Day 20 - ICD code battle

I slept well and got up strong.
Breakfast was a big fruit salad. Yummy.

My good friend sent a free online book called "Against Authority". Very interesting. It is about many things, such as understanding the difference between when someone has "power" over you, versus when they have "authority" over you. It seems to be leading up to the increased surveillance techniques of various governments.
Power - Is the ability to influence events.
Authority - Is a right to get the things done through others.
Someone can have power over us, but not authority over us.  We assign authority to whomever we want to have it.
The author shows that worldwide, one in 20 million Americans have died in terrorist attacks in the last 5 years. One in 465 have died from heart disease.
So we can assume that Burger King and KFC have caused more deaths than terrorists. Maybe they are part of a terrorist network.
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My one friend says that death is no big deal, AND every moment is precious.
 If I am dead, there are no more precious moments, EVER.

 If I have a dog that I love, and that dog dies, then I am sad. Sure, the dog may not care, but I will never get joy from that dog again, except by reliving  memories.
What if, I own many dogs. If they all died at once, it would be a big deal to me. I will never get joy from those dogs again.
  Now if I die, instead of the dogs, I will still, never get any joy from those dogs again. Not even in memories, because death stops memories.

Of course if I am dead, then I won't be sad, just dead. But "dying" makes me think about losing all the joys from life. My death is like all my dogs dying, and all the birds dying, and all my loved ones dying, and the sun burning out, all at the same time. I will lose all that I hold dear in life, plus all the memories, of all that I hold dear.

Maybe death is not a big deal, but dying sure is a big deal.

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I just called Medical Aid, and the Oncologist, and the PET scan people. I
think a polite description for the medical system is, "It's a fuck up."
Medical Aid says that the new request still has the wrong ICD code.
The Oncologist says she changed the code to C49.9.

ICD-10 Code: ‘C499’ (C49.9) Diagnosis - Malignant neoplasm of connective and soft tissue

The PET scan lady says she sent the new request in with the new code. Medical Aid says the new request still has the old code.
So I called the PET scan lady again, and she gave me the reference
number of the request, and said the code was C49.9. Medical Aid says that maybe the new request is being ignored because they already have that request on file. So the PET scan lady will be calling them again.
My diagnosis was 20 days ago. The chain of medical care is too long. Some of the links in the chain are caring, and competent, but it only takes one weak link in the chain, to drastically reduce someones chances of survival.

This blog seems to be all about ME, ME, ME.
But then I guess that is it's purpose.