Day + 2

I have discovered a very possible reason for the delay in my operation, on a universal/cosmic level and here it is in a nutshell:
Yesterday, my boyfriend brings me an envelope from Service Canada. Some of you may know that I have been "encouraged" to apply for my Canada Pension Plan Disability benefits by my Great West Life insurance rep. I did this way back in April because in the same letter from GWL that made the "request," they stated that they would only continue to pay my full benefits for 6 months; at which time they would begin deducting the $703 that CPP would pay me if my application is approved. The 1st letter came back in May, stating that CPP had received my application and that everything was there with the exception of my doctors medical report and that his office had 30 days to get it in. I contacted my family docs office at that time and they said they would do it. I called them back at the 30 day mark and it still hadnt been sent. Apparently, all that was needed was an answer to 1 more question {whatever that means?!?} Anyway, I pushed and it was sent out by mail the day before the postal strike started. . . . and of course never made it to the CPP office as they informed me this morning when I called them first  ;-/ It turns out that they listened to what my circumstances now were and suggested that I get a copy of what my family doc had mailed and deliver it to Canada Place, today preferably as tomorrow is Canada Day. I call my docs office back and am told that I can have a copy if I pay a $60 fee for filling it out. ;-/ Might I remind everyone that A, his office had already sent it out without payment or asking for any; and B, I am on disability, where am I suppose to just pull $60 out of? Thin air?  I ask if she can bill me and she says they did, June 13th {LOL bet they mailed the invoice}Anyway, she tells me that I cannot have it unless I pay. I am more than a little upset at this point but all I could get out was "thanks for that" and hung up. ;-(
I had the presence of mind to call my GWL rep but got voicemail, outgoing said she was on the phone; I left a message briefly outlining what had just happened and asked if I could just have the docs office bill them, after all, they just pay my vascular surgeon whenever they want him to fill out forms?!? One of my daughters came to the rescue, picked it up and came and took me to Canada Place. Well, after all that kerfuffle, I am sitting in the car on the way to drop it off and I am reading this report. . .omg, if I THOUGHT my family doctor was starting to suffer from dementia before, then I now KNOW for sure he is, sigh, not only were the dates of my last hospitalizations wrong but her didnt even have the reasons why I was there right or even the right leg!?! All I wanted to do was cry again. How was this now going to work? I went to the Service Canada office anyway, and told my daughter just to drop me off there because I didnt know how long it would take to get to talk to someone. It turned out that it wasn't too long, even though the confused young man that I originally spoke to sent me to an Employment Insurance representative instead of CPP {haha - I don't look OLD enough} Things went much smoother from there. Ended up with CPP accepting the innaccurate copy; asking me to get in any updated information I had as soon as possible and giving me another blank medical report for my vascular surgeon to fill in {which I thought it should have been him in the first place (rolls eyes)}.
So, how does this work universally? Things were obviously, though unbeknownst to me, not "aligned" for everything to go smoothly. Imagine if the surgery had gone through and I didnt find out till another 4 months down the road when GWL started deducting $703 and change from my monthly deposit. Not only would I be out the funds for several months {til CPP paid retro IF I am approved} but my application would be closed for inactivity and I would have to start over and reapply ;-(
I am very relieved that this was caught now, dispite the stressfulness of it all, this could have been alot worse and again this just says to me that the Creator KNOWS what he/she is doing even if we don't ;-D - Peace