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Originally Posted by Romakis
My insurance denied everything, citing "experimental and unnecessary". Minority of people on this site got reimbursed somewhat, somehow. A lot depends on your insurance, your paperwork and your art of persuasion, notes, doctors, bunch of factors. I would plan for the worst, meaning no help from your insurance.
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That ended up being my problem for sure--I had an ACDF two weeks ago because I couldn't get my insurance to approve the ADR, and I couldn't wait any longer for the appeals process. I went through a huge mourning process over the whole thing, and I'm still struggling with the longer recovery associated with the ACDF (still in a lot of pain), but many of my neurological symptoms have resolved, and I had a good surgeon. So I guess that's the upshot: find a good surgeon, do all the research you can, and just do whatever you have to to do keep as much function as you can!
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33-year-old female
C3/4 Disc bulge and bone spurs
C4/5 Disc protrusion
C5/6 Disc extrusion with cord compression, bone spurs due to uncovertebral arthropathy, right foraminal stenosis and bilateral nerve compression.
C6/7 disc protrusion
Lost appeals for ADR. C5-6 ACDF on 3/10/16
ACDF never fused, and ACDF accelerated damage of the other levels. Someone please kill me.
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