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mamajoanI forgot to add on my last post that I'm so tired lately, it is definitely time to go see my doctor and get my thyroid levels re-checked. The only reason I haven't done that yet is that I have yet to get my health insurance stuff straightened out.
(I called Neighborhood Health (the insurer that provides my current free health insurance via MassHealth/Medicaid) and asked whether I could simply switch from Neighborhood-via-MassHealth to Neighborhood-that-I-pay-for-myself. Alas, of course it's not that simple. They said I have to tell them what day my MassHealth benefits end, and send them a check for the first month's worth of coverage along with my application, and then they start my new coverage on the day that my MassHealth ends. So I had to call MassHealth and ask them to cancel me. The guy insisted on running a calculation to see whether I would still be eligible, even though I assured him that at my current income there's no way I'll be eligible for free healthcare. Then he tells me I have to call a different number to cancel my coverage, and that number is only open until 3pm. Of course it was already 3:20 by that time.)
Anyway, with luck that'll get resolved quickly (ha ha) so I can go get the bloodwork done. Or I suppose I could do it before I call MassHealth back, although that seems a little dishonest. I don't know.
I keep telling myself that I have a zillion perfectly rational reasons to be tired, like, you know, just started a new job, getting up earlier in the mornings, lots of various stress sources, not sleeping through the night...not to mention the huge physical drain that breastfeeding represents. But at the same time, they did tell me that I should get my thyroid levels checked again at 6 months postpartum, and here I am almost twice that and haven't done it yet. And this kind of crushing exhaustion at the end of each day is just so difficult to deal with. Wouldn't it be so nice if I could just solve it all by taking an extra pill. Bleah.
(I called Neighborhood Health (the insurer that provides my current free health insurance via MassHealth/Medicaid) and asked whether I could simply switch from Neighborhood-via-MassHealth to Neighborhood-that-I-pay-for-myself. Alas, of course it's not that simple. They said I have to tell them what day my MassHealth benefits end, and send them a check for the first month's worth of coverage along with my application, and then they start my new coverage on the day that my MassHealth ends. So I had to call MassHealth and ask them to cancel me. The guy insisted on running a calculation to see whether I would still be eligible, even though I assured him that at my current income there's no way I'll be eligible for free healthcare. Then he tells me I have to call a different number to cancel my coverage, and that number is only open until 3pm. Of course it was already 3:20 by that time.)
Anyway, with luck that'll get resolved quickly (ha ha) so I can go get the bloodwork done. Or I suppose I could do it before I call MassHealth back, although that seems a little dishonest. I don't know.
I keep telling myself that I have a zillion perfectly rational reasons to be tired, like, you know, just started a new job, getting up earlier in the mornings, lots of various stress sources, not sleeping through the night...not to mention the huge physical drain that breastfeeding represents. But at the same time, they did tell me that I should get my thyroid levels checked again at 6 months postpartum, and here I am almost twice that and haven't done it yet. And this kind of crushing exhaustion at the end of each day is just so difficult to deal with. Wouldn't it be so nice if I could just solve it all by taking an extra pill. Bleah.
