Grumpy, the 8 hour flight (not to mention just the flight it might take if you have to fly first to say, New York,to get on the international flight) to Germany is no picnic, that's for sure. A number of folks have opted to bite the bullet and travel either business or first class, which makes all the difference in the world, when you're wracked in pain. My husband's company did one thing right by generously purchasing my roundtrip first class ticket. I hope I was grateful enough...I confess, I was still brewing over their denial to cover my surgery. In the end, they offered to pay half, which after taxes taken out (they issued it like a paycheck) it ended up being about 1/3 of all of our out of pocket expenses, but hey, "don't look a gift horse in the mouth," as they say, eh?
Hang in there, and we are here for you.
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CindyLou
bicycle accident 6/19/01
2 compression fractures, T12, L1;
vertibroplasty @ above levels, 9/15/01
4/06 hip labral tear repair
4/07 Lumbar ProDisc replacement by Dr. B., 3 levels; L3-6
7/2/08 ALIF of L6-S1
7/30/08 Removed bone cement.
8/7/08 Diagnosed with pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, pleurisy, pleural effusion.
3/10/09 right SI Joint Fusion; seeing light at end of tunnel, for first time in 8 years!!
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