General update on me

adel34 · Nov 11, 2012, 11:40 PM

Hi Everyone,
Haven't posted in a while.
Things are going ok for me. I'm really liking the day program, and wish I had found it sooner. I'm so glad it's the kind of thing where I can stay as long as I want. The other clients and staff are really nice. I'm enjoying all the groups I've signed up for. I especially like the young adult group, as there are only a handful of us there at the program, (though I plan to do some outreach to get some more young adults connected with the program,) so it's a good chance to talk with people my age. The guy in our group went to school in MA, has heard of where I went to school and other places near there so talking to him is nice.
It's just good to know that I have a purpose everyday to get up and go somewhere and take part in meaningful activities.
I'm still sorting out this treatment plan thing from the OT. More and more I'm leaning towards just stopping working with the agency after all. For several reasons:
First, it's unclear to me that he's gotten payed at all for the sessions he and has team have done with me, about four months worth! He goes into therapy with the mindset I guess of providing the treatment first, and figuring out the payment later. He I think underestimated how hard it would be for my insurance out of state to pay him. And he refuses to bill medicade because he says it would only cover 25 percent of the therapy. So him getting payed in the future doesn't sound promising.
Secondly, I'm very busy four days a week at the day program roughly from 9 or ten to two or three. And when I come home I want it to be my time, not time for therapists to come knocking on my door saying it's time for physical therapy and I never even knew they were coming that day!
Lastly, I so disagree with so much of what was written in that plan, the more I discuss it with my new t, the more I'm realizing that none of it really matches up with where I am right now. I'll get my case manager's perspective, but as I said I'm leaning towards just writing him and telling him that I'm not going forward with the proposed plan. I do feel guilty that he worked so hard on this, without getting payed even, but I keep telling myself it's not my problem.
Other than that, I'm liking new t. Still miss VMT like crazy, but had fun in the music group, actually making music with small shakers and other instruments while the therapist played the piano. Some said it reminded them of preschool, but I thought it was more complex than that!
That's all for now. Just thought I'd let you all know what's going on.