Good news! I was told yesterday afternoon that Aetna had reversed ActiveHealth's decisions to deny the surgery. Basically ActiveHealth was NOT following Aetna's guidelines even though they are owned by Aetna. It's taken almost 4 months but at least it went my way.
Now if the FDA would just approve the Bryan disc. Little birdie told me that approval is probably coming within the next month.....
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DDD C5/6. Incorrectly diagnosed as tension headaches in September 1997.
Nearly continuous headache since.
Began having pain in wrists in 2000, believed it was onset of carpal tunnel.
In 2005 pain began getting worse.
Diagnosed as DDD in July 2007.
Surgery recommended after 6weeks of PT made the pain worse.
ADR scheduled for Jan 26, 2009. Rescheduled for August 5!
Bryan disc finally FDA approved, and just in time too.
Neck was all jacked up and had to be fused unfortunately.
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