I'm in the same boat you are. It's hard to ignore the fact that a lot of people have it much worse than I do. And I honestly don't know whether a slowly developing terminal illness is worse than feeling pain every day. I kind of doubt it. But I suppose that's for the judges in the Illness Olympics to decide.

Anyway, yes, two days notice that your insurance coverage is running out is just wrong. I don't see how that even benefits the insurance company.