Health

Living Up to My Expectations

/ GuyOnAWire / Leave a comment

“Set a goal. Accomplish it. Set another goal.”

While I never heard Donald Wade utter these words, I live by them each and every day. Sometimes to a fault; I’m hard on myself because I know those hours I sneak away watching mindless YouTube Videos don’t add to my career, but nevertheless, I’m maximizing my efficiency daily.
When I moved out to Los Angeles two years ago, it was to begin a chain reaction of goals in which to accomplish. I spent over a decade of my life post-cancer doing little regarding creativity or towards a profession. Sure, I went to school for four of those years and made some films, but the momentum from the education stalled, and I was left to wander aimlessly.

Continue reading →

Week Eight Recap (Dumb Healthcare)- #Whole60

/ GuyOnAWire / Leave a comment

With four days left (including Wednesday), I found out new things about me and the stupefied healthcare providers that currently “support” me.

My “Crohn’s” cramps came back with a vengeance this week, and I had to get to the bottom of them to move forward. Okay, so maybe I’ve been eating a lot more potatoes and watermelon at work (the latter being a running gag with the Production Staff), and after my antibiotics, I could see myself potentially feeding the Candida overgrowth. I didn’t have this much watermelon at my disposal during January’s Whole30 run.

I took the day off from “Kidding” to recover from my cramps, and attempted a doctor’s appointment. When I called at 9:00 AM, I was notified of the once impossible-to-schedule doctor’s office’s amendment to their stuffed system; replaced with a walk-in option from 9-11 AM. I drove over by 9:15, and waited until 10 AM for the doctor to show up.

Continue reading →

My Cancer Story Ch. 99 “Thirsty”

/ GuyOnAWire / 7 Comments

Chapter 99: “Thirsty”

Jump to a Chapter: 
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 
41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 
51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 
61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 
71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 
81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 
91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 

Even before my first days at NESCom, I continuously bugged the staff to offer a screenwriter’s course, and just when I thought that semester would never come, my advisor, John, told me that they would first offer the course in the fall of THIS YEAR, 2012! I jumped onto it as soon as possible considering there were only twelve spots on the roster. Come to think of it, I may have been the very first person to register.

Continue reading →

Week Six Recap (Something Old, Something New)- #Whole60

/ GuyOnAWire / 8 Comments

This past weekend I bought new clothes. There is always a fear that any new threads I buy I’ll have to turn around and sell because I lose or gain weight (spoilers, it’s rarely because of weight loss).

Now, I find myself at an impasse between healthy living and an outdated wardrobe, and for the very first time, I need a smaller size. Well, okay, I could have purchased new clothes a year ago (My stuff is outdated).

Continue reading →

My Cancer Story Ch. 97 “Promises of Pardon”

/ GuyOnAWire / 12 Comments

Chapter 97: “Promises of Pardon”

Jump to a Chapter: 
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 
41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 
51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 
61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 
71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 
81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 
91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 

 

Just when I thought that my creative juices had evaporated, I discovered yet another outlet. I was evolving into an allegorical electrician, and at the same time, a fundamental change in my health insurance threatened the fragile layer surrounding my internal wiring.

 

Eastern Maine Medical Center changed their insurance providers so they wouldn’t have to pay as much of the frontloaded costs. The new company offered a $1,000 “Choice Fund” at the start of each year ($2,000 for families). This ostensibly optimistic offering paid one hundred percent of any bills up front, and after, it was exhausted, then the policyholder would pay one hundred percent until their deductible was met. Then, and only if the person spent past their deductible, the insurance company would pay the expected eighty percent.

Continue reading →