Guest guest Posted August 28, 2001 Report Share Posted August 28, 2001 In a message dated 8/28/2001 6:57:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, liliwigg@... writes: > Today I received a letter saying they are again very sorry and the > investigation is complete. Now my entire bill for 12 days stay has been > substantially reduced to $1,421.15 !!!!! > Oh my gosh! That is wonderful.... I complained about my cell phone bill of $600.00 and got it down $148.00.. Must be our lucky day. jenny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 29, 2001 Report Share Posted August 29, 2001 WOW!!! That billing clerk must have been leaving on vacation!!!!! judi ----- Original Message ----- From: " Gretchen Glick " <liliwigg@...> " ers at groups " < > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 9:43 PM Subject: [] some good news > Hello all, > > Back in May I was hospitalized for blood poisioning and ended up with a > $24,000 bill. You can read about my nightmare in post # 14041. I wrote > to the hospital to ask if because of the hospital problems I > encountered, would they cut my bill in half. That was in June. > > Today I received a letter saying they are again very sorry and the > investigation is complete. Now my entire bill for 12 days stay has been > substantially reduced to $1,421.15 !!!!! > > I just wanted to share that and thank you all for your support! > > ~ G > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 That's great it's working for you. Probably a good idea to keep some of going in your system. I've had good results from it. My appt is on Tuesday, I'm gonna ask about the injectable. How often do you get the injection and any side effects etc? I take 6 2.5 mg pills a week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Maggiehttp://www.4HockeyFans.comhttp://www.4FloridaHockey.comMSN: Maggies1429AOL: Maggies85-----Original Message-----From: Sharon Wertz [mailto:sbwertz@...]Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 7:17 PMRheumatoid Arthritis Subject: Some good newsI was taken off MTX three weeks ago because my liver numbers were up. I was really concerned, because the MTX had worked so well for me and I was afraid to go without it. It turns out that I am in a bit of remission, so I am in pretty good shape right now with no meds. Sore hands, but I am able to function at about 85 percent. Went back to the Dr and they are going to put me back on a lower dose of MTX, and want to change me to the injectable form because it is easier on the liver. My rheumatoid factor numbers are very high, indicating an aggressive form of the disease, so they want me on the MTX even though I am in pretty good shape right now to prevent possible joint erosion. Problem is that there is apparently a shortage of the injectable form. They are starting me back on 3 pills a week (instead of the 5 I had been taking) until the injectable becomes available. I am really relieved, because the MTX really works well for me.Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 I have and am on mtx...it has worked well for me Usually the dose is once a week..I take only0.3cc any higher and it messes with my liver enzymes..but it helps..I haven't had anyside effects at all.The needle is so small you don't even feel it most of the time.....Skye > That's great it's working for you. Probably a good idea to keep some of > going in your system. I've had good results from it. My appt is on > Tuesday, I'm gonna ask about the injectable. How often do you get the > injection and any side effects etc? I take 6 2.5 mg pills a week. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Maggie > http://www.4HockeyFans.com > http://www.4FloridaHockey.com > MSN: Maggies1429 > AOL: Maggies85 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sharon Wertz [mailto:sbwertz@y...] > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 7:17 PM > Rheumatoid Arthritis > Subject: Some good news > > > > > I was taken off MTX three weeks ago because my liver numbers were up. I was > really concerned, because the MTX had worked so well for me and I was afraid > to go without it. It turns out that I am in a bit of remission, so I am in > pretty good shape right now with no meds. Sore hands, but I am able to > function at about 85 percent. > > Went back to the Dr and they are going to put me back on a lower dose of > MTX, and want to change me to the injectable form because it is easier on > the liver. My rheumatoid factor numbers are very high, indicating an > aggressive form of the disease, so they want me on the MTX even though I am > in pretty good shape right now to prevent possible joint erosion. Problem is > that there is apparently a shortage of the injectable form. They are > starting me back on 3 pills a week (instead of the 5 I had been taking) > until the injectable becomes available. > > I am really relieved, because the MTX really works well for me. > > Sharon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Hi , My doctor has sent 2 letters and it's still in denial. The funny part about this...BCBS sent this case to appeals without notifying me or without my request, which tells me they wanted to deny this as quickly as possible. It's very troubling that they did that. I'm going to the state next, then to court. It's not going to be a difficult case to win because I meet ALL of the requirements for this med. > > > > I learned from SPOC (they changed their name to something that > eludes > > me at the moment) yesterday that I qualify for free Xolair for up > to a > > year. In the meantime, I am still fighting BCBS because I meet all > of > > the qualifications for taking Xolair. > > > > I thought I hadn't been on Singulair for 90 days, which is one of > the > > requirements, but after a trip to my allergists office I now see > that I > > took it for 90 days back in 2001 so that was the only base I didn't > > think I had covered. I'll be filing the rest of my paperwork with > BCBS > > on Monday and if they deny again it's off to the state and possibly > to > > court. Thankfully, I will not be w/o Xolair during this battle. > Thank > > you Genentech!! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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