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Long story short I have an umbilical hernia. Some days it's fine and some days it bothers me, I can push it in and it feels better but some days it stays in and some days it pops right back out and bothers me. It seems to be very slowly getting worse, I've had it for a long time and I need to get it fixed.
Can anyone with experience tell me what I'm in for here? What questions should I be asking or things i should belooking out for? Besides that what is the recovery like? How long am i bed ridden for, how long until I can go back to the office....how long until I'm back in the gym? I know this is all generally speaking and subjective just looking to get an idea.
Also my insurance sucks! I remember I used to pay $70 a month for full coverage everything because I don't have any issues and go to a doctor once in a blue moon, I even get blood work myself. Well that has certainly changed since the affordable care act, don't think I need to elaborate on that.
Last year I paid about $300 a month for blue cross but it was an hmo with a high deductible and nobody accepted it. How does $300 a month insurance not cover anything?!
Well now I have Molina which appears to be even worse, I pay $320 a month but my insurance guy put me into it because I have a $0 deductible so I won't get killed on the surgery. But what does that matter if nobody takes it?!
The guy I want to see who has glowing reviews that someone at my gym recommended me to doesn't take Molina of course, he also didn't take my blue cross hmo.
So what do I do here? Change my insurance, is that even a thing, or just find someone who takes my garbage Molina? If it's the latter how do I even find someone....just starting googling reviews and see if they accept Molina?
Another wrinkle in this is that my amazing doctor whose father and then mother and now the son were my doctors since I was born just completely shut everything down when his mom got sick. I don't even have a primary care doc to refer me to anyone....
What a mess, thanks for any help fellas!
Can anyone with experience tell me what I'm in for here? What questions should I be asking or things i should belooking out for? Besides that what is the recovery like? How long am i bed ridden for, how long until I can go back to the office....how long until I'm back in the gym? I know this is all generally speaking and subjective just looking to get an idea.
Also my insurance sucks! I remember I used to pay $70 a month for full coverage everything because I don't have any issues and go to a doctor once in a blue moon, I even get blood work myself. Well that has certainly changed since the affordable care act, don't think I need to elaborate on that.
Last year I paid about $300 a month for blue cross but it was an hmo with a high deductible and nobody accepted it. How does $300 a month insurance not cover anything?!
Well now I have Molina which appears to be even worse, I pay $320 a month but my insurance guy put me into it because I have a $0 deductible so I won't get killed on the surgery. But what does that matter if nobody takes it?!
The guy I want to see who has glowing reviews that someone at my gym recommended me to doesn't take Molina of course, he also didn't take my blue cross hmo.
So what do I do here? Change my insurance, is that even a thing, or just find someone who takes my garbage Molina? If it's the latter how do I even find someone....just starting googling reviews and see if they accept Molina?
Another wrinkle in this is that my amazing doctor whose father and then mother and now the son were my doctors since I was born just completely shut everything down when his mom got sick. I don't even have a primary care doc to refer me to anyone....
What a mess, thanks for any help fellas!