Perhaps I picked the wrong smilie to indicate bitter sarcasm, probably because I assumed you knew of the pitfalls of socialized medicine that I was making reference to.
You have a chronic lung infection, probably staph based, that requires urgent surgery. The surgeon you saw won’t touch you, and you had to endure a 2 week wait for him to say no. You’ve been refered to a pulmonary surgeon, and will have to endure yet another wait of 2 weeks to a month, without antibiotics. Meanwhile, the alien in your chest grows larger.
What’s not to understand? Is that not like having to wait 10 months to see a Canadian obstetrician when a standard pregnancy is 9 months long? :dubious:
Hi, Bosda D’Chi of Tricor. I don’t know you, but I’ve certainly read your posts many times and I’m so glad to hear that your situation may be looking up!
Having dealt WAY too many times with the anguish of watching a pet deteriorate, I don’t want to make light of your kitty dilemma. I nonetheless am moved to observe that this may be the ONLY time this sentence has ever been written anywhere:
Good to hear, Bosda, and I hope you’re on the road to recovery. It just seems silly though to have gone through so many stages for it to be this simple. Oh well, at least it is over now.
I’d have your pulmonologist send medical records, including lab results, and explain to the HMO that $389 a month for a prescription is a hell of a lot cheaper than surgery. Make sure the pulmonologist tells the HMO in graphic detail the risks involved in doing the surgery in the first place.
HMOs love “cheap” on general principle, and if you can set your appeal up on that basis, it’ll (usually) work.
