so, let me get this straight...

I woke up this morning with terrible stomach cramps.

I went to the doctor and she thinks I maybe have appendicitis.

On the basis of her examination she had the referral lady call my insurance to have a CT done, and they say "yeah, we want to talk to her doctor directly"--I mean, yeah, it's not like they didn't already know that she'd TOLD the referral lady to, y'know, call them with this info?

I hate my insurance company.

I get that they want to approve tests and make sure they aren't superfluous. but seriously?!? ugh. so I sat in my doctor's office for an hour waiting on the referral lady to come and tell me to go home, that they'd call me later.

I'm really hoping it isn't appendicitis. I'm only showing some of the symptoms, and the surgery and recovery sounds like no fun. And it's possible that if it isn't appendicitis then it's just a weird reaction to something I ate last night.

but really, do doctors routinely order CTs for shits and giggles? and it's not like appendicitis is some ultra-random thing. one site I saw said that six of every one hundred people will have it. So anyway, NOW it's approved, but I'll have to wait until tomorrow morning to go instead of doing it this afternoon. which is dumb.

happy note though: I did not faint when they took my blood. I didn't even feel woozy, much. maybe some day they can start taking my blood like they do a normal person...

additionally, thanks for the support/input on my last post. :)