Looks like I'm going to have to go under the knife(again).

bradford said:
"If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan."

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NOT FUNNY!

The part that is getting me is my 2nd trip for the rash is going to end up costing me almost $650. $650 for what the surgeons assistant said was unnecesary. I should have been sent home, told to take benadryl, and a shower(her words exactly). Yet the hospital kept me overnight and pumped me full of crap so they could run up a bill. That's the part that is pissing me off. I haven't worked in months now, money is tight, and now I have to shell out an extra $650 for something I shouldn't have even been admitted for.
 
bradford said:
Wasn't intending to be funny at all Ferm. The whole ball of wax is BS.

I feel for you and your family.
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No problem, I knew what you meant by it. I was just pointing out the liar in chief's statement AINT FUNNY! one bit about how we could keep our plans. If we still had the plan from 3 years ago like my wife had this would have been a $500 copay, and if we had the plan from 08(bo-AKA before obama), it would have been $250 and we would be paying 1/3rd every month for insurance as we are now. This whole situation just sucks, thanks commander and thief for the UNaffordable care act.
 
Ferm, you "might" want to talk to the hospital, and hint that a lawsuit for a misdiagnosis might be in the offing unless they drop that bill for the $650. When my mom was in the hospital, and died as a result of their misdiagnosis, we got a bill for over $240,000 from them. Insurance paid most of it, but there were still several thousands of dollars that we (her family) were supposed to pay. I spoke to their billing dept, explained the situation and let drop the fact that we were thinking of instituting a lawsuit. Suddenly they got real co-operative, told us to not worry about the money and they hoped that we were happy with the care my mom received.

My point is that they just might back off if you let it be known how truly f**ked up their "care" was, and how pissed off you are about it. Hey, you never know...
 
Hard to put a price tag on feling good.

It is crazy how you can get buried in the numbers, Fa$T
Bright side is you don't have to pay for 100% of all the cost or the screwups for that matter, just a portion. The fact is, BO or After, The average surgical procedure with a hospital stay will fully test the finances of the average family. That part hasn't changed, if anything it may be worse AO depending on how you got shuffled..Because Nothing was done to control the costs.. The only thing that really changed is who pays what share.. I could go on forever..

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
As others have pointed out.. With any luck you will get to feeling better whereas before you couldn't do much for the pain.
 
I'm definately calling the hospital tommorrow because I was admitted on a wound re eval, but that isn't how they billed it. I'm probably going to call the attorney that handled my lawsuit from the wreck that caused all of this and see if maybe he could make a phone call for me and take care of this. He helped me out like this on another matter before, so maybe he will do it again. It's hard to find GOOD attorneys who actually help you out, and he went above and beyond as well as waved alot of fees from my case before.
 
Just got back from the Dr today, and he said all is healing properly and looks good. But I have 2 more months of walking only restriction on it.
 
Figured I would update this thread as well. My hip never went back to like it was before I tore it up before I had surgery. It had gotten better until my cardiologist put me on a new med to get my BP down, but the new med has a water pill in it which causes dehydration and that causes joint problems. So for the last few months it has been bothering me quite a bit, then last Tuesday I took my son to the park to play, and I had to grab him to keep him from falling off the walkway and into a concrete lined ditch. In doing so something in my hip popped LOUDLY, and I'm about 99% certain I tore something in it again. I can't get back to the ortho doc until June 8th, so I have to tough it out until then. Not looking forward to being possibly laid up while I have a newborn. So when it rains, it pours. Right now percocet and soma are getting me by until I can get back into the docs, and my stomach is already telling me no more(I've got ulcers and a hole in it from taking so many pills in the past because of all of my problems from my wreck in 2001).
 
Seen the doc today, and now I'm waiting on approva from my insurance for the special MRI he ordered. He said something about he thinks the gap in my hip has closed up, and is pretty sure something is torn in it as I have ALOT of swelling in my groin area right now. So the waiting game for my insurance, then to get into get an MRI is on. Will probably be July before I have it done as my copay right now is $350, but July 1st my plan changes and will cost me $200 to have it done.
 
Maybe the swelling in the groin area has something to do with Mrs. Ferm having those kids? J/K!!

Hope things go good for you Ferm. Insurance sucks, but I guess not as bad as no insurance.

Picked up a 1995 150 hp Johnson Ocean Runner I've thought about bringing to you to work your magic.
 
Well my worst fear was confirmed today. Theres no explanation for why my hip is hurting so bad. He said I have alot of scar tissue in it surrounding the joint, and the images showed some thinning of the cartilage in the joint, but no real explanation for why I'm in so much pain, the joint popping, or why I'm getting so many spasms. So now I get to start steroids, cortizone injections, and a topical pain cream to try and get the swelling down, and see if it can get back to tolerable at least. I was actually hoping the MRI would show a tear or something they could easily fix, but no such luck. I knew the day would come when my youth would catch up to me, and it looks liek that time has come. if they can't help me soon, I'll be back on crutches again fro mthe looks of it. Theres not much they can do for me with pain management with my stomach problems, so it's just sort of hope for the best now.Well my worst fear was confirmed today. Theres no explanation for why my hip is hurting so bad. He said I have alot of scar tissue in it surrounding the joint, and the images showed some thinning of the cartilage in the joint, but no real explanation for why I'm in so much pain, the joint popping, or why I'm getting so many spasms. So now I get to start steroids, cortizone injections, and a topical pain cream to try and get the swelling down, and see if it can get back to tolerable at least. I was actually hoping the MRI would show a tear or something they could easily fix, but no such luck. I knew the day would come when my youth would catch up to me, and it looks liek that time has come. if they can't help me soon, I'll be back on crutches again fro mthe looks of it. Theres not much they can do for me with pain management with my stomach problems, so it's just sort of hope for the best now.
 
bradford said:
Hate hearing that Ferm, especially now with you and the missus having all the youngins.
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My wife said something today about possibly having to put our oldest in day care because even on days I don't do anything I'm in tears come bedtime. Started my steroids today, and forgot how horrible they taste, and how much they upset my stomach. Been breathing fire and acid all day long.
 
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