Things have been a bit hectic here lately, we were hit by Tropical Storm Fay and while she seemed like she would be not too bad she did knock our power out on and off for several days which made things like working at the computer a bit difficult.

We’re also in the process of doing some building on our residence…which is a bit messed up by torrential rain, as you would imagine.

I do have some updates on my therapy situation. I haven’t been back to the therapist since the phone call I received, however we have spoken on the phone several times and I need to call her today. She’s been able to get permission to knock $55 off the cost of my visits, and is currently on the warpath with regards to their financial department because the “nice lady” who called to let me know that I had run out of visits, also called and essentially complained that I had only sent $10 off the bill, even though, she was the one who told me that as long as I was sending something even if it was as little as $5 I wouldn’t be sent to collections.

She told me that if I have not paid off one of the visits worth of money (which would be another $115) by September 3rd then when my next appointment comes up I won’t be able to see my therapist. As it is I’m probably going to be canceling that appointment because that’s around the first of the month when we pay our mortgage, and that week we’re lucky to have ANY extra money for even groceries depending on how much over time is on my husband’s pay check. I was in a snarky mood so given she had said it like this, “Just so you know if you don’t pay off $125 of the bill before the 3rd you can’t see the therapist,” I informed her, “Well, just so YOU know, my therapist is working something out, but if she isn’t able to I won’t be coming to any more appointments until January when the insurance kicks over, but I will be trying to pay $10 every two weeks until then and extra when I can.”

My therapist, however, went a bit on the warpath. I say a bit, because she’s generally a mild-mannered, soft-spoken woman and she got the loudest I’ve ever heard when she said, “That’s ridiculous!” Apparently there is someone paying $5 a month on a fairly large bill and still being seen, and she was also upset because $110 should have come off my bill given the $55 reduction she got on her appointment fee, and from the statement I got right before I sent my payment in there had been no fee reductions.

I was supposed to call her yesterday but I forgot. My memory sucks at times ;_; so I have a note in several places to call her today.

We’ll see what happens. I won’t be able to see her every week paying out of pocket, but I may at least be able to have a couple of visits in the interim while we wait for the insurance to reset, which to us is better than starting over elsewhere.

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