I've been trying to get an appointment with the new neurology group in town for months. After pestering my PCP, who just wanted to either do nothing or send me back to the same useless neurologist I saw a few years ago, I was finally scheduled for an appointment May 7th.
I'm thinking I should probably just cancel the appointment, though. I've been trying to save for an MRI for months since neurologists almost always order MRIs, but expense after expense keeps coming up in my life, and I haven't been able to. I just found out that I'm going to have to find some way to come up with $1,000 for the ONE class I'm taking this summer because they only give loans if you're at least half-time. So an MRI is pretty much off the table, and I'm thinking the appointment will just be a waste of a $20 copay without one since the neuro can't diagnose me by just looking at me.
On top of that, I turn 26 a week and a half after that appointment and will no longer be able to stay on my father's insurance. I have no idea what is going to happen with my insurance situation after that, and I'm guessing there's a good chance I won't be covered for any future appointments with this doctor.
I'm so frustrated. I tried to get in to see the neuro sooner knowing my insurance situation, but I had to keep going back to my PCP because he insisted all I needed was a pain killer for my headaches.
Is there any point in going to the appointment?
I'm thinking I should probably just cancel the appointment, though. I've been trying to save for an MRI for months since neurologists almost always order MRIs, but expense after expense keeps coming up in my life, and I haven't been able to. I just found out that I'm going to have to find some way to come up with $1,000 for the ONE class I'm taking this summer because they only give loans if you're at least half-time. So an MRI is pretty much off the table, and I'm thinking the appointment will just be a waste of a $20 copay without one since the neuro can't diagnose me by just looking at me.
On top of that, I turn 26 a week and a half after that appointment and will no longer be able to stay on my father's insurance. I have no idea what is going to happen with my insurance situation after that, and I'm guessing there's a good chance I won't be covered for any future appointments with this doctor.
I'm so frustrated. I tried to get in to see the neuro sooner knowing my insurance situation, but I had to keep going back to my PCP because he insisted all I needed was a pain killer for my headaches.
Is there any point in going to the appointment?
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