Insurance?

[doglover28]

Hi,
Do most insureres cover treatment for Hep?  The thought hit me yesterday.  Here I go worrying again.  That should be my middle name.

[fishdoc]

Hey, Dyce and I are feelin pretty low, how are you doing??  Been hiding out for a while?   Hope all is well in the can mans world...did take a good picture of a blue grosbeak at my feeder earlier... takes so little to make my day ;)....
have a good shot day...

[can-do-man]

fish says..............How bout you? You get a line and I'll get a pole.....take them girls to the fishing hole...

SAY WHAT? Them GIRLS to the fishing hole....Hmmmmmmm.. Could you film it? Fishydoc and the girls?

[fishdoc]

when all else fails....fish...

Hubbie caught about 20 LMB last night...came home stinking of fish, but with the stress of the day gone from his face....
we too are considering a boat, and the one you described is pretty darn close.  we know nothing of salt water, but man did I get hooked while in GA.  Where we are the only real lake fishing in 250 miles a way... so we are not in a hurry....

dyce, take them girls fishing!!  look at this way, if your really lucky-they will love it so much they'll grow up to be a foul mouthed fishdoc......

I'll never forget coming in at 2-3am from the backside of the lake after a night catfishing, listening to the bullheads croaking in the bottom of the boat... Dad told me to clean them.... and somehow, they all got away....;)

[fishdoc]

enjoy your nap... grass, like dogs, fish, etc. will wait... I'm thinking a couple pygmy goats might be in order.....

[dyce]

Got one h-ll of a headache now fish , was outside there aand the sun beatin on me , plus good ole reliable riba brought it on .Mowed all the grass and ya know how the mower will  kick out the carbon monoxide . My hmg is down and it don't take much to trigger a cranium pounder . Have a good day fish, I'm relaxin a while here.

[fishdoc]

Hey Dyce, lets see.... making yesterdays predictions come true...see potential sexual partner thread... I can P!ss people off without even trying, its a god given talent!!  And trying to get my house in order  enough that I can carve out a little peace and quiet space for ME ME ME.... thats where all the rest of the world is wrong!! The universe does revolve around me....
Just kidding, but I am trying to putter around, and trying to organize so having two extra people in a small house is less chaotic, I am so spacey these days I have a hard time keeping my sh,, stuff together, let alone two extra piles of everything.. but I am feeling just a hair better after 4 days off, but only marginally..Thinking about going into town tomorrow or tuesday for bloodwork results and getting all my hair chopped off....its really itchy on my back under my hair, and I have already cut it off twice..its probably only ten inches long...I'm thinking of a Halle Barry look.... oh crud, it'll take more than a hair cut...

How bout you? You get a line and I'll get a pole.....take them girls to the fishing hole...

[dyce]

Your right fishy , We're all so busy , school will be lettin out soon , so the girls are countin down the days this mornin . Dang shot isn't as bad as last week but I dern well know it's there , took the riba at 930 this mornin and it is always workin seems . Just got in from yard work ,tryin to get caught up on the chores ya know . How bout ya fish , whats on yur plate for  the day?

[dyce]

Good mornin fish's , yes doc it's 5.30 here and I been up for an hour , the best part of the day . Since hard coon dog trainin is out the window right now , I'm thinkin of gettin the rods out , slap the girls around a little , get em in fishin mode , and hittin the locks on the river for small mouths and walleye . It would give us some time together , wouldn't hurt em to get away from schoolwork and video games fer awhile .

          A couple good lakes on top of the mnt. host northen pike with good largemouth bass populations and don't forget the big bluegills a body could fish for when boredom over takes the girls when the bigger game fish ain't biten .

[fishdoc]

Tell yourself dogs, like fish, will wait.  Thats why I went for pigeons, low maintenance, don't get hyper when they don't get worked... but I absolutely can't imagine saddling up my horse and heading out for a long ride....I tell the hubby they are "pasture ornaments", just appreciate how pretty they are...

as for old friends, I think they hate asking as much as we hate telling them how we feel.... I watch caller ID, and just don't answer my phone much....

I am feeling pretty chicken sh!t, self centered, spoiled little whiny baby these days..so I know they don't want to talk to her!!  I'll just annoy all my internet friends instead!!!  They can't talk about me, cause they don't know who to talk to!!!

[amirtracy]

Commitment to Cares phone #[phone], also has link thru schering-ploughs website. $70,000 income limit in florida...other states may vary.

http://www.atdn.org/access/pa/filg.html  link for Amgens Safety Net progam. Free neupogen if necessary, some income restrictions ($60,000 income i believe)

http://www.procritline.com/patientassist/intro.jsp  link for free procrit...

i am unisured and uninsurable in the state of florida ...
anyone know if there's high risk insurance in this state? i've tried but can't find much. thanks. everyone have a great weekend.  tracy

[dyce]

It's not cancellation of the insurance but discontinued approval of the meds at 12 weeks. See the insurance would only approve the meds for the 1st 12 weeks of tx . If I get undetable or a 2 log drop the insurance will approve another 12 weeks of meds .That will carry me to 24 weeks , then If I'm still clear the insurance will approve anther 12 weeks of meds .

              You have to prove to the insurance co every 12 weeks the tx is working before they will approve it anther 12 weeks . If I follow the 12 week pcr   trough schedule my shot 13 would get delayed due to waiting on approval . This is cause of the pcr take about 10 days to come back . On the 12th week trough day pcr , I would never have my shot the following week , it would take longer for the pcr results to come back then that.  Then faxing them to the insurance , the next approval process would dirupt the meds schedule .

         So if I get the pcr done at 11 weeks I'll keep the meds on schedule .

[can-do-man]

Since your insurance is like that. My thoughts would be take the test the day after your shot and don't get a real sensitive pcr test. Plus check in to commitment to care for free meds and same as for procrit. Don't know how high your income is, but they consider family members in your house. Plus they have high incomes limits. Just my thinking so you know what thats worth.

[sfbaygirl]

How did you get on this ins?  I am on Cobra and hope that I will be through tx, although expensive, they cover a lot. I am worried about trying to get ins. later.  Who will insure me with this diagnoses?  I don't mind paying $1000. a month for my family now,  but wonder what copays and coverage I could get w/ a high risk ins. co.

[doglover28]

Thanks for all the posts.  I have Blue Cross/Blue Sheild through my husband's work.  Thanks to all for the links to organizations that will help with this.  I am sorry to those that are having trouble with their insurance.

[sfbaygirl]

Wow,  I hadn't thought about week 12 in those terms. What happens if you don't take the meds for a week?  Perhaps you can take another PCR at week 12 to send the ins. co if the week 11 doesn't clear.  This is a bummer.

Tracy,  thanks for the number!  I would qualify, but hubby definately will not, therefore I think I won't.  I have mentioned divorce, just so I do not have to drain his trust account with my illness.  He doesn't like that idea, neither do I.

Maybe you can make the trek I have heard you Floridians to treat.  Its awful what we have to do to get rid of this, as if it isn't  bad enough.

[BillyC]

Been a long time - infected for 20-30 yrs. Just got the undetectable news  @ wk 36 of Infergen 15 mikes and 1200 riba daily. My insurance wouldn't pay, so my Doc has me on a (hopefully) sufficient supply of samples. Ibuprofen 3 or 4 times daily helps me alot. This is my 3rd tx. The first was Interferon  and Riba 1200 for 12 wks (only took me down from 3,000,000 to 80,000) and pegIntron and riba 1200 -same deal. Because of the current 'success', I wonder if I shouldn't have been on the other tx's longer before giving up. Anyway, if this isn't a keeper in 10 months, at least some of my stage 3 damage has been reversed. And there's always VX-950.

[dyce]

I'm gonna call the insurance co, I'm probably worried over nuthin . This whole deal seems to do that . What I'm tryin to do( i'll have coverage if tx is workin) is to keep things movin so all the approvals for the meds don't disrupt my tx . If the tx isn't workin , we wait for newer drugs . Dern insurance can be b-llshit to deal with(health assurance).

[dyce]

How ya guys doin ? Just got up again outta bed . Been gettin some well needed rest , slept biggest part of day (yawn). So far the shot ain't as bad , sleepy , but after no sleep all week , no wonder . No sleep aid today , only used 1 so far , am tryin to only use em when I need em .

[can-do-man]

Good, sleeping will keep you out of trouble. The head cam dude i already got the popcorn

[dyce]

Ha dude , couldn't get it done last week , my work kept me on the ground but faithfully a pipe was dribbling yesterday , hammerin a brand new ceiling in the annex . It's a good drop , with cam installed you'll get a good adrenalen rush just watching and I should too , that is until impact . Then  I'll be fitted into a new jacket and put in a room where I can ram walls , do flips on me head and all the fun stuff while on tx .


       I told the boss of the video , he said dyce, you simplton , you hurt 1 of my floors on the drop , you'll fix em on yur time !!!!!!

[can-do-man]

said.......I told the boss of the video , he said dyce, you simplton , you hurt 1 of my floors on the drop , you'll fix em on yur time !!!!!!


LMAO, got a good laugh out of that. Oh well you gave it your best shot.

[fishdoc]

dang dude, another sx.  your pipe is dribbling, and you can't get it done... I'm willing to bet insurance worries have a lot to do with non-performance.... and theres always the little blue pill..... sorry can man, if I beat you to it!!  I bought the hubby a Bright Blue Martin (is it Mark?) Nascar hat.... for some reason, its not one of his favorites...

I thought you were up before the chickens...

[dyce]

Was up at 4.00 am thankyou , but had the option of goin back to bed hee haaa it's riba saturday remember , sleep if we want day, well hopefully anyway . The drippy pipe sx isn't so bad when ya got a lead pipe there fishy . Seriously since starting the ambien , I've only taken 1 thursday nite , last nite the peg brought the sandman to the house .I'm takin few of them things as possible but I'll do what I gotta do to function .

        Ole buddy stopped askin how I'm a doin . Coondogs are the thing we have in common . He raises some of the best treein walker stock in the country . I've raised and trained a lot of em , got big bucks outta em . Man do I miss it !! Thats why he likes to bring em here , he knows I'll run the hyde of a pup to get the full potential outta it .

[can-do-man]

dyce wow your pipe is leaking even after you shake it? Duct tape man fix's everything.

Fishy smell, Good grief always in the gutter gal. I'm glad theres a couple of us that try to keep it clean here. And for the other day it was very hard to not comment. But i know most that wouldn't be mad. But there i don't know and didn't want to get booted from here. Just my feeling it would not have been takin as funny