Comments on: getting pregnant may not be an American right, but feeling better is.

By: Emmy

Emmy — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:34:12 +0000

I am so glad you were diagnosed and the sugery is helping your body get back to normal. I used to have really bad cramps, vomiting, etc and be non functioning for the first day of my period. My mom had me tested for endometriosis but I didn’t have it. I only senitive hormones? After my first baby my cramps changed dramatically. They are so mild sometimes I don’t take any advil. Which is saying a lot because my husband thought I was addicted when we first got married. I am so so happy your body is getting better. And I am so sorry no one suggested you get tested for endometriosis sooner. Heres to restoring the gift of Mother Eve!

By: grandeMocha

grandeMocha — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:21:51 +0000

Aurelie – I went into preterm labor (29 weeks) at work and didn’t know it either. It wasn’t until I started bleeding that I knew I was in trouble. I had way more powerful cramps in HS too.

I thought they were being so over careful to make me stay in the hospital until delivery. Turns out it was $683/day for me and $2000/day for a preemie in the NICU. It was mostly about the benjamins.

By: semqf

semqf — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:20:34 +0000

I read your post a few days ago but I have been thinking about it ever since – I am SO excited by it. I had an exploratory laparascopy in Jan and they found I have stage 4 severe endo. So I went back on the waiting list and am just about due for my next op (I’m in NZ so completely different healthcare system).

Your list of symptoms that have improved since your op makes me SO happy! I can’t wait to be painfree!! And hopefully my general emotions will be more in check as well So glad it worked out for you and thank you so much for sharing – you give me hope! Good luck with moosh 2.0

By: Issa

Issa — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:50:54 +0000

Insurance companies are idiots and they seem to be getting dumber every day. It’s like they know they are failing and they want to take us all down with them.

Mine won’t pay for anything, cause I’m crazy. My happy pills are not coverable, because hai, I’m crazy. So my doc labels them as sleeping pills, because I am a horrible sleeper and somehow they’ll pay for them.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:54:30 +0000

I am so glad you are taking back your body. I had a very similar situation since I have PCOS. Infertility was a result of that condition. Now the battle is finding treatment post-infertility.

I enjoy your tweets, now I’m enjoying your blog.

By: Scattered Mom

Scattered Mom — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:44:46 +0000

See, it’s stories like this that make me shake my head about the American Health Care system. (I’m in Canada) When we visited the USA this summer so many people asked us SO many questions-and some thought that we were all communists that make people wait for years for surgery, and that we never get taken care of! Not true!

There’s a lot of propoganda out there that Canada’s style of health care is bad. Even we complain a little but hey, when I hear stories like yours I thank those “sweet naked angel babies in heaven” that I live here.

By: Lisa in TX

Lisa in TX — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:10:54 +0000

My 3 year-old son split open his cheek on a corner of the futon frame and needed stitches, last week. We took him to the ER because the closest minor emergency/all hours & even on weekends place is actually a fancy office for a regular doctor and the vast majority of doctors WILL NOT take new patients if they’re on medicaid or state insurance. (When my daughter had pink eye on a Saturday, a couple years ago, we paid $250 to get a Rx for eye cream.) It’s dumb beyond anything that I had to wait three hours at the ER for three stitches, when if the minor emergency place had taken us we’d have been done in half an hour and not taken up the hospital’s resources. Sigh…

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:03:38 +0000

And that is what healthcare should be about: making people healthy. Too bad the insurance companies seem to miss that point far too often.

I’m glad you’re feeling so much better now, and I’m glad you’ve found the ability to stand up and demand to be listened to by your healthcare team.

(And I wish we could have spent more time together at BlogHer!)

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moosh in indy. » some fire, way more fizzle. — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:43:43 +0000

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By: Mandi Bone

Mandi Bone — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:55:42 +0000

As someone who has had 5 open heart surgries I have have dealt with far too many insurance companies. There are some that are super great and some that will have a special place in hell. I saw your adoption button. I am adoptive mama in an open adoption. If you have any questions or want to chat about adoption I would be willing to share our story with you.