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The biggest part of my dilemma is that we basically do not have insurance. Any doctor's visit, meds, testing, etc. would be out of pocket and there just isn't money for that. I basically go to the doctor for the yearly exam things.
I live in an area that has Amish and Mennonite people and we have a doctor here that is dedicated to help the uninsured. You charge yourself according to your yearly income and the number in your household according to a chart posted in the office. I can normally get my yearly exam, pap and TSH for around $60 a year. Because of that, my doctor is not that "big" on any testing that he thinks you can do without.
All that said,I do want to clarify that we do have insurance in case of catastrophy or cancer, just a very high deductible that doesn't cover the office visits, labs, etc.
I read magazine articles and try to do "self-doctoring" to a certain extent. It is not unusual for me to have to take Advil several times a day or sometimes I will take naprosyn sodium which helps quite a bit too. |
Unfortunately... - there is something to fibromyalgia
