El Paso Doctors..Not! - Dream Catcher RV Park - Deming, NM - January 30, 2017

We arrived at this Escapees park on January 25th, because Donna had a doctor's appointment the next day on the 26th in El Paso. We decided to do a week here. This appointment was made in December of last year after Donna's doctor thought she was having some side effects from her medicine she was taking. This park is really just a gravel parking lot with hookups.

It gets pretty cold here at night. It got down to 21 degrees the other night. I had to break down and turn on our furnace for the night, and unhook water too. 

I made sure the doctor she was referred to was 'in network' according to her BCBS of TX insurance. On the 26th, we drove the 100 miles into El Paso and found the doctor's office. But right off the bat, while checking in and filling out all the medical forms needed, they said BCBS said we weren't covered for the month of January. They rescheduled it for the 1st of February. We headed back, the 100 miles, toward Deming while Donna waited on the phone, on hold with BCBS. After finally connecting with them, they said 'oops' their mistake. Donna told them to call the doctor's office and let them know. They did and the doctor's office called us back and said they will try and get her seen the next day. A 200 mile wasted trip.

They called the next day and said be here at 2PM. Finally! Off we went another 100 miles to El Paso. They did get her in, but the doctor asked her one question, and said she would have to see a female doctor instead of him. Getting a little hot now! He gave us a phone number and on the way back to Deming, Donna called to try and set up an appointment. Office closed, must wait till Monday. Nice!

Over the weekend, we cleaned and organized the house. Too cold and windy to do anything else. I did check and found out that the doctor's referral was not an 'in network' doctor according to her insurance.

Monday morning, Donna called the doctor and gave them a list of 'Specialist' doctors that were in El Paso and also were 'in network'. They said they will make the appointment and let us know when it is. It is Monday evening. We paid for a week here and we were scheduled to leave here Wednesday, heading back to Quartzsite. So...we are pretty much in limbo. What a wasted trip(s) and week. The good news is that it is suppose to warm up a bit around here.

This gives me time to install my new RO water filter system while we are here. Pictures coming.

I also decided to take a hiatus from Facebook for a while. There has gotten to be too much crap on there and I am tired of scrolling through 97 percent of Facebook crap/spam to see if there is anything I care about. I always have my web site (www.thefergs.com), my blog, and RVillage.

Later....