I survived the day at work. Now I only have 40 more hours to suffer through and I’m done. I have to work each day of the week one more time and then I’ll be out on leave. I also talked to my dr’s athletic trainer (who I adore) who coordinates all of the leave paperwork. She wrote the leave for 3 months for reasons I still don’t totally understand and said “well you can always go back early if you want.” That’s unlikely to happen. I do, however, like the idea of taking 3 months off from work instead of just the 6 weeks they gave me last time. I’ve also started to realize it’s highly likely I won’t have a job to go back to. I would not be surprised, given my attitude and general hatred toward anything work related, if my boss decides to let me go while I’m out on leave. I think I’d be ok with that.

I’m tired and want to go to bed. I’ve actually done quite a bit of studying for this series 99 test. My plan tomorrow is to go over practice test after practice test. I think that’ll be the most efficient use of my time at this point. As long as I actually devote a decent amount of time to studying tomorrow I don’t really think I’ll have too much trouble passing the exam. The practice questions are really hard, but I was told they are much harder than the actual exam questions so it should work out alright.

I got another subrogation letter from Ingenix, which from what I understand is a subsidiary of my insurance company United Health Group. United is, in my honest opinion, the most morally bankrupt company I’ve ever done business with. I assume all the major health insurers are the same, but this is the first job I’ve had with my own health insurance and not under my parents plan so it’s the first time I’ve really paid any attention to it all. Based on my experience with United I pray everyday that within my lifetime the US adopts a single payer system for health care. I get angry every time I get one of the letters. It’s made to look so official with “Third Request” in bold, capital letters and with wording that’s designed to trick me into thinking I’m required to provide them with this information, without explicitly stating I’m required to do so. I’ve learned enough about how they do business to know it’s definitely in my best interest NOT to provide them with any voluntary information and since I have employer sponsored insurance I’m not required to do so. I would love to fax the form back and write in sharpie across the back of the letter “Fuck you you fucking fucks,” but will probably do nothing.

Despite not working tomorrow I have a busy day. Dentist appointment, pre-op physical, and therapy all squished together in the afternoon. I should get to bed….