I am aware that we all have to die sooner or later yet when you see your friends and relatives embark on their final journey it makes you wonder how much longer you have. It doesn't help when the Obituary notes they died in San Angelo and/or San Antonio, right then you know they were ill and had to go out-of-town to seek treatment.
I do not buy the local newspaper nor do I go online every day and if I do checking Obituaries is the last thing on my mind. It makes me sad that I did not find out about their passing until after their funerals and I was not able to pay my final respects to them.
If you have been reading me for a while you know that I have been complaining about pain and throbbing on my right leg for years. The problem is that I need to be evaluated by a Neurologist and we do not have one of those in Del Rio or Ciudad Acuña. My Nurse Practitioner told me that without medical insurance I am looking to pay in the low end $3,800 to $5,000 but more in the over $8,000 range due to the high costs of the tests.
To make matters worst now my right arm feels as if someone was sticking me with pins and needles. It frequently goes to sleep and the pain on my right leg has jumped to my left one but not as bad. The first thing that came to mind was I was experiencing signs of a stroke or heart attack so I headed to my Nurse Practitioner and even took my mother with me as for some unknown reason she does not seem to believe me.
She performed some cognitive tests and I showed her a flyer from Life Line Screening which will perform 5 screenings for $139.00 tomorrow at our local Civic Center. She thought it was a great idea and said the Carotid Artery/Plaque Screening was the most important test, here they perform an Ultrasound scan of the carotid arteries that screens for plaque buildup.
The screenings are in my price range so this morning I went to register online and when I couldn't I called. Turns out that there is a state law that does not allow you to register for these tests if it is within 20 hours of the event...how stupid is that? If I want to have these screenings I have to drive to Sonora, Texas on Monday. It is a 150-mile round trip.
Good night. May you all have Terlingua Dreams.
