05-18-2022, 08:28 AM
LCF caught her foot on an ethernet cable and pulled her new laptop onto a concrete floor in the garage. Cracked screen, no longer touchable. But it sorta still works.
Next day she dropped a camera lens while doing photos at Stanford. Not visibly cracked, but rattles inside and doesn't work.
Next day I get notice from Kaiser that I'm past due on a bill and they will sick a collection agency on me soon. No information on the notice. Had to call Kaiser (LCF did, she's better on the phone), finally tracked it down to the colonoscopy. Turns out that I mentioned constipation, and that made the procedure diagnostic rather than preventative, with an additional $200 charge. Not drastic, but annoying. In my head it was preventative, and while I mentioned constipation--well, du-uh, I'd gone from very active to being mostly sedentary with two new hips. Of course there'd be changes. Anyway, a word to the wise. Request a colonoscopy as a preventative procedure if at all possible. I just felt that I ought to give a reason.
Next day she dropped a camera lens while doing photos at Stanford. Not visibly cracked, but rattles inside and doesn't work.
Next day I get notice from Kaiser that I'm past due on a bill and they will sick a collection agency on me soon. No information on the notice. Had to call Kaiser (LCF did, she's better on the phone), finally tracked it down to the colonoscopy. Turns out that I mentioned constipation, and that made the procedure diagnostic rather than preventative, with an additional $200 charge. Not drastic, but annoying. In my head it was preventative, and while I mentioned constipation--well, du-uh, I'd gone from very active to being mostly sedentary with two new hips. Of course there'd be changes. Anyway, a word to the wise. Request a colonoscopy as a preventative procedure if at all possible. I just felt that I ought to give a reason.