Reliance approved my disability! (For another arbitrary amount of time...) I'll have to get approval again starting Dec. 1st, and as this time is a 5 month window, that blows my idea that they work on a fiscal year starting July 1st. The last window of approval ran from Aug 1st - July 1st, which is 11 months? I dunno what the logic is, but whatever... I can keep the lights on! I was sweating this a bit, so it's a nice relief to know I'm still makin' the rent without putting on a dress (what? lol).
Also on a paperwork update - our insurance just switched over from Blue Cross, to Aetna. Apparently Aetna has a separate approval company they bought to help make access to certain treatments somewhat difficult... nice to hear that... but I would expect things like a PET scan and office visits etc. to be covered, so until it's an issue, I'll expect them to treat me right.
Lymon appears to be turning quite hard to the touch, which doesn't give me any particular information other than that it's... harder than it used to be?
My new version of the meds and the old version of the meds have super slight differences in how much they impact me. I discovered a leftover 10-pill-supply of the Goa-vec (the Gleevec generics manufactured in the lab from Goa, India) after I'd started taking the pills from the newer location (uncertain as to the actual age of this company and "newer" simply refers to my time frame with regards to our association :). So I decided it would be wise to finish the older pills off while they were still valid, and swapped them for the new pills over the 10 remaining old doses. It was quite interesting to notice they had a slight impact on me again, and I don't quite know what to make of that other than the active ingredient is 100% the same on paper, but perhaps the binders and such are slightly different? More potty runs and such for those of you interested in the opposite of a sail boat effect.
Once I started back on the new batch, they had a slightly different vibe and overall I think they're manufactured to a higher quality (differences are, they're slightly more compact, coated much better, don't dissolve in my mouth immediately if I pop a pill and don't have the water quite ready, and they're not remotely prone to splitting in half when pushed through their foil casing, something which occurred every 3rd or 4th pill with the Goa-vec). I have no idea if this had a bearing on my the Canadian Connection's decision to drop the old supplier, but I feel good about the new pills so far.
Ki just finished his ER time as a resident, and of course, they loved him :) He's now embarking on his first 2 months as a real decision making psychiatrist, and he's glad to be stepping into his chosen specialty for a bit.
I do have to share some sad news... I'm in the process of selling off some more of my gear, and my super cool little combo amp took a real beating in the mail across country. I've never had anything go wrong with an eBay transaction (thank goodness), so it was really sad/lame to get the message about this. Fortunately I had the UPS store pack and insure the shipment, as I didn't have a box off appropriate size for the amp on hand. So I don't expect to be out the dough, but it will take a little while to process I expect... at least the guy who bought it kept the packaging, and isn't being unpleasant.
And my monitor controller seems to be stuck in perma peak mode, and recalibrating it hasn't worked so far. I plan to try changing the input from a digital fibre spdif over to a tried and true analog connection and then recalibrating it... hopefully that will correct it, but I discovered it on the same day as the amp got all kablooey in the mail, so it was kind of a reinforced uncool momentary speck in the scheme of things that don't really matter. LOL - I mean yeah, whatever right? It still works, and that's what matters.
Okay so to sign off, I'll share a picture from a few years back from a place that I absolutely love. Hopefully I can plan and make a return trip sometime!
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