Gonna try and get a measure of sleep, but I thought I'd share my conundrum before doing so.

My feet are still causing me a significant amount of pain, much more than simply being on your feet for eight hours should cause. I have a hunch it's related to the swollen feet and ankles that I still have despite being mobile again and drinking boatloads of water per the doctor's orders. He's uncomfortable putting on a water pill as the diuretic could easily increase my lithium levels to toxic levels.

Eleven days ago, I sent a message to the doc through the provider's own messaging system detailing the lack of change and increasing pain. I have yet to receive a response.

The conundrum is I need to address this, but without health insurance of any kind, I'm stuck. I have to convince the paper pushers and the administrators to give me insurance so I don't have to pay ridiculous amounts of money for an office visit, med or intervention that could help immensely with my problem that I can't address until the accountant is satisfied. If that's not a microcosm for American health care, I don't know what is!