It's been just over a year since I had the surgery on my hip. I don't have much but good to report on how it's going. BlueCross BlueShield of Utah sent me a sort of obtuse letter a couple of weeks ago that thanked me for calling to their attention that they had disallowed my procedure and revoked all the funds from the providers. They reversed their decision, presumably re-paid the providers and told me how important I am to them, while raising my premium the usual 5% per quarter. I remember when we used to get those kinds of returns in the stock market!
I am relieved that the insurance company relented without too much more friction, however. I was just getting ready to contact a lawyer, something I would always prefer to do without, to put in gently. Now I am trying to think if the health insurance premium I pay for myself and my kids is worth it, if self insuring isn't a better way to go until Obamacare kicks in in some form or another. Or, maybe I should go see my surgeon, Josh Hickman, who I hold in increasingly high regard, and see about doing the other hip before I turn 55 and BlueCross really won't cover it.
I have been experimenting with short jogs for the last several months. Until this month I always ended up a little more sore in the hip than I wanted to be. But now, a half mile of jogging mixed in with a several mile hike has no negative repercussions. I can't tell you what a pleasure and pleasant surprise that is. I still believe that if I could manage to lose weight I would be able to go much farther. No progress yet on that (increasingly large) front however.
I have been re-married for a month now, my hip is acting as good as new, and I just got my first closely cropped male-pattern-baldness haircut. Life is sweet.
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