Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Did I mention the fact that I've had two life saving operations since I arrived in Boston?

Possibly.

Anyway, as it turns out I had no health insurance I was a bit worried about the bill. Imagine my surprise when a representative of the the Massachusetts Physicians board phone me yesterday to tell me that my bill was only $841 and that I would get 25% of that if I paid within 30 days. Never before have I received a bill of this size  with such delight. It seemed like a bargain for a CT scan, an emergency operation, blood tests and so on. Peta was already planning to buy another pair of shoes to go with the two pairs she bought last week.

Turns out they were messing with me as today I received not one but three bills. One was indeed for $841 to pay the physicians who did such sterling work. Another was for $300 for 'other services' (still hopeful) and the third was for nearly $5000 (hope-less).

Dagnabbit!

Then of course I can look forward to the bill from the Harvard Dental School who did the first operation and (although I'm no expert) possibly didn't make such a good job of it as I was back in hospital within 24 hours.

Luckily I can start to earn all this money back as I checked on the status of my work visa this morning and I've only got another 3 months to wait until that is granted.

On a brighter note I'm just back from the gym where I ran for half an hour and did some ineffectual exercises on big white weight machines.