The Bewb Whisperer

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The original plan had been to have my hysterectomy and breast lump removal done at the same time. It made sense. One hospital stay, one time under anesthesia, and one recovery period.

The Gods of Medical Insurance and Hospital Scheduling had other plans.

We found out in December that our insurance would be changing to Kaiser Permanente on January 1. After I regained my ability to breathe (Kaiser has a bit of a rep in these parts, and it ain't good), I worked with my surgeons to get the procedures bumped from January to December.

I was only able to get one of those procedures rescheduled--the hysterectomy.

Fast-forward to January, and the suckage that is working for a small company when it comes to benefits. In order to get everyone the best deal, they have to get as many employees as possible signed up. That took a while. In the meantime, I was freaking out about my bewb (and having an existential crisis of hormonal proportions).

We FINALLY got our insurance ID cards this weekend. I tried to enroll online that day at the Kaiser website. FAIL. I waited until yesterday, tried again and IT WORKED. Not only did it work, I booked my appointment with the Women's Center for the following day, was seen, referred to radiology for a new mammogram to be done the same afternoon (mine were over 3 months old, the preferred limit at Kaiser), and scheduled to be seen at the Breast Center (I love that bewbs get their own center) tomorrow.

Not only that, but the Mammo tech actually found the lump (not locatable on my last mammo, even though it's been palpable the entire time) and rushed my films through to make it to tomorrow's appointment in time.

Kaiser, you've knocked this one out of the park. Color me SUPRISED! Blown Away! Floored!

So far, I'm sold.

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Comments

[calimama]

I am gobsmacked at how everything fell into place. I would have been less than thrilled to find out I was stuck with Kaiser too. Hopefully this bright beginning is a sign of things to come. Good luck tomorrow.

[obbserver]

That's a kewl way to spell it.

[califmom]

Thanks. :-)

[Cathy]

You are in my prayers - fingers and toes are crossed that it is nothing serious. Glad Kaiser is coming through for you - I hope it continues!!

Big hugs,Cathy

[emmajames]

I'm really glad to hear that you've had a GOOD experience with Kaiser. I'm actually in the midst of health insurance hell, thinking of switching away from Anthem, and looking at Kaiser. I will now take an even closer look.

And I will be sending you lots of good juju!

[califmom]

Ironically, I had Anthem just before we switched to Kaiser. So far,Kaiser has kicked Anthem's butt.