Guest guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 That is exactly the type of service I receive with my unit. Take Care, B. in TEXAS ________________________________ From: BRIAN HALPIN <rexboru92964@...> Stimulator Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:03:29 AM Subject: Re: replacement I have a Medtronics, implanted August 06. Last week my unit just shut off. As soon as I contacted my doctor and they spoke to Medtronics rep, they overnighted me a complete recharger kit, no charge. I would recommend that every time you go for a follow-up exam, insist that the Medtronic rep be there. They are much more skilled at tweaking the stimulator than your doctor will be, in most cases. I have had no trouble with mine up to this point, jusat hoping the battery does not need to be replaced yet. Good Luck ____________ _________ _________ __ From: RG <rjack15256 (DOT) com> Stimulator@gro ups.com Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:15:06 AM Subject: Re: replacement , I have had mine for 3 years , i had 5 different reps, 3 diffdrent reginal managers, in my case moboby wanted to talk with me, i had to meet them in a parking lot or along the intersatate for testing, it took me a month to get a battery. i had to call tha CEO to get one TKS Ron From: B <muttsmom55@ . com> Subject: Re: replacement Stimulator@gro ups.com Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 11:32 AM Wow! That's surprises me. I have Advanced Bionics and I've never had any problems. My charger went out about 6 months after the surgery, just wouldn't charge me up all the way. They overnighted me a replacement. My reps are great. I even get the occasional phone call to make sure everything is OK.....and I've had mine a little over 2 years. Sorry you had a bad experience. In these matters, I feel the doctor and the reps make all the difference. Take Care, B. in TEXAS ____________ _________ _________ __ From: ron jackson <rjack15256@ . com> Stimulator@gro ups.com Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:18:57 AM Subject: replacement I have had a Advanced Bionics for 3 years, it never really worked after the trial. I am going to have a Medtronics put in today, anyone else gone this route The problems i had with Advanced Bionics was, nobody from the company new how to set it, the wire in my back heated up,it took a month to get a new battery, i finally had to call the CEO of the company to get a battery, Is Medtonics any better Please respond Ron jackson MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 , My first rep was from the ST Louis area, he was fired, i live in central Missouri, so they dislikes coming out to that area for 1 customer, about a 120 mile drive. I pleated with them to take it out , they would not. The cost was $46,000 . so they did not want to eat that cost. But i tell you ABS is not growing in central missouri,poor management i think. RON From: B <muttsmom55@ . com> Subject: Re: replacement Stimulator@gro ups.com Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 11:32 AM Wow! That's surprises me. I have Advanced Bionics and I've never had any problems. My charger went out about 6 months after the surgery, just wouldn't charge me up all the way. They overnighted me a replacement. My reps are great. I even get the occasional phone call to make sure everything is OK.....and I've had mine a little over 2 years. Sorry you had a bad experience. In these matters, I feel the doctor and the reps make all the difference. Take Care, B. in TEXAS ____________ _________ _________ __ From: ron jackson <rjack15256@ . com> Stimulator@gro ups.com Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:18:57 AM Subject: replacement I have had a Advanced Bionics for 3 years, it never really worked after the trial. I am going to have a Medtronics put in today, anyone else gone this route The problems i had with Advanced Bionics was, nobody from the company new how to set it, the wire in my back heated up,it took a month to get a new battery, i finally had to call the CEO of the company to get a battery, Is Medtonics any better Please respond Ron jackson MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 That explains it!!!! I know exactly what you mean. Last year I lived in southern IL for 7 months. I had to drive 1 hour to a doctor or any store. Specialists were almost 2 hrs away. I would have had to go to St Louis to continue pain management and that was 2 1/2 hrs away!!! So I was not able to receive any adjustments to my stimulator, the GP I saw (an hour away) had never seen anyone with a scs. When I started having pain again, since I couldn't drive the 2 1/2 hrs to pain management she started writing my Rx for the pain patch and vicodin. She had no idea what she was even writing, every time she wrote the Rx for Duragesic, she would give me 3 refills!!!!! And I would get to the Pharmacy and they would tell me I couldn't have refills. I told them I knew that, actually it turned in to a joke between us. But this doctor had never had a patient with chronic pain or a number of other things I have going on. But I asked her once if we could get a rep to come to her office to adjust my stimulator and she told me I couldn't do that. I should have called the company, but I was already getting fed up with the lack of medical care there. I ended up moving back to Texas (I live between Dallas and Fort Worth). Take Care, B. in TEXAS ________________________________ From: RG <rjack15256@...> Stimulator Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 11:56:01 AM Subject: Re: replacement , My first rep was from the ST Louis area, he was fired, i live in central Missouri, so they dislikes coming out to that area for 1 customer, about a 120 mile drive. I pleated with them to take it out , they would not. The cost was $46,000 . so they did not want to eat that cost. But i tell you ABS is not growing in central missouri,poor management i think. RON From: B <muttsmom55@ . com> Subject: Re: replacement Stimulator@gro ups.com Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 11:32 AM Wow! That's surprises me. I have Advanced Bionics and I've never had any problems. My charger went out about 6 months after the surgery, just wouldn't charge me up all the way. They overnighted me a replacement. My reps are great. I even get the occasional phone call to make sure everything is OK.....and I've had mine a little over 2 years. Sorry you had a bad experience. In these matters, I feel the doctor and the reps make all the difference. Take Care, B. in TEXAS ____________ _________ _________ __ From: ron jackson <rjack15256@ . com> Stimulator@gro ups.com Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:18:57 AM Subject: replacement I have had a Advanced Bionics for 3 years, it never really worked after the trial. I am going to have a Medtronics put in today, anyone else gone this route The problems i had with Advanced Bionics was, nobody from the company new how to set it, the wire in my back heated up,it took a month to get a new battery, i finally had to call the CEO of the company to get a battery, Is Medtonics any better Please respond Ron jackson MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 , That is it, my second rep was awoman from St Louis , she knew nothing about the machine, she really dressed hot , but did try and do something , then disappered. I tryed to call her on a weekend but went boating. This company was a horror story for 3 years, i sure hope Medtonics is better , i don't know how they could get any worse Ron From: B <muttsmom55@ . com> Subject: Re: replacement Stimulator@gro ups.com Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 11:32 AM Wow! That's surprises me. I have Advanced Bionics and I've never had any problems. My charger went out about 6 months after the surgery, just wouldn't charge me up all the way. They overnighted me a replacement. My reps are great. I even get the occasional phone call to make sure everything is OK.....and I've had mine a little over 2 years. Sorry you had a bad experience. In these matters, I feel the doctor and the reps make all the difference. Take Care, B. in TEXAS ____________ _________ _________ __ From: ron jackson <rjack15256@ . com> Stimulator@gro ups.com Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 8:18:57 AM Subject: replacement I have had a Advanced Bionics for 3 years, it never really worked after the trial. I am going to have a Medtronics put in today, anyone else gone this route The problems i had with Advanced Bionics was, nobody from the company new how to set it, the wire in my back heated up,it took a month to get a new battery, i finally had to call the CEO of the company to get a battery, Is Medtonics any better Please respond Ron jackson MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 I am getting CONFLICTING info,, I live in the state of Washington and it's my understanding that Medicaid no longer pays for hearing services, this includes hearing test, hearing aid, and (gulp) cochlear implant. Children, under the age of 19 are still covered. Now, I am wondering this,,, it seems to me, from what I read, the same rule applied for those who is getting medicare within the state of Washington as well..... What is going on,, I thought Medicare covers speech processors. I really needs to know because I lost my processor last week and of course,, we know that ESPrit 3G is obsolete now if I am not mistaken. I am so lost and not sure what to do.. Any idea? Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Hey it's good hearing from you after so long. I called Listen for Life in Seattle and they told me to call Cochlear America directly. Not wanting to call them through relay, I asked my daughter to call and she did. She said they are super nice. She talked to 3 people before we got to the one we need to talk to. This person said she heard the same rumor I heard but assured us that this is NOT true. I am eligible for upgrade, something about 5 years rule. Because I have N24CA implant (pre-freedom), I have a choice of Freedom or if i am willing to wait, get Nucleus 5 sometimes in mid-April (at last report.) She explained that the Nucleus 5 had been around for a while but NOT for those who has N24CA implant and this is coming out next month, we hope. We talked at great length about which is which. Seems that Nucleus 5 is better option. When she said $1,500 after payment from Medicare, I practually FLIPPED. Without a job, I can't afford it. And I can't get a job without the speech processor. Cancel each other out, huh? Good news, because my processor is being paid for by Medicare, I am automally qualified to finance the amount owing at ZERO INTEREST! Now who can beat that? I think I will go ahead with it... I told my daughter tonight,, even if I find my 3G, I think I will be better off with the N5 for several reasons, it bounds to fail soon (had it 7 years) and I don't want to be caught without it if I found a job later on. Meanwhile, I am dying to know how much people like the N5 over 3G. Anyone? Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Well and look what you did, you rattled the cages at Cochlear and here you are going to get the N5. Heh. Good job Lee and I hope its as good as I think it is. One real good reason to upgrade is the remote control. It can be maddening to have to cycle thru the 4 programs sometimes. Quote of the nanosecond... In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless person is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. -- & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn E-mail- rclark0276@... Home Page- http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ Re: replacement > Hey it's good hearing from you after so long. > > I called Listen for Life in Seattle and they told me to call Cochlear > America directly. Not wanting to call them through relay, I asked my > daughter to call and she did. She said they are super nice. She talked > to 3 people before we got to the one we need to talk to. > > This person said she heard the same rumor I heard but assured us that this > is NOT true. I am eligible for upgrade, something about 5 years rule. > > Because I have N24CA implant (pre-freedom), I have a choice of Freedom or > if i am willing to wait, get Nucleus 5 sometimes in mid-April (at last > report.) She explained that the Nucleus 5 had been around for a while but > NOT for those who has N24CA implant and this is coming out next month, we > hope. We talked at great length about which is which. Seems that Nucleus > 5 is better option. > > When she said $1,500 after payment from Medicare, I practually FLIPPED. > Without a job, I can't afford it. And I can't get a job without the > speech processor. Cancel each other out, huh? > > Good news, because my processor is being paid for by Medicare, I am > automally qualified to finance the amount owing at ZERO INTEREST! Now who > can beat that? > > I think I will go ahead with it... I told my daughter tonight,, even if I > find my 3G, I think I will be better off with the N5 for several reasons, > it bounds to fail soon (had it 7 years) and I don't want to be caught > without it if I found a job later on. > > Meanwhile, I am dying to know how much people like the N5 over 3G. > Anyone? > > Lee > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 ,, if you read my message eariler,, I LOST MY PROCESSOR, so I have nothing to trade in. I know the difference between medicaid and medicare and I was told that medicare CAN decide the rule based on where you live and the info I orginally got said,, no DME for WA state residents. But Cochlaer America found what I saw and explained it was in error. I hate it when www.medicare.gov gave wrong info! Today, I talked to them again, asking about payment per month. I am NOT thrilled with $100 a month! This is hard on those who is getting only 73% of full SSDI amount. Maybe I should hit the local Lions Club. Lee > > Hi Lee, > You might get some money for trading in your old processor. Not sure > if they are doing that this time, but they have in the past. > MediCARE is federally funded. And it does cover replacement parts, > and implant surgery itself for ONE implant. MedicAID is state funded, > and that might be what you were talking about when you said they weren't > going to pay for anything new. If it's a state level decision, it's > medicaid. > No interest sounds ideal to me. > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! > http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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