While wearing the heart monitor 24/7 for 30 days was irritating
and sometimes a nuisance, I can think of far more worse things that some folks
need to wear and for far longer, for example a poop bag or artificial limbs.
It feels good to no longer have electrodes stuck to my
chest with gooey stuff, no more dangling and tangled wires hanging from my body,
no more carrying around the sensor and the designated cell phone that transmitted
constantly and needed to be recharged several times during the day. It also feels good to be off the heart drugs
and not have to fight side effects caused by the medications.
The most frustrating part of the whole heart monitor
ordeal was that I was monitored for less than half of the 30 days that I wore it. The cardio-surgeon specified a 30-day
monitoring, but when the cardiologist's technician set up the enrollment he
mistakenly ordered it for only 14 days.
The heart monitoring gods in Chicago left me a message this week saying that since I had already sent back their equipment, they'll send me another set so I can finish my 30 days. First of all, I have not returned their original equipment since I was waiting for the cardiologist to determine if he had gotten enough info, and secondly, there's no way I'm wearing and dealing with that gear for an additional two weeks. My heart is being monitored three days a week while I'm at cardio-rehab, so if it does go back into atrial fibrillation, surely they'll detect it there.
The heart monitoring gods in Chicago left me a message this week saying that since I had already sent back their equipment, they'll send me another set so I can finish my 30 days. First of all, I have not returned their original equipment since I was waiting for the cardiologist to determine if he had gotten enough info, and secondly, there's no way I'm wearing and dealing with that gear for an additional two weeks. My heart is being monitored three days a week while I'm at cardio-rehab, so if it does go back into atrial fibrillation, surely they'll detect it there.
Not wanting to be overcharged for this monitoring since I
received only 14 of the 30 days of service, I contacted Life Watch and was told the cost
was the same. Believing they were scamming me I checked with a couple of other
sources and was told the same thing.
This makes no sense at all. I'll
never understand medical billing. Though
I probably wouldn't be too wrong in thinking they charge whatever they can get
away with.
1 comment:
Good news..You have your dander up and in a fighting mode..You must be getting closer to the end of this ordel.
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