Oncologist today!

Pizza bread with cream cheese, cinnamon, and honey for breakfast!

I had an appointment with the Oncologist today for blood work, port flush, and to talk about what the Dr. from Vanderbilt said. Of course as always, my blood work was great except for the liver enzymes. I explained to him about BCBS changing their tune on coverage and I needed to go to someone around here. I suggested one I looked up and he knew him and so he was going to call and speak to him. After leaving his nurse called and asked if I could go the the hospital in the morning, that the Doctor could do it then. Okay! She said they would call back about the times and all. Yea, okay, like that happened. So three hours later I call to see what was going on, the nurse said that it was sent to the checkout desk for scheduling. So five minutes before they close, my wife calls again! Scheduling said the other Dr.'s office was having phone problems and they would call her back....nothing! Now the Oncologist told me he spoke to the other Doctor and that he would do it in the morning. So where does that leave me? Hum, good question, only everyone is gone and there is no one to check with. So I call the hospital to see if they had anything scheduled, well, by then the scheduling department was closed and the recording said to call during regular business hours, goodbye, and that was that. So here I am living in limbo, OMG!

Non of the CT's from before ever mentioned the second tumor of size, so that was new to the Oncologist too! I told him the Doctor at Vandy more less said there wasn't really anything I could do that would be of any benefit because of the number of tumors and on both sides of the liver. He called back later again to tell me my cancer markers went from 29.4 or 24.9, I don't remember, to 42.6. Normal is 0-3! they haven't been that high since I had the original tumor in Louisiana! And again was told the Doctor was going to do the EUS in the morning, and that the checkout desk was working on it. That was around four, and we know how that went already!

Then I get home and I have a bill from the GI I saw before going to Vanderbilt. Now they charged me the co-pay before anything. The bill showed the co-pay, and said I owed a balance of 115.00. So once again my wife calls BCBS to see if it was or wasn't filed with them. Well it was, but they sent it back because it had the wrong code. Guess they jumped the gun instead of resubmitting the bill and billed me. Well, kudos to BCBS for this one, they said they will straighten it out tomorrow. Am I being tested or what. I guess I need to be because I was letting it get to me. I should know better, but when you are tired and sick, it is easy to forget to leave it in God's Hands and walk away! Guess I should be thankful for the test since I needed it as a reminder!

I mustered all my energy to make more pizza dough since I used the last one for pizza bread. Got it done and everything cleaned though. Here are some pics from the last couple of days...I just couldn't bring myself to blog. I am forcing it now, but surviving, lol!

Homemade Ketchup, and mustard!

Hot dogs and mozzarella added.

One good looking and tasting Hot Dog Pizza!

Oh,yum!

Homemade Pizza Bread. And some great only 4 ingredient cream cheese I got on sale at Publix for $0.30!

Smeared some on the bread, sprinkled cinnamon and drizzled honey...heaven! 

Baked Brown Rice Ziti with mozzarella, ricotta, Parmesan and sliced up Hot Dog. And yes, it was delicious!

Todays Pizza Dough!

Another pizza bread for dinner, it was so good the other day at breakfast!

Don't the bread look good! 

Made a cream cheese honey and cinnamon spread this time.
Was a great dinner!

Well thanks for stopping by and reading my blah, blah, blog! Love you all, many Blessings, Mike P.