No Insurance - Need Help
From: Bonny (shopperbonny@aol.com)
Sat Aug 26 15:37:41 2006
Is there a state where I can get medical help through the State? I'm
going to Delaware to stay with my daughter in hopes of finding help.
I've had abdominal adhesions since a hysterectomy in 1998. They were
discovered in 2001 during a surgery to remove the ovary that was left
behind.
I need to have them removed again. I'm in great discomfort, sometimes
in serious pain. I can't lift anything over 5lbs and can't climb
flights of stairs without pain. I've started having some tingling in my
abdomen. My gastroenterologist says that my nerve endings are being
affected. Recently the tingling is going down my left leg and I can't
feel my foot when I step on it. The majority of my adhesions are on the
left side.
I lost my job a little over a year ago and couldn't afford to keep the
insurance with Cobra. I had a choice, roof over my head or health
insurance. Now I've lost everything and I'm staying with friends
temporarily - must be out of here by September 1.
I'm in Florida. If you are a single person without children you can't
get any medical help through the state. The County health departments
are set-up so that you have to be destitute (no money) to get help, but
have to have a valid address to get their aid. In other words, if
you're homeless, no help.
The laws for hospitals here are: They have to see you, but unless you
are in danger of dying, they don't have to treat you. I went to one at
the end of December, they did a cat scan and an xray and sent me on my
way. Now I have a $3,500.00 bill and got no help.
No surgeon or hospital will do the surgery unless I have $2,000 to
$3,000 up front to give to them.
I called the adhesion clinic, advertised here, at Celebration and asked
if they ever helped people in dire straits like I'm in. I was told no.
It should be a great place for those who have insurance, but the rest of
us won't get help there. Celebration is a Disney World created town.
Rich people live there. Its expensive.
If you live in a state that really helps people like me, please let me
know the state. I'll crawl there if I have to and sleep on the streets.
I really need surgery, so that I can go back to work full time and earn
a decent living. I have a part-time job now, but no insurance.
Thanks, in advance, for any info that you have.
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Bonny
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