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IanKennedy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:27 pm Glad you are improved. Bummer about the costs. Thank god you have insurance.

McAvoy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:05 am Went to the ER recently for abdomenal pain. Extreme pain. Like our ginally thought it was a kidney stone or a hernia. It was two things, a micro tear in my colon that got infected and apparently I now have diverticulosis. Which is when the wall of your intestine bulges out and creates a pocket. It's permanent and will flare up. Which would explain some of my past sick days where I had stomach pain.

Four days in the hospital and I feel 100% better. Though now I have to look into a doctor for regular checkups now.

Insurance is fun. I could only imagine people without insurance would take this. The hospital bill was 150k and I pay about $3500 of that. Which is still high.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:39 am

McAvoy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:05 am Went to the ER recently for abdomenal pain. Extreme pain. Like our ginally thought it was a kidney stone or a hernia. It was two things, a micro tear in my colon that got infected and apparently I now have diverticulosis. Which is when the wall of your intestine bulges out and creates a pocket. It's permanent and will flare up. Which would explain some of my past sick days where I had stomach pain.

Four days in the hospital and I feel 100% better. Though now I have to look into a doctor for regular checkups now.

Insurance is fun. I could only imagine people without insurance would take this. The hospital bill was 150k and I pay about $3500 of that. Which is still high.

Well, that sounds fifteen kinds of horrible. I'm glad you feel better, but I'm sad it's chronic.

mwhittington wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 3:01 am Glad you're feeling better, McAvoy.
I haven't been on here in a while, but not a whole lot has been going on. Other than the fact that I'm a grandpa now. My oldest daughter gave birth to a son back in June, so he's 4 months old now. His name is Zander Dean Null, he was 6 lbs., 10 oz. at birth, and was 21 inches long. It's my sworn duty as a grandpa to spoil him rotten whenever I have the chance, then hand him back to mama!
Also, my wife and I went to her check-up with her oncologist earlier today. She's doing great, so far. The doctor said she's responding to the targeted therapy really well, and the nodules are dormant. As long as she takes the Tegrisso (that's the name of the pill she has to take) they'll continue to stay dormant for years. If they begin growing again, there are other options available. For those who don't know, my wife was diagnosed with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer caused by a genetic mutation marker (I forgot which marker) back in 2021. She's doing amazing, though. You'd never know she had cancer unless she told you.

mwhittington wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 3:01 am Glad you're feeling better, McAvoy.
I haven't been on here in a while, but not a whole lot has been going on. Other than the fact that I'm a grandpa now. My oldest daughter gave birth to a son back in June, so he's 4 months old now. His name is Zander Dean Null, he was 6 lbs., 10 oz. at birth, and was 21 inches long. It's my sworn duty as a grandpa to spoil him rotten whenever I have the chance, then hand him back to mama!
Also, my wife and I went to her check-up with her oncologist earlier today. She's doing great, so far. The doctor said she's responding to the targeted therapy really well, and the nodules are dormant. As long as she takes the Tegrisso (that's the name of the pill she has to take) they'll continue to stay dormant for years. If they begin growing again, there are other options available. For those who don't know, my wife was diagnosed with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer caused by a genetic mutation marker (I forgot which marker) back in 2021. She's doing amazing, though. You'd never know she had cancer unless she told you.

mwhittington wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 3:01 am Glad you're feeling better, McAvoy.
I haven't been on here in a while, but not a whole lot has been going on. Other than the fact that I'm a grandpa now. My oldest daughter gave birth to a son back in June, so he's 4 months old now. His name is Zander Dean Null, he was 6 lbs., 10 oz. at birth, and was 21 inches long. It's my sworn duty as a grandpa to spoil him rotten whenever I have the chance, then hand him back to mama!
Also, my wife and I went to her check-up with her oncologist earlier today. She's doing great, so far. The doctor said she's responding to the targeted therapy really well, and the nodules are dormant. As long as she takes the Tegrisso (that's the name of the pill she has to take) they'll continue to stay dormant for years. If they begin growing again, there are other options available. For those who don't know, my wife was diagnosed with stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer caused by a genetic mutation marker (I forgot which marker) back in 2021. She's doing amazing, though. You'd never know she had cancer unless she told you.