At Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Jaynie Jarvis wrote:
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>At Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Robin wrote:
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>>Dear All
>>I talked to my insurance co today & they denied my trip to Germany
>>because the spray gel is not FDA approved. They said if it was
>>eventually approved & the reports said anything about the gel being
>>used, they would not pay for it. I have a letter in to Dr Korell to see
>>if he would do surgery without the gel or maybe with another type of
>>barrier. The ins. lady said surgery causes more adhesions & I told her
>>they just paid for me to be opened up, with a dr that knew about
>>adhesions, so why wouldnt they send me to a specialist? I think it is
>>just because it is in Germany. She told me there were specialist
>>locally I could go to, I told her to send me the names of them & I would
>>go to see them. I already have 3 drs that won't do surgery for me (I
>>would turn them down anyway) but that gives me even more proof that I
>>need a specialist. Insurance Co blow!! I am really tired of them. I am
>>going to see my Dr on Wed pm to talk about changing my meds. I am
>>taking 30mg of MS Contin 2 x a day and Vicodin 10 mg 8-10 a day & I
>>still have too much pain. The last 2 days I have been up and about &
>>now I am paying for it with increased pain. Not that I really did
>>anything, just standing for 5 mins causes more pain. Please keep me in
>>your prayers & thoughts.
>>love
>>robin
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>Hey, Robin sorry about the insurance co. I got alarmed when I saw how
>much vicoden you are taking. Do you know that Vicoden has tons of
>tylenol in it ? I asked for meds without all the tylenol because I was
>worried about my liver and other body parts. 8-10 a day is 750 mg. of
>tylenol for each pill!! I believe that is alot of tylenol in one day.
>750mg x 10 is 7500 mgs. of tyenol a day. Way to much honey ! I am no
>doctor but I think that is dangerous. Anyone else think so ? I take
>OXYCODONE 5mg x 2,3 or 4 times a day, plus methadone 10 mg at 3 oclock
>and 9. No tylenol. I use to take MS contin and it made me tired
>sometimes. Methadone does not. Good luck, lots of love from Jaynie