I had to share this....
This is how messed up our medical system is.
I have been receiving those little notices we get from the insurance company. Ya know those notices that tell you how much the medical offices are charging for their services.
Bone growth stimulator - 3000.00
Anesthesia - 5000.00
Cardiologist consultation while in recovery - 1500.00. I never talked to one, ever, while in the hospital
Hospital charges for the fusion - 165,000.00
Now along with this notice came the other notice. If I don't fill out the questionnaire the insurance company won't pay for the procedure. Everything was already pre-approved. They want to know if I have any other insurance. The ironic thing is this is the 3rd time I've filled one of these out.
I can't wait to see the rest of the charges........What a gimmic
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Martial arts for 25 years
Full contact MMA 7 years
Body building last 7 years
(no Problems)
4-07 Fall down step holding daughter
5-07 L5-S1 buldge MRI
9-07 L5-S1 herniation W/DDD and annular tear MRI
3 epidurals / 2 nerve root injection / 6 weeks of PT
8/01/2008 L4-S1 Posterior Spinal fusion only, using the PEEK ROD system. No Vertebral spacer and disc is still there. So is the pain!!!!
4 More weeks of PT and things are worse now than before.
I must train again.
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