Did you ever send your films to Dr. B in Germany for a consult? He is great and did my surgery and as you can see I had 2 ADR's along with a fusion in between.
I have now received payment from my insurance company after one year of appeals. They did in fact pay for all of the fusion, actually everything but the discs themselves.
I had Dr. B invoice me on four different invoices, one for his fee, one for the hospital, one for the fusion hardware and last for the discs themselves. Again after appealing Cigna for a one year they paid all three invoices. It was not an easy fight but worth it. The surgery cost approximately $40K and they paid about $27K, which is much better than nothing.
I feel great, I do have upper left thigh nerve pain but that does not stop me from doing anything. I take neurontin and tramdol daily to calm the nerves but I would take this nerve pain for the rest of my life versus the pain I had prior to surgery.
If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me.
Judy
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Surgery Vienna by Dr. Bertagnoli Oct. 16, 2004
ADR L3/4
Fusion L4/5
ADR L5/S1
Diagnosed with Arachnoiditis 11/06
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