Thankfully, I haven’t had much to report health-wise. I’m continuing to feel well, and now only use oxygen while flying. I did have a major skirmish with insurance because I noticed that the oxygen supply company said I owed over $550 in unpaid bills, instead of the usual $16/month. After hours of sleuthing and contacting PSU’s Highmark concierge, I learned that the oxygen company somehow neglected to submit the in-network renewal paperwork, so I was being charged out-of-network prices for 5 months. Earlier this month, I spent nearly an hour on the phone filing an appeal. I learned this week that it was approved…but I still wasted probably 3-4 hours of time and a lot of mental energy because of someone else's incompetence. I had my pulmonary function test today, the first since May 2024. One indicator increased, another decreased slightly, and the third decreased from 86% to 75% (% of expected value for women my age). (see below) My pulmonologist thinks this may be a function of ...