What an expensive day it has been! 9am I get to my doctor's office, pay the $250 office visit fee and meet with the doc. We discuss the operation a bit and then I talk to his secretary about pricing. First price was $15,000 just for the doctor. The surgery requires two surgeons, so that was already at $30,000. A few phone calls and talks later I bring it down to $3,000 a doctor. Nice che? Ok so I get my preop, which consists of giving a sizeable amount of my thick black blood to the senior citizen nurse. Urine test, how sexy. Then CKG or KCG or whatever that heart shit is called. Everything ok so far. Preop over, shell out another $300. Now the 50 phone convos regarding pricing. I got the doctors down to $6,000 for both of them, but Cedars Sinai won't budge on price, and just GUESS how much they want to charge just for the overnight stay (not including anesthetics)... $70,000. Yes, that's right, 70 grand for staying at the hospital overnight. So we cancel the Thursday morning 5am operation, and opt to go for an outpatient location, but this time the date is pushed back to the 19th. Goal is to get everything for $15,000. That I can live with. Let's see what happens.

In other news, it's raining!!! Oh how I love and hate the rain. It is so beautiful and peaceful, yet makes me so depressed. I was driving around for two hours today, just listening to the raindrops. Unfortunately, I couldn't find another person that wanted to share that experience, no surprise.

And finally, put your away up if you can't talk, or just say it.

and of course, the picture of the day: