Thank you for sending out a HELP for Bobbi, I have also been very concerned but did not know how to help her. I have 13 years of medical billing experience in which I took care of referrals, pre-certs and various other jobs. If I can help in any way, please let me know. I live in the Dallas, TX area but since she has no insurance maybe she can get Medicaid.
Again, thank you for trying to help, Lynn
>Hi, my name is Karen Carter. I am also an ARD Sufferer and my story is
>on the quilt. Recently I have been corresponding with another one of our
>ARD Friends on the board, I am very concerned about her. Her name is
>Bobbi,
>some of you may know her by the name "Sugarbear110263." She lives in
>Arkansas.
>She is in much pain and has no insurance at the moment. She
>unfortunately missed
>an important doctor appointment that was over 200 miles from her home
>today.
>They told her that the next available appointment for her wouldn't be
>until Feb. 2003. That is so hard to believe.
>
>I am wondering if there is someone in the Arkansas area that also
>suffers from
>Adhesions that is a Patient Advocate in that area that may be willing to
>get her some help. She has gone to ER after ER and they flat out refuse
>to help her.
>I know when I needed help her in the Mid-Atlantic Region, my Patient
>Advocate was Helen Chalmers, and she put me in touch with Pain
>Management here locally and got me the help I needed within two weeks
>time. She even went as far as calling my doctor and getting the
>referral that I was flat refused by. I am wondering if there is someone
>with similar experience could guide Bobbi in the right direction. I am
>afraid for her. She says she knows without the help she fears she will
>die from Adhesion Related Disease. I don't want that to happen. I fear
>for her!
>
>I am pleading for another sufferer that may read this and know of her
>situation or that lives within reasonable driving distance to her can
>help steer her in the right direction and get her the proper pain
>management and doctor referral.
>Thank you all for listening to me. Just another friend who suffered
>from ARD willing to do my best to see that another ARD Sufferer can have
>some pain relief.
>
>In Health and Prayer,
>Karen Carter
-- A new friend