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Originally Posted by ams0310
Do you ever feel like you have to wait for others to fit you in to their schedule and that your life is put on hold until they feel like they are ready to work on your case? I am getting so frustrated and I am so tired of waiting!
I had my SCS put in 9/09 but the leads moved a few weeks afterwards and have been waiting for a revision ever since. I gave the new insurance information (policy #, etc. ) to the gal at the drs. office in Dec 09 also and she still has done nothing with it!
I call frequently to check the status...nothing. I check with the insurance company as I have to do something as well so that I don't get penalized and yep, you guessed it, nothing. They have no record of a pre-determination being sent in from the drs office yet.
I call the drs office and leave messages & don't even get a call back. I guess if the drs office would at least return my calls with an excuse of some sort I could understand, but I hear nothing from them.
In the meantime, the RSD has spread, no surprise there, I have had to take more pain meds, and over all I am miserable. I consider myself lucky as my insurance company is pretty decent to work with & it is not workers comp. The hold up just seems to be the gal that can't seem to get down to my chart. urgh!!!!!
**Please don't think that I want her to place me before other patients, that is so not what I mean either**
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ams...I ma so sorry to have read your note... as we can see some Dr...... oh boy.. I'll tell ya.. and their help is not much better!!!
Can I relate..why sure!! Once I had my trial SCS unit the nuro surgeon put me on hold from April until .... I left him sopme time after...September..why ?? Cuz # 1... No unit for me so delay delay.. delay!! Thats all I heard ..then.. #2. My PM DR. read my MRI results that the Neuro surgeon requested to be done and were done 4 mos. earlier... I have a herinated disc in my back..nope .. I didn't know that either..why ??? cuz he did not read my scan!!! AND #3....He tryed putting the blame for the disc..twisitng his story and saying...RSD does not spread!!! Wheres my jacket..I am outta here... In the mean time all of this time spent needlessly.. he cost me the chance to ever walk again..... I called my PM and had another referral to another Neurosurgeon...my unit was in my body in less than 2 weeks later..... Can you tell it still gets me fired up 1 + yrs. later....???
I am so sorry again that you too are having bad treatment... Lean on them like there is no tomorrow!!!!
