I sent you a reply this morning but it never showed up so I'm trying again...
As I'm in Canada, I don't really know much about how your system works down there. The only thing I could come up with was what if you got all available info from Dr Korell (his expertise, his record with Spragel if he has one, any reports on Spraygel itself etc) and took all this to those three Drs who said they wouldn't operate on you. Maybe, I know it's a long shot, one of them would recommend that you have the surgery with Dr Korell, and then your insurance would agree?
Its not much of a suggestion, I guess, but I just hate seeing you discouraged. I know how much you were looking forward to the surgery. Karla's vacation idea has a lot of potential.... I hope that it somehow works out for you, and that you can get better meds in the meantime.
Hugs, Clare
At Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Robin wrote:
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>Dear All
>I talked to my insurance co today & they denied my trip to Germany
>because the spray gel is not FDA approved. They said if it was
>eventually approved & the reports said anything about the gel being
>used, they would not pay for it. I have a letter in to Dr Korell to see
>if he would do surgery without the gel or maybe with another type of
>barrier. The ins. lady said surgery causes more adhesions & I told her
>they just paid for me to be opened up, with a dr that knew about
>adhesions, so why wouldnt they send me to a specialist? I think it is
>just because it is in Germany. She told me there were specialist
>locally I could go to, I told her to send me the names of them & I would
>go to see them. I already have 3 drs that won't do surgery for me (I
>would turn them down anyway) but that gives me even more proof that I
>need a specialist. Insurance Co blow!! I am really tired of them. I am
>going to see my Dr on Wed pm to talk about changing my meds. I am
>taking 30mg of MS Contin 2 x a day and Vicodin 10 mg 8-10 a day & I
>still have too much pain. The last 2 days I have been up and about &
>now I am paying for it with increased pain. Not that I really did
>anything, just standing for 5 mins causes more pain. Please keep me in
>your prayers & thoughts.
>love
>robin