Forum: Insurance Hell
02-01-2009, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 21,817
UHC Stinks!
Hi,
I have the NY State Health Insurance Plan for public employees. It's a hybrid plan of Blue Cross/Blue Shield for hospitalization and UHC for medical/surgical. They work together under what is...
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Forum: Insurance Hell
01-28-2009, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 17,473
Bcbs
BCBS isn't budging on ADR any time soon. "Nairek" was just turned down by BCBS of New York last week for a Charite. My surgeon in North Carolina says that he hasn't gotten approval yet for an ADR...
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Forum: The Big File
01-10-2009, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 6,992
Tough Decisions
Medicine is so subjective in many ways. Here's a compilation of my surgical consultations over the years for a DDD at L4/L5 as confirmed by a discogram.
#1 (New York) IDET failed (expensive roll...
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Forum: The Big File
01-10-2009, 04:32 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 32,387
Spare Parts
Good luck with the hip replacement. Let us know how it works out. I'm going for ADR next month in the Active-L trial. Unfortunately, my right hip has started to go bad, possibly as a result of my...
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Forum: The Big File
12-26-2008, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 23,524
Your Trials
I saw your messge yesterday. I really didn't know what to say after I read it. When bad things happen to good people, it really strains our beliefs in the way we view our world. Most of us want to be...
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Forum: The Big File
12-25-2008, 03:10 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 27,945
Options
I like the idea of contacting other ADR patients of a dr. I have to go to Charlotte on 01/02 to see my surgeon and I think I'll ask him to put me in touch with some of his Charite patients. I would...
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Forum: The Big File
12-23-2008, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 27,945
Living with back pain
Hi,
I live in Henderson County, NC and have been putting up with back pain from DDD at L4/L5 for over 10 years. Like you, I've tried an failed every conservative treatment, some more than once.
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Forum: New Member Introductions
12-18-2008, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 21,488
From ADR to Fusion
I ran across this thread while looking at the possibility of enrolling in the Active-L trial where the control group would be Charite disc. I consulted a local surgeon who was really negative about...
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