The Ear Diaries

So it's been almost a month since I fell ear first into that lame-o fire hydrant. I went to a walk-in clinic last Friday to get the stitches out.

Now conveniently as of two days after my accident I had insurance coverage through my employer. Had I received my insurance card in the mail by the time I needed to get my stitches out? Of course not! That would obviously be WAYYYYY to easy.

Consequently I drove around Atlanta for 2 hours after work May 11 trying to find a clinic that took uninsured individuals AND took out stitches. (Apparently taking out stitches is a big deal). I end up going to Concentra where the flat rate to be seen is $115.

I pay the $115 dollars, because after consulting a friend who is a nurse, I was advised that I could not just leave the stitches in. It takes all of five minutes for the nurse to pull the stitches out and all of three minutes for me to feel like I was going to vomit in my mouth.

Once the stitches were out in came the doctor. He asked me if I had heard about Amiee Copeland. Yes- I said (I'm sure all of us have heard about her story by now- it's a really sucky story and I wish nothing like that ever happened). He then proceeded to tell me that I needed to keep my ear medicated and covered for the next three days. Talk about instilling fear in the hearts of men--- ok in the heart of Jill. I kept that ear covered for a full FIVE days, because I like my ear and I don't want to lose it or any other part of my body.

I'm still waiting for my ER bill. Since moving into my new apartment I've discovered that my address is a black hole for mail. Sure I have a mailbox- but the US Postal Service can't quite seem to connect my mail with the box. So I'm pretty sure that ER bill is floating around in mail heaven :/... I don't really want it anyways.

Sigh. That is all for now.

xoxo. Jildo

Oh, I have a new job, too! But, I'll save that story for another day :D