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Here comes a vent of major proportions... =o)
Seriously, if you ever hear another living soul make a comment about how the military is not underpaid because they have these great benefits, do me a favor. Kick them as hard as you can in both shins. =o) They are truely ignorant and know not of which they speak. (You'll probably guess that I get a lot of comments like that from people. LOL And you can probably guess what I think of the "benefits.")
Let me tell you about these "great benefits." Besides the fact that it took over 3 months to switch from Tricare in Guam to here...
Yes, that's true. A relatively simple thing dragged out for months. Seriously how many times can they lose the paperwork. At least 3.
I finally saw a doctor this past Monday. I am currently 13 weeks pregnant. Dh was excited because this will most likely be the only "contact" with the baby he'll have until "Elmer" (in-utero name only LOL) is 4/5 months old. Kevin is getting ready to deploy to the sandbox in a few weeks. He was looking forward to at least getting to hear the heartbeat.
Other then wasting our gas, the appointment was useless. They gave me a pregnancy test. That's all. I'm not even making that up. They don't even have a doppler in the clinic. I also got a referral to see the OB.
So I called to make the appointment today. Praying that I'd be able to get one before Kevin leaves. He was really disappointed about not getting to hear the heartbeat. The baby being born while he's gone and missing the "good parts" of the pregnancy really has him upset.
They are refusing to give me an appointment until September 19. No you didn't read that wrong. I'll be 18 week pg by then. Not to mention that my age alone puts me into the high risk cagtegory. How about the fact that I can't keep much down (although my weight keeps going down), I'm high risk for twins, I've had a previous miscarriage. It's quite a nice list.
And if that's not enough to tick you off, I don't even get to see a doctor, I have to see a nurse. Regulations you know. So it would probably be another month before I even saw a doctor.
And if you think I'm livid (and I am way beyond livid) you should see Kevin. He is ready to take down the entire military.
He's been the one on the phone arguing with people all day. He's not really making any progress.
He called the clinic where my next appointment is and told them about my high risk factors. Didn't care.
The most he was able to accomplish was to get the (idiot) doc I saw Monday to put in a new referral, one that actually lists all the high risk factors. The original didn't include any of that. Opps! Her bad. We had her submit it to another clinic, hoping that will get us in sooner.
I really hope that Kevin gets a chance to experience a little of the baby before he leaves. I think that's what I feel most awful about.
Thanks for sharing my rage.
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