thatvoodoochick's blog: "Mindless Ramblings Of Me"

Hard to believe three weeks ago today I had my jaw busted. Actually, the surgeon's gave it some big fancy name but in short, that's what they did. Things are, well, going. Face is still puffy though not as bad as it was. Pain still remains an issue. The sides of my head now hurt for some odd reason. I'm sure it's because the nerves are slowing back but still. Heaven help it when they come back in along my jawline. I swear I was going to go blind from the pain yesterday it was so bad. A few hours after it mysteriously started, it stopped, but by that time it had physically made me sick. Next follow up is Tuesday just to see how I'm healing and then back to the orthodontist for yanking my teeth around on my birthday. Oh joy!

Now the insurance crap. Got 2 letters today, that were copies for my records, of the denial to the surgeon for payment. Seriously, must we go through this? I already did the preauthorization, preapproval, pre-this and that. It's such a joke. They're requesting this information which yeah, good luck getting it from them because it all goes through Shelia aka their insurance person that doesn't know what the fuck she's doing that sat on my information for 3 months before sending it in to BCBS. Yeah, that woman. LOL

I truly don't get why it's necessary to go through all of this. The insurance companies get a premium every month for services that I may or may not use. Well sorry if I'm bursting your happy bubble BCBS but I'm using it. It wasn't for cosmetic reasons. Look at my x-rays. Look at the measurements. My jaw was structurally off. Believe me! This is NOT something I would recommend to ANYONE unless they absolutely needed it. Granted, it hasn't been as bad as I expected but it hasn't been a walk in the park either. Just pay up so I can figure out how I'm going to pay my out of pocket expense before shit kicks in at 100%.