Out of action on two fronts. I haven't been able to train for two weeks now. It's amazing how one little thing can cause such a bizarre injury. We were warming up in BJJ and one of the exercises is something called a forward roll. It's pretty much a somersault starting from a standing position. I've not done them enough to be truly comfortable with them, but I've about got the hang of it...or so I thought. The class was overcrowded and that makes me self conscious. I'm completely comfy in Muay Thai, but BJJ is something new and I don't know my classmates all that well. I hit the mat with my nerves and ended up injuring my ribs. The doctor was pretty sure that the pop I heard as my ass passed over my head mid roll was the cartilage. The x-rays didn't show any damage to the bone. For the past two weeks I've had to clench my jaws and suppress a scream every time I've had to sneeze, belch, cough, or roll over in bed. I've been pretty good to my injury except for when I'm asleep. That's when I start dreaming about training and fighting. I've never even been in a fight, but I guess it's the way my subconscious is dealing with my lack of physical outlet. The problem though; I'm a low level "sleep walker." I don't actually get up out of bed anymore, like I did as a child, but I still act out a lot in my sleep. (My poor husband puts up with a lot, I tell ya.) So I'll wake up in the morning and feel like I did when I'd just injured my ribs. I sneezed today and didn't feel like putting my fist through the wall, so I think I'm ready to go back to Muay Thai, starting Monday. I'll give BJJ another week.
The second thing that's out of action is the IVF cycle we'd been preparing for in April. We have AWESOME insurance coverage for infertility. The clinic says it will cover multiple rounds at 90% which is absolutely unheard of. Unfortunately we have to get all our meds through the mail. We've not had a problem with the company they require for the fertility meds in the past. They get the orders done and out the door the next day because, well, biology works on it's own time line and waits for no man! The clinic called the Rx in to the place about a month ago, I had plenty of time. I waited until a couple weeks ago to call them back with our payment option for covering what insurance wouldn't. We assumed that our awesome coverage would be awesome for the meds as well. The lady that took our credit card number said she couldn't tell me how much it would cost after insurance because they don't apply said insurance until they're ready to ship. I got a phone call today, around 4:30 saying that they'd tried to run our card and that it had been declined. "Well, how much are you trying to charge?" I asked. When the guy said $5,500+ my jaw hit the floor. I guess that's why they say that to assume makes an ass out of u and me. Paul scrambled to see where we could pull that kind of money together and it just wasn't feasible. The reason we'd been rushing to do IVF in April? Paul's group got bought out by a different company and his insurance was supposed to change in June. Although we'd had success getting pregnant on our own, we opted to do IVF just in case because, well, what were the odds we'd ever have such awesome coverage again? Pretty damn good it seems. They've given us the exact same coverage. So there's no hurry now. I suppose it all works out, but Paul is just devastated. Not because of the cost, but because he wants to be a dad sooooo badly. He'd even canceled a business trip to help me through the process. His bosses are going to be pissed now that we can't do it. I, on the other hand, am pretty damn content. I can pop two vicodin and hardly feel it. I'd know, that's what they gave me for my ribs. I don't even get drowsy from benadryl. Give me hormones, however, and I'm a total wreck. I'm so sensitive that sometimes other people's hormones screw me up. There are some people at work I can find with my nose, not because of their perfume, or aftershave, but because of their natural odor/pheromones. My cycle syncs up with which ever female I spend the most time with and if I spend too much time around menopausal women I get crazy hot flashes. So to say that I wasn't looking forward to all the synthetic hormones they were going to pump me full of is a bit of an understatement. I'm really excited that we get the chance to try the old fashioned way while we save up the money.
Tried to post this on the last post but there was no link for comments.
ReplyDeleteI think you should stick to your guns. You know what you want and it makes a lot of sense. Micah feels the same way. He is in management and gets the 60hrs of work for 40hrs of pay deal. It is stressful because he is not only having to worry about what kind of job he is doing but also how his subordinates are doing.
But it is nice to know that the option is there in case you ever want it.
Sorry you are having a crappy week. I'll try to give you a call sometime this week.