Scary Things
For the past week and a half Jim has been experiencing partial numbness of the whole left side of his body, at times, including the left side of his tongue. Probably for the past month, his left leg as been numb at times, but as of last Monday, it’s been all over the left side of his body and all the time. He has seen the chiropractor a few times and yesterday, the chiropractor determined, with great concern, that he could not help Jim and suggested he see the doctor right away.
Jim was able to see our family doctor yesterday and $140* later, the doctor doesn’t know what’s wrong with him. He’d like Jim to have some blood tests and after that possibly see a neurologist. We’re talking some very large medical bills with no insurance. It’s hard to know what to do because it’s all scary, but the likelihood is that he’s having these problems because he sits at a desk all day and gets very little exercise. And the doctor didn’t seem too worried, which is some sort of a relief, even though he doesn’t know what’s wrong.
At this point we’re going to try to exercise every day. Jim will start taking an anti inflammatory the doctor gave him and we may hold off on the blood tests for awhile. I will try my hardest to refrain from freaking out on an hourly basis. And the hardest thing that we will do, and definitely the most important, is trust God that he will keep Jim safe and well.
*Can you believe that it was $140 to see the doctor for just a chat? They didn’t even do any tests or anything. It’s outrageous.
Category: Jim, ouch 10 comments »
August 18th, 2005 at 10:24 am
Praying for you, sending hugs your way and here if you need me. All stuff you already new..he he he.
August 18th, 2005 at 10:34 am
More prayers comming your way… for Jim’s health, for your sanity :), and for the doctor’s insight.
August 18th, 2005 at 10:40 am
get thee insurance!! $140 is unbelievable – imagine what the tests will run! I will be thinking good thoughts and sending good health vibes for Jim!! :)
August 18th, 2005 at 11:54 am
You guys should be able to get insurance through your small biz, shouldn’t you? My thoughts are with you and Jim. Yeah, get him to bike to work! How far is it?
August 18th, 2005 at 1:31 pm
Yikes, mama! That doesn’t sound like a nice fun time for any of you! And yeah, see what you can do about insurance. We have a really cheap PPO that will save our BUTTS if something big happens but still has us paying for general stuff. I’d also look into acupuncture if you’re hip to that.
Sending healthing, comforting energy out to you.
August 18th, 2005 at 2:57 pm
this sounds a lot like what was happening with my mom lately.. they think it’s thorasic output syndrome? is that right? i’m not sure right now.. but it turned out to be less scary than we all thought initially.
big prayers to you all.. keep us posted
August 18th, 2005 at 6:34 pm
Not fun… at all! I know how that goes. We’ve had to take Tasia to the ER, doctor etc. knowing full well that we’d have a huge bill on our hands. But the good news is that they will let you pay payments as little as $25 a month and sometimes getting treatment or peace of mind is worth having to make payments on. Of course you know that you all are in our prayers. Jesus is his healer!
August 19th, 2005 at 12:55 am
That is a total rip off!! I hope he is feeling better, if it helps, I do yoga, and that has helped me a lot…… is he a standing on one leg kinda guy?
August 19th, 2005 at 6:21 am
Scary – they didn’t talk about stroke or anything? That’s one of the telltale signs. I hope all is well soon.
Also, you need to move to Canada, where you don’t have outragous medical bills! Here’s it’s free, through our taxes. This exact reason is why I can never move to the U.S.
August 20th, 2005 at 6:35 am
I hope he’s ok!! How scary for you.