Re: Re: Dee in Leonardtown

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Hi Dee: Nice to see a fellow Southern lander on here. For those of

you who don't know (and why would you), Dee lives in the next town to

me...and I lived there until a year ago when I moved just a few miles up

the road.

Dee, we're having a support group meeting here at my house, probably

August 12, although I haven't announced the date yet, and would love for

you and Karlie to come. We'd love to meet you both!

Flo from Marland

Dee Trudell wrote:

> Dear Debbie,

> Our experiance with Tricare is that there is a BIG difference

> between Prime and Standard. We are in land, that's Leonardtown

> Flo, and Prime will not approve for us to go out of region. However,

> did figure out that if you dis-enroll from Prime and go Standard they

> will approve going to see Dr. Rutledge. If you go Standard you cannot

> re-enroll Prime for 1 year. $$$ wise this means that you have a $150

> deductible and pay 20%, but only $25 for inpatient (MGB surgery). You

> can still have all your labs done at your military facility and just

> need to find a civilian Dr for a year. Spoke to a friend who has a

> 20%

> co-pay and said that she usually pays $10 for a Dr. visit. Heck, my

> co-pay is $12 with Prime.

> Unfortunately, by the time I figured out how to be able to

> receive

> the benefits that we are intitled to my daughter, Karlie, no longer

> qualifies to see Dr. R. In January when we started our fight She

> weighed 380lbs. We felt that having her lose 30lbs was not

> unreasonable. Since then she has been hospitalize twice for asthma

> and

> pneumonia, given tons more steroids and now is at 427lbs. That is

> over

> 70lbs she would have to lose. If she could lose 70lbs she wouldn't

> need WLS. So, much to my distress she is going to have an open RNY,

> we

> are now waiting for a surgery date.

> Best Wishes, Dee Trudell

>

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