So much fun (?)

[MelissP]

Had that mri this morning. They kept me in the scanner for 90 minutes,
it seems like it was actually running 70% of the time. They did a couple
of basic scans to cover my pelvis and lower abdomen, then they found
the troublesome area(s) by themselves (no cueing from me) and seemed
to spend the rest of the time zooming in on that with repeated 4 and 9
minute blasts of magnetism. Which I noticed, made that area inside me
a bit warm and tingly, as compared to the rest of my pelvis which they
weren't paying as much attention to.

Afterwards (all day so far) I've been nauseous and slightly dizzy. I guess
I must be oversensitive to magnetism as well as allergic to metals. Eh.
They said I'd hear from them.

Melissa

[prince....ss?]

Cool Beans Melissa,

It's good to know you are getting somewhere with this. Perhaps the monthly agony sessions will soon be over. I hope you get to feeling better after the MRI. Wouldn’t it be cool if they found something really unusual in there? Like a space alien baby or some missing surgical tool from long ago? OK I’m tired and this line of thinking could get pretty strange. :embaresse So I’ll just leave it at, I hope you get good news as the result of this. And get well soon…

Prince….ss?

[MelissP]

Cool Beans Melissa,

It's good to know you are getting somewhere with this. Perhaps the monthly agony sessions will soon be over. I hope you get to feeling better after the MRI. Wouldn’t it be cool if they found something really unusual in there? Like a space alien baby or some missing surgical tool from long ago? OK I’m tired and this line of thinking could get pretty strange. :embaresse So I’ll just leave it at, I hope you get good news as the result of this. And get well soon…

Prince….ss?

Maybe it was pretty good. But today the place I've worked at for so many
years apparently decided to downsize by one. Me. I'm history. Maybe some
good will still come about. But tonight I just can't feel like celebrating.

Melissa

[Peter]

Hi Melissa,

You wrote: "But today the place I've worked at for so many
years apparently decided to downsize by one. Me. I'm history".

That sure sounds suspicious to me. Why did the company that you work with for many years suddenly decide to downsize by one person? Did anyone at work know that you were going in for an MRI test? Did Cigna, your insurance company contact your employer about your medical tests? Sometimes companies want to get rid of employees that they believe might be suffering from a catastrophic health condition, such as cancer. This practice is generally illegal under disability laws. You might want to find out more about your being downsized at this time, and investigate your legal options. You said that you worked with your former employer for many years, so they must have seen you as a valuable employee. If I were in your situation, I would definitely investigate the circumstances of your being laid-off further.

Peter

[MelissP]

Hi Melissa,

You wrote: "But today the place I've worked at for so many
years apparently decided to downsize by one. Me. I'm history".

That sure sounds suspicious to me. Why did the company that you work with for many years suddenly decide to downsize by one person? Did anyone at work know that you were going in for an MRI test? Did Cigna, your insurance company contact your employer about your medical tests? Sometimes companies want to get rid of employees that they believe might be suffering from a catastrophic health condition, such as cancer. This practice is generally illegal under disability laws. You might want to find out more about your being downsized at this time, and investigate your legal options. You said that you worked with your former employer for many years, so they must have seen you as a valuable employee. If I were in your situation, I would definitely investigate the circumstances of your being laid-off further.

Peter

Yes. It does sound strange. The fact I was having an mri was known. I don't
know if cigna contacted afterwards. My doctor hasn't even contacted me
yet. Even if they did do it, I'm not sure how I'd go about proving it. They
always said I was considered valuable. And they kept me through all of the
weird changes I've been through in the last few years. I don't understand
why they should care. If it were cancer, I eventually wouldn't be able to
continue working. Anything less, and I've had enough paid vacation time
to handle a hospital stay. The reason given was that they "couldn't justify"
keeping me on.

Ml

[Dana Gold]

I agree with Peter, seek legal advice; some lawyers offer free consultation (1/2 hr)....collect as much documentation as you can from your personell file and other sources to substantiate the blatant unjustified termination, especially now that you need medical insurance the most....the Schweine did you wrong. :aargh:

:pizza:

[MelissP]

I agree with Peter, seek legal advice; some lawyers offer free consultation (1/2 hr)....collect as much documentation as you can from your personell file and other sources to substantiate the blatant unjustified termination, especially now that you need medical insurance the most....the Schweine did you wrong. :aargh:

:pizza:

I know, this isn't good at all. They're claiming economic reasons though,
and whether it's true or not, these days that's an effective all-purpose
excuse for all sorts of prejudice. If in fact it is prejudice and not simply
my head being the first to roll because they get to pick marginalized ones
to go first as long as there's multiple terminations. My job can't be saved,
the problem now is that they're trying to tie up my retirement money,
which would be my only way at the moment to keep myself insured and
maybe (if needed) self-pay to buy a solution to the health nightmare I'm
in.

My doctor still hasn't gotten the mri results. A quick diagnosis now would
perhaps be the only thing that can save me. Since the mri, I've spent the
last 4 days feeling horrible. Today, I spent the whole day feeling nauseous
and on the edge of vomiting. And in the early afternoon, I felt something
hot and wet head into my colon from the other canal. Afterwards, I kept
tasting egg-yolk in my mouth, which is strange because I never eat eggs,

That's tonight's update. - Melissa