing it, but it went no farther. Part of the bill shows two "self-injectable" drugs Medicare won't pay for—I think those are part of that block. If I get a bill I'm going to give the anesthesiologist one chance to retract all of those charges and remove my participation from it or I'll report it to Medicare. I wonder if my doctors would ever work with me again. Box delivered to post office, the last of the recyclables dropped at the city hall bins. I have another box I keep forgetting to send, but probably don't have time to finish it today.
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