Felling Better

Well the day after we got here I got sick as a dog and have done nothing but lay on the couch, watch TV, and cough. Cliff's dad and bother Brent came over and got the water thawed out a couple days after we got here so I have had water. I don't know why I bitch so much. Our 5th wheel is really nice with a big slide out, full bath including small tub and queen size bed, 36" flat screen HDTV, built in stereo, nice kitchen with lots of storage and decorated cowboy to the teeth. I mean what else could a girl want, it's as comfortable as anything. Not to mention the most handsome young cowboy any girl could ask for walks thru the door every night. Hell Ya! Cliff and I both feel the same way ; it's not home and it's Colorado LOL

I guess just feeling so rotten got me in a bad mood. I had caught a cold when Teddi had Harlee and thought I was over it when we came over for this rotation but the second day we were here I woke up with an ear ache and sore throat and I just kept fighting it thinking I would kick it every day. Finally yesterday it moved down to my chest and I knew I better see a doc before I ended up with pneumonia. So I called my sister-in-law who is a pharmacy tech and asked her if there was an urgent care facility in town (I had googled it and couldn't find anything) and she gave me the phone number.

I went over to the clinic and waited an hour to see the doc. Now this place is an outreach for the community hospital and acts as medical center for Mesa State College students so I assumed the prices would be reasonable. I saw the doc who looked at my throat and ears and said yup they are red! She then gave me prescriptions for cough medicine, antibiotic, and nasal spray.When I went to check out they told me it would be $195.00. I about passed out. My oncologist only charges $165.00 for an office call and my surgeon charges $135.00. These are specialists not some trashy little clinic. I said you must be kidding. Nope the woman said that's the charge. I asked her how in the world they could justify charging$195.00 for an office call when they didn't even so much as take a medical history? She said that she didn't set the prices but there was a shortage of Dr's in Colorado. I said, " first, a doctor shortage is no excuse to gouge the sick people you have coming to you for help. The fact that you are booked solid should be reward enough. I mean it's not like supply and demand should apply to medical services. It's not like I am buying a donut and can choose to pass if it's too expensive, I am sick, I need your help! Second, you probably have a doctor shortage in Colorado because no one would want to live in this cold, backwards, ultra expensive place." I was so pissed. She said they would take payments if I couldn't afford to pay the entire amount. I said , "It's not a matter of an inability to pay , it's a lack of motivation to pay due to the fact I feel like I am being raped." I then assured her I would pay her in full so she need not be bothered with my presence again. I could not believe it, an office call to a regular Dr at home is around $65.00. I mean everything in this state is double what it is in Nevada and Nevada is suppose to have the highest medical costs in the USA. So then I went and got my prescriptions filled and it was another $119.00. Cliff said later I should have just gone home it would have been cheaper. I told him I thought about it but figured it would still be cheaper to just go here. Guess I found out . Don't get me started on medical care in this country, there is nothing that makes me madder. And why they think this ass backwards place is such a desirable place to be is beyond me. No wonder Cliff couldn't wait to get out of here. AHHHHH it makes me crazy. I paid $3.25 for a gallon on 2% milk that would have been about a dollar cheaper at home an $3.19 for a loaf of bread that I get at home 3 loaves for $5.00 OK I guess I am done with my Colorado hate speech.

It was a pretty nice day so I went to the laundromat and did laundry. I stripped the bed washed blankets and all, towels, rugs, everything. You know how when you have been sick you feel like everything needs a good scrub. Then came home cleaned everything with bleach and now this place sparkles. It has now turned off cold and is starting to snow. My poor baby will be working late tonight and will probably not be home till about 8 but when he gets here I am gonna have a nice hot Sheppard's Pie waiting for him for dinner. That man deserves it, he is so good to me. I have looked like Hell warmed over for the last 4 or 5 days an everyday he texts me and tells me he loves and misses me. Sigh.....................................