buckled down and it's in the mail...

okay so there has been an invisible clock ticking in my sub conconsious mind since the end of January when the last insurance denial letter came in the mail... something like the jingle from jeopardy where the contestants are "thinking" about there most important question to the answer that has been given for the big prize... do do do dododododo dododododo dodododododododo dodododo do do.. and than it's TIME..

Well, I have suddenly realized that while I don't know the "date" that time will stand still it is getting close - 60 days from the denial is received.. so Saturday fittingly, after standing on my feet for a long period of time baking and cutting up stuff for a casserole my ankle was extremely sore as it has not been for quite some time, cause, well, my ankle has an easy life of no stress now. And walking to the movie theatre that night was torture. I was now motivated.

As I had sat down after dinner, starting to write that dreaded appeal letter to the UPS Review Committee in Atlanta, GA who meets every Thursday. After the lack of favorable response from Aetna it was scary in just getting started. It was at first a jumble of ideas, and they were all over the place, referred so many times to the "HR idea sheet" of what to include and or explain, so this thought goes in and than it comes out, and than I changed the focus and back and forth I went for two days, just adding and subtracting.. Until today I just wanted to be done with it.. After a few consultations with my friend, and finishing the typing, I decided on whether version 1 the long one or version 2 shorter and precise is the winner and than printed it, signed it, stuck it into the envelope, addressed it and headed to the post office. Got the bar coded addition for a website that will assure me that it has been delivered to the address, which is all I will need to know.

And now the wait.... again, that jeopardy tune will start playing about Wednesday as I will hope Thursday "I" will get the floor with someone taking a special notice of the precise opening letter referring to my need to be active because of Type 1 diabetes, active lifestyle missing out on without mobility I have always enjoyed, and that we've done all the conventional and policy acceptable steps to no avail. That they will READ the stack of documents from the two surgeons and the two surgeries, the positive Autologious Chondrocyte Implantation studies, successful surgeries of ACI my guy has performed (30) in his career. Has everything been done, yes check and than I handed it to the USPS clerk and it's done.

And now it's out of my control... yep, just going through to the next place where they will either accept or reject the request.... God is still good and I will trust no matter what the answer......