Re: Need to seriously vent

[Guest guest]

Stacey, Hi I can really relate. It seems that everything that my son has

needed has been a fight, and a run around. It may not seem like it now but,

your on the right track and it only has to get better. Good Luck, Kathy

[Guest guest]

OOOOOHHHH I am so fed up. Where does it end?

>

Hi Stacey,

I can share your mood and relate. Sometime I really fear it is

neverending, what I have experienced is that we have to fight for our

children continuosly. Doctors, therapies, schools, insurancies, etc

etc.

Do not give it up. That woman was really nasty. You are absolutely

right: carry on, do not let people like that despise your rights.

Hugs

Simonetta, Milan, Italy

[Guest guest]

--- Hi, I'm Carole, mother to , a 4.6 year old apraxic. I just

joined the group and read your note. I can completely understand your

frustration. I have been going through the same thing for over a year

with the insurance company. I went through the Attorney Generals

office (of land) and won our grievence, the insurance company had

to pay for therapy under land Law. I thoutht, Yeah the months of

battling and I finally won one. Only to still battle with my insurane

company on a biweekly basis about denied claims. I thought I was

going to lose it one day and my three year old daughter walked

up to me and said, mom why are you crying? " Miss Beth (her sunday

school teacher) told us this is the day the lord has made we should

rejoice. " I stoped in my tracks and just hugged her. At that moment I

realized I can only do what I can, take a deep breath and fight one

battle at a time. Hang in there, I'm not sure the battles ever end,

but we have to be our kids best advocate. Now I set aside one day

each week to get 's things straightened out. (School, therapy

and insurance) Your not alone! Carole

P.S. Next time you get a person like that on the phone refuse to

discuss it further with them, and you would like to speak with her

superior. Her job is to help you, if she can't accomplish that in a

civil manner you need to bring it to higher up the ladder.

In @y..., " Stacey " <staceydaniel@m...>

wrote:

> Hi group

>

> Well today and yesterday and all week as a matter of fact I have

been on the tails of the insurance company. Squeaking the

> wheels so to speak. After receiving our 3rd denial letter for

to be seen by the developmental pediatrician, I finally called

> the Insurance Commissioners office for our state. I told them that

I had heard of a GA law that had recently passed mandating

> that insurance companies cover the treatment of neurological

disorders for children.

>

> The investigator I got on the phone seemed nice at first. But

before I could finish my story she started in on that I needed this

> that and the other and would not slow down enough for me to even

get a word in. I kept asking questions that she obviously

> thought I was illiterate. She huffed and puffed and even at one

point asked was there anyone else in the house besides me that

> she could talk to. Then she proceeded to say to me " Honey, why

don't you go get a pen and paper to jot some of this down

> so your little mind can remember it. " Then after telling her that

the reason I called in the first place was because I did not know

> the law and that was what I thought they were there for, she told

me to call back and ask for someone else besides her and that

> she just could not help me understand.

>

> I was nearly in tears. Normally, I would have never have let

someone walk all over me like a doormat, but today after

> spending nearly the whole day on the phone with the insurance

company, state agencies, county agencies and visiting different

> schools, I feel like all I have accomplished it to have gotten the

runaround everywhere. Everybody refers me to somebody

> else who then refers me to another somebody. OOOOOHHHH I am so

fed up. Where does it end?

>

> Whew- Lord, I feel somewhat better having gotten that out.

>

> Thanks for listening

>

> Stacey