I'M ONLY 18 !!!!!!
09-23-2003, 09:59 PM
G'day everyone!!
hope all is well with everyone and today is not very painful!!
just another update for you guys.
I had my w/c hearing last week to decide if they will pay for my PLIF and a few other procedures. w/c only wants me to have a discetomy.
we got to the hearing and w/c representatives told us that my surgeon hadn't written the report yet so today was kind of meaningless. anyway it turned out that w/c hadn't paid him his $1300 to write it so he didnt send it in. (i'm the only w/c patient he's seen as w/c are a pack of !@#$heads and "play games") he's a fantastic and very well know surgeon so im lucky he agreed to see me.
anyway.... they finally paid him yesterday so we agreed to send his report to the w/c surgeon and if he agree's we will book surgery, if not i have to sit in front of a medical panel consisting of the three top neurosurgeons in Melbourne and they decide whether i should have it or not. so the way i see it is i win either way, cos if i go to the medical panel that's the best opinions i could get and for free!!
so now i have to wait a few weeks to see what happens. dealing with w/c is so painful and so slow!!
hope everyone has a great day luv always Tiah
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*Injured back 12/12/01 at work lifting BBQ's and outdoor furniture.
*Couldnt walk for two weeks
* Went to P/T twice a week
* Went to a rehab hospital twice a week
*Both gave me no relief for 15 months
* Ortho diagnosed me with
- DDD of entire lumbar spine
- Scheuermann's Disease
- Bulging disc at L4-5
and L5-S1
-nerve compression at S1
-Spinal stenosis
* Neuro wants to perform :
-Spinal rhizolysis
-Laminectomy
-Discetomy L5-S1
-PLIF
I have seen 6 surgeons who all agree with the surgery.
waiting for part two of w/c hearing to secure payment for surgery.
[This message has been edited by I'M ONLY 18 !!!!!! (edited 09-23-2003).]
hope all is well with everyone and today is not very painful!!
just another update for you guys.
I had my w/c hearing last week to decide if they will pay for my PLIF and a few other procedures. w/c only wants me to have a discetomy.
we got to the hearing and w/c representatives told us that my surgeon hadn't written the report yet so today was kind of meaningless. anyway it turned out that w/c hadn't paid him his $1300 to write it so he didnt send it in. (i'm the only w/c patient he's seen as w/c are a pack of !@#$heads and "play games") he's a fantastic and very well know surgeon so im lucky he agreed to see me.
anyway.... they finally paid him yesterday so we agreed to send his report to the w/c surgeon and if he agree's we will book surgery, if not i have to sit in front of a medical panel consisting of the three top neurosurgeons in Melbourne and they decide whether i should have it or not. so the way i see it is i win either way, cos if i go to the medical panel that's the best opinions i could get and for free!!
so now i have to wait a few weeks to see what happens. dealing with w/c is so painful and so slow!!
hope everyone has a great day luv always Tiah
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*Injured back 12/12/01 at work lifting BBQ's and outdoor furniture.
*Couldnt walk for two weeks
* Went to P/T twice a week
* Went to a rehab hospital twice a week
*Both gave me no relief for 15 months
* Ortho diagnosed me with
- DDD of entire lumbar spine
- Scheuermann's Disease
- Bulging disc at L4-5
and L5-S1
-nerve compression at S1
-Spinal stenosis
* Neuro wants to perform :
-Spinal rhizolysis
-Laminectomy
-Discetomy L5-S1
-PLIF
I have seen 6 surgeons who all agree with the surgery.
waiting for part two of w/c hearing to secure payment for surgery.
[This message has been edited by I'M ONLY 18 !!!!!! (edited 09-23-2003).]