Posted by: Cornel | 2008/05/22
Ek het vanoggend oproep van GP gekry. Sy het Kardio in die hande gekry, my vitals vir hom gelees en hy het afskrifte van die bloedtoetse en hy wil my weer opneem in ICU om uit te vind wat my met ticker aangaan. Ek het haar gaan sien en verduidelik van my medies, finansies en huislike situasie en sy sal die Kardio weer in die hande probeer kry en hoor of daar nog ‘n tipe meds is wat ons kan probeer. Maar eintlik is sy vas daarvan oortuig dat ek terug moet gaan ICU toe.
Ek probeer nou intussen by die Mediese fonds uitvind of ek nog fondse het en wat my te doen staan.
My PRO-BNP bloedtoets wys hartversaking. Normal is 150, akuut is 300. My telling is 218. Sy het my BP en HR vanoggend geneem: 90/65 en 118 rustend.
My man is op! hy raak ongeduldig met my en die kiddies want hy is opgestress by die werk en dan stress ek hom nog verder op met die dat ek nie kan gesond kom nie. Ek het gister ‘n werks aanbod gekry en kan enige oomblik begin!!! Ek moet nou binnekort gaan vir die kursus en opleiding en dan het ek ‘n nice werk, maar sy het ook gesien ek is nie lekker nie, ook my vitals gevat en die prentjie was maar dieselfde. Sy het gese sy sal vir my wag. Sy moet in anyway eers haar Bookkeeper kennis gee.
So, ek het nie tyd vir siek wees nie, wil nie meer siek wees nie, maar dis buite my beheer!!!
Is daar nie nog 'n tipe meds wat ons nog nie probeer het nie? As ek net my rustend HR stadiger kan kry, dan sal BP beter wees en hartversaking seker ook?
Dankie soos altyd, Doc.
Dit is so "balancing act" tussen die medikasie wat jou hartspoed beheer en die hartversaking want as mens die hartspoed te veel blok gaan jou hart verseker weer erger versaking kry!! Partykeer kan mens nou maar net eenmaal nie baklei teen die harde werklikhede nie, en as die kardioloog dink jy moet weer opgeneem word is daar eintlik nie veel wat jy kan doen nie! Is daar nie iemand in jou kerk of 'n familielid wat dalk tydelik by julle kan kom bly om te help met die kiddies nie? Jy moet ook dalk vir jou potensiele werkgewer vra of jy nie dalk gedeeltelik van die huis af kan werk nie - dan kan jy dalk rustiger wees en tussen-in rus. Mens moet bietjie buite die box dink vir oplossings want jys reg, dit is buite jou beheer!
Anxious, you and I should meet for a cup of Hot chocolate :) I would love to talk to you about M.aids and you always offer such great advice.
Thank you. this forum will be boring without you.
I spoke to Renaissance' broker. Ren. have been placed under Curatorship and I am on the "Whole Life fund" which means my Hospitalization, etc. is unlimited. I am just scared that they are decleared Insolvent and can not pay accounts... turns out Netcare bought into Ren. and Cardio always sends me to Unitas ICU. I think I have time share there... ugh.
So ja, I spoke to GP and she will try and get hold of Cardio again. The fact that I have CHF is scaring me a bit and I really want to get better, so next time if she calls and says I have to go to Hosp. I'll go and get this ticker sorted out.
And you were supposed to be putting this behind you and getting better! Oh dear, oh dear!
If your Rennaisance cover consists of a hospital plan, presumably you are referring to the hospital limit figure, i.e. whether you still have any hospital cover left! It would seem as you are in any event switching medical aids, you need to investigate one which has maybe unlimited hospital cover, as with your current situation you could be in for even more hospital treatment even after changing m/a. The fact that you have already been on medical aid for years protects you from being put into a waiting period for pre-existing conditions when you switch, i.e. if you join a medical aid and haven't been on one before, the medical aid are entitled to apply a waiting period, usually 3 mths, for any pre-existing condition however many you may have and this would include hospitalisation, but you wouldnt be affected by this. Try Bonitas - I believe they are supposed to be one of the top ones - but then you could try Discovery and have their hospital plan only and cover your own day to day costs. However, it sounds as though what you have at the moment is something you cannot leave and if you still have funds, obviously especially hospital funds available on Rennaisance you have every right to deal with your serious problem now before 31/5. Just get that authorisation in asap! Phone them if necessary and tell them your urgent situation and if you still have benefits,they canot refuse to pay for your treatment.
Above is too complicated to write in Afrikaans! Hee Hee!