Guest guest Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 Jim, From what I understand, there are lawyers out there that will take your disibility case and only charge you if they get you through. If they win your disability case, they go back to when you first applied and pick up the back payments. The lawyer would take a percentage of that. My mother just received approval for complete dissability and she went through on the very first try. Hers is for her heart. She has a lot of pain too, but the approval came because she is in congestive heart failure. If they add to that the pain and the fact that she had a serious car accident years ago that rendered one of her legs pretty mangled, they just took pity on her I guess. It makes me so sad to think that people are denied when they really need it and others that really don't need it are getting it. Right now I am really frustrated about something different, but similar. My husbands company just decided to switch to a new insurance carrier. I was reading through the new paperwork and found out my daughters bunions will not be covered and neither will anything with my feet problems. I have been in severe pain with my feet for a couple of years and always thought at some point I might have to have foot surgery. Now I see that nothing with the foot is covered. On top of that, the policy say's they won't cover any hospitalization for chronic pain. So what happens if I end up wracked with pain from head to toe and can't even stand up? Then am I to assume that I am just SOL? What is my daughter to do if her feet start to hurt her? Right now her bunions are not hurting her, but we wanted to get them taken care of while she would only need a couple of toes on each foot broken. Now if we wait until we can find the money to get her feet operated on out of pocket, she could get much worse and end up having more of her toes broken. How can it even be legal for these companies to deny these coverages? Ok we are not to sweat the small stuff I know. The stress will just make my current flare even more pronounced. To be honest I am even unsure if Fibro is considered a medically necessary covered problem with our new company. By the way, it's Blue Cross/Blue Shield. We had them in the past. I really hate them! ttyl Suzi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 Jim, From what I understand, there are lawyers out there that will take your disibility case and only charge you if they get you through. If they win your disability case, they go back to when you first applied and pick up the back payments. The lawyer would take a percentage of that. My mother just received approval for complete dissability and she went through on the very first try. Hers is for her heart. She has a lot of pain too, but the approval came because she is in congestive heart failure. If they add to that the pain and the fact that she had a serious car accident years ago that rendered one of her legs pretty mangled, they just took pity on her I guess. It makes me so sad to think that people are denied when they really need it and others that really don't need it are getting it. Right now I am really frustrated about something different, but similar. My husbands company just decided to switch to a new insurance carrier. I was reading through the new paperwork and found out my daughters bunions will not be covered and neither will anything with my feet problems. I have been in severe pain with my feet for a couple of years and always thought at some point I might have to have foot surgery. Now I see that nothing with the foot is covered. On top of that, the policy say's they won't cover any hospitalization for chronic pain. So what happens if I end up wracked with pain from head to toe and can't even stand up? Then am I to assume that I am just SOL? What is my daughter to do if her feet start to hurt her? Right now her bunions are not hurting her, but we wanted to get them taken care of while she would only need a couple of toes on each foot broken. Now if we wait until we can find the money to get her feet operated on out of pocket, she could get much worse and end up having more of her toes broken. How can it even be legal for these companies to deny these coverages? Ok we are not to sweat the small stuff I know. The stress will just make my current flare even more pronounced. To be honest I am even unsure if Fibro is considered a medically necessary covered problem with our new company. By the way, it's Blue Cross/Blue Shield. We had them in the past. I really hate them! ttyl Suzi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 Jim, From what I understand, there are lawyers out there that will take your disibility case and only charge you if they get you through. If they win your disability case, they go back to when you first applied and pick up the back payments. The lawyer would take a percentage of that. My mother just received approval for complete dissability and she went through on the very first try. Hers is for her heart. She has a lot of pain too, but the approval came because she is in congestive heart failure. If they add to that the pain and the fact that she had a serious car accident years ago that rendered one of her legs pretty mangled, they just took pity on her I guess. It makes me so sad to think that people are denied when they really need it and others that really don't need it are getting it. Right now I am really frustrated about something different, but similar. My husbands company just decided to switch to a new insurance carrier. I was reading through the new paperwork and found out my daughters bunions will not be covered and neither will anything with my feet problems. I have been in severe pain with my feet for a couple of years and always thought at some point I might have to have foot surgery. Now I see that nothing with the foot is covered. On top of that, the policy say's they won't cover any hospitalization for chronic pain. So what happens if I end up wracked with pain from head to toe and can't even stand up? Then am I to assume that I am just SOL? What is my daughter to do if her feet start to hurt her? Right now her bunions are not hurting her, but we wanted to get them taken care of while she would only need a couple of toes on each foot broken. Now if we wait until we can find the money to get her feet operated on out of pocket, she could get much worse and end up having more of her toes broken. How can it even be legal for these companies to deny these coverages? Ok we are not to sweat the small stuff I know. The stress will just make my current flare even more pronounced. To be honest I am even unsure if Fibro is considered a medically necessary covered problem with our new company. By the way, it's Blue Cross/Blue Shield. We had them in the past. I really hate them! ttyl Suzi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 Jim, I do not get SSDI, I get railroad disability benefits, and I got my OK on the first try, The railroad retirement system will accept my doc's findings, because he is a doctor from the Cleveland clinic Women vs.. Men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 Jim, I do not get SSDI, I get railroad disability benefits, and I got my OK on the first try, The railroad retirement system will accept my doc's findings, because he is a doctor from the Cleveland clinic Women vs.. Men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2002 Report Share Posted August 16, 2002 Jim, I do not get SSDI, I get railroad disability benefits, and I got my OK on the first try, The railroad retirement system will accept my doc's findings, because he is a doctor from the Cleveland clinic Women vs.. Men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2002 Report Share Posted August 17, 2002 In a message dated 08/16/2002 11:49:25 PM US Eastern Standard Time, fibro@... writes: > he is a doctor from the Cleveland clinic > Which doctor did you see at the Cleveland clinic and did you have much luck?? I go Sept 12th and am throwing around the idea of canceling the appt. Please let me know Thanks alot Allicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2002 Report Share Posted August 17, 2002 In a message dated 08/16/2002 11:49:25 PM US Eastern Standard Time, fibro@... writes: > he is a doctor from the Cleveland clinic > Which doctor did you see at the Cleveland clinic and did you have much luck?? I go Sept 12th and am throwing around the idea of canceling the appt. Please let me know Thanks alot Allicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2002 Report Share Posted August 17, 2002 In a message dated 08/17/2002 8:58:37 AM US Eastern Standard Time, fibro@... writes: > his name is B. Singson, Very good Rhuemo, and knows fully about FM > That is who my appt. is with. So I will keep him since you've had good luck with him. Thanks for your info. Allicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2002 Report Share Posted August 17, 2002 In a message dated 08/17/2002 8:58:37 AM US Eastern Standard Time, fibro@... writes: > his name is B. Singson, Very good Rhuemo, and knows fully about FM > That is who my appt. is with. So I will keep him since you've had good luck with him. Thanks for your info. Allicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2002 Report Share Posted August 17, 2002 In a message dated 08/17/2002 8:58:37 AM US Eastern Standard Time, fibro@... writes: > his name is B. Singson, Very good Rhuemo, and knows fully about FM > That is who my appt. is with. So I will keep him since you've had good luck with him. Thanks for your info. Allicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2002 Report Share Posted August 17, 2002 his name is B. Singson, Very good Rhuemo, and knows fully about FM Re: Women vs.. Men In a message dated 08/16/2002 11:49:25 PM US Eastern Standard Time, fibro@... writes: > he is a doctor from the Cleveland clinic > Which doctor did you see at the Cleveland clinic and did you have much luck?? I go Sept 12th and am throwing around the idea of canceling the appt. Please let me know Thanks alot Allicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2002 Report Share Posted August 17, 2002 his name is B. Singson, Very good Rhuemo, and knows fully about FM Re: Women vs.. Men In a message dated 08/16/2002 11:49:25 PM US Eastern Standard Time, fibro@... writes: > he is a doctor from the Cleveland clinic > Which doctor did you see at the Cleveland clinic and did you have much luck?? I go Sept 12th and am throwing around the idea of canceling the appt. Please let me know Thanks alot Allicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2002 Report Share Posted August 19, 2002 Jim writes,> I seem to be the only male so far that I have seen We have had others on this list but they don't stay long. I don't know if is because there are so many women and not enough me or what it is. If it is the fact that there are a lot of women, that is because the majority of fibro patients are women. I would think that if you had fibro and were male that you would stick around to get information. After all, we are all in the same boat and a very, leaky boat it is. Take care, Irene Books may well be the only true magic Alice Hoffman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2002 Report Share Posted August 19, 2002 Jim writes,> I seem to be the only male so far that I have seen We have had others on this list but they don't stay long. I don't know if is because there are so many women and not enough me or what it is. If it is the fact that there are a lot of women, that is because the majority of fibro patients are women. I would think that if you had fibro and were male that you would stick around to get information. After all, we are all in the same boat and a very, leaky boat it is. Take care, Irene Books may well be the only true magic Alice Hoffman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2002 Report Share Posted August 19, 2002 Jim writes,> I seem to be the only male so far that I have seen We have had others on this list but they don't stay long. I don't know if is because there are so many women and not enough me or what it is. If it is the fact that there are a lot of women, that is because the majority of fibro patients are women. I would think that if you had fibro and were male that you would stick around to get information. After all, we are all in the same boat and a very, leaky boat it is. Take care, Irene Books may well be the only true magic Alice Hoffman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2002 Report Share Posted August 20, 2002 In a message dated 08/20/2002 10:45:00 AM US Eastern Standard Time, acumenxk@... writes: > I'm on this list to learn more about it and how I can be supportive to her. Do you have a brother that is single and around the early 30's late 20's mark??? IF so...lemme know....lol See I told ya'll all the good ones are gone dang it. Anywho welcome to the group....I hope you learn alot from this group. Allicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2002 Report Share Posted August 20, 2002 In a message dated 08/20/2002 10:45:00 AM US Eastern Standard Time, acumenxk@... writes: > I'm on this list to learn more about it and how I can be supportive to her. Do you have a brother that is single and around the early 30's late 20's mark??? IF so...lemme know....lol See I told ya'll all the good ones are gone dang it. Anywho welcome to the group....I hope you learn alot from this group. Allicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2002 Report Share Posted August 21, 2002 Hello, I'm male, and I'm on the group. But I don't have Fibro, My girlfriend does, and I'm on this list to learn more about it and how I can be supportive to her. I've received a lot of good info from here Acumen www.acumenstudios.com Women vs.. Men Just out of curiosity, are there any men in this group? I know the statistics report that women are much more afflicted with this disease than men. I seem to be the only male so far that I have seen. Just another one of my curious thoughts. I guess dreaming up such questions helps me mind off of the pain and other stuff!! Jim " Someday I will fly away and leave all of this to yesterday " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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