I have been dealing with my health for a while. I’m very discouraged and lost now. Ever since my period started (puberty) I have had really bad symptoms when they hit. I’ve have many general doctors who haven’t gotten to the bottom of it. Recently it got so terrible that my period was very inconsistent and the docs would say to just keep on birth control and there wasn’t much they would do. I explain the heavy times and the absence of periods for months at a time. The pain would be so nauseating/intense I couldn’t go to work or school. I felt like no one listened or I brought this upon myself. I have been heavy most of my life and it is extremely hard for me to lose weight and keep it off. I went to a gyno who was in my insurance for a long time. While I wasn’t thrilled with her bedside manner and her demeanor is pretty dismissive, she was within my insurance and I could not find any other gynos near me. My insurance changes I went to her again (I ask if it’s still covered, she and staff assured me I was covered) ….. i had a general doc/not gyno who also was dismissive. I would bring up my issues and by this point I had going to her for years. I have had my period for nearly a whole year. After she wasn’t taking me seriously, I changed my general doc (still same gyno for now)
It was refreshing to go to this new doc. I explained my symptoms and told her I have had my period for almost a year (a few months shy as of now) She listened to me and immediately gave me a script for an ultrasound. It turns out I have polyps/ endo issues. I’m not on birth control anymore and I’m having a difficult time. I go to the gyno with this news (who I don’t know why she hadn’t sent me for an ultrasound sooner knowing I was having issues for so long) she orders more tests, I paid an expensive consult and she suggested I have a surgery to remove the lesions/polyps and biopsy the endometrium.
I made the appointments. I fasted, got blood work, changed my diet, let my other responsibilities go on the back burner (which I know my health is more important but stressful just the same) I find out today the hospital where I would be getting this procedure done is not in network. After all that and me asking the doctors office that this would be okay under my insurance, they said it would all be fine. A woman (one of the best woman/angel I have dealt with in the health system)informs me that my insurance is in fact out of network and it would cost me MORE than if I didn’t have insurance at all.
How messed up is this system. My partner is a healthcare worker and our insurance/copay/deductible would be higher than if I walked off the street with no insurance. It’s insane and I feel like giving up. As a neurodivergent person, this is very hard for me to even get this far.
I reached out to the gyno office as soon as I realized it was out of network, and haven’t heard from them. Surgery was planned for next week and I’m assuming finding a new gyno and surgeon in my network would be the best option.
In your opinion what should my next move be? I’m already terrified of having this procedure and I am tired of being jerked around.