Monday, November 19, 2007

The Secret

I hadn't talked about all the cost associated with my treatments, but the hospital and doctor bills are coming in. I am so grateful I have a good health insurance but if you are unlucky and don't have one, one tiny surgery or treatment could bankrupt you. I don't know why the original charges by the hospital are so much more than the negotiated amount with the insurance company. Even with a health insurance, there are co-insurance amount and non-network charges that you have to pay out of pocket, which are pretty expensive. I'm so lucky that I had an insight(!) to get an Aflac cancer insurance about 5 years ago. I am not a sales person from Aflac but if you don't have it, please consider getting this insurance because it is so totally saving me. One thing about this insurance (both health and Aflac) is that they never cover alternative treatment such as Holistic doctor or acupuncturist as cancer treatment, too bad. I think they are totally essential for my well-being.
By the way I discovered that Jim was hoarding all these bills for the last few weeks. He said he meant to organize them and deal with them (half the time the bills are wrong so you have to call them to fix the problem), but one of such bills was totally past due and they had sent a final notice to threaten that they are sending it to a collection agency. You can imagine how upset I was when I found about these bills. Luckily, I called in time to take care of the problem. Now, I have been reading a book titled "The Secret". I saw a movie "the Secret" recently (have you seen it?), and it was so good that I borrowed the book from the library. Anyway, the book tells me that if you put your energy into a negative, you will attract more of it (the opposite is true also). So my new thing is minimize the talk about my health/illness (unless it is a good news!) and talk more about good things. I have another session with my Healer tonight and will see an acupuncturist tomorrow. I'm feeling really good and so looking forward to my talk with the Healer. Good night!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's a good book Mizuho. Staying focused on the positive is a great way to keep your spirits up. If you continue to talk about the great progress you're making and feel encouraged by all the people praying for you, it can only increase your ability to heal.
I mentioned your name to Ashley's mother. She leads a weekly bible study and the 8-10 ladies in her group are praying for you every week. I can only imagine how many people they have asked to pray for you too.
Good things are in store for you. Stay positive! It will attract positive to you!

Chris said...

It has been proven that people with positive attitudes are much more likely to overcome an illness than those that don't. I am absolutely sure, with your great attitude, you are gonna beat this thing!

I'm really glad you are feeling better. I'm hoping that you can eat more normally for Thanksgiving, but if you can't, hey- there is ALWAYS Christmas.

Mizuho said...

Thank you Rick! And please thank Ashley's mother. I just feel so blessed by having everyone praying for my recovery.
Chriseda - I'll definitely be eating a lot more at Christmas!