That's the rub-- insurance would have paid for
it--- if the physician(s) prescribed it-- if
there were a history/protocol for a course of
treatment.
EG Stroke patients got more therapy than i did--
I had the equivalent of a spinal stroke.
IF;
You could pay for it all!
Dalton Garis
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From: Akua [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 9:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [TMIC] What's in a name (Diagnosis)
Here in the U.S., if I had MS, i would have had
REAL help: therapy, infrastructure, assistance,
a drug course, transportation, LOTS AND LOTS of
things that I did not get and do not have.
As soon as they deteremined that what I had was
NOT MS -- this was at Strong Hospital--
A whole level of attention and assistance was
dropped like a hot potato. They didn't know
about TM but they knew about MS. So basically
nothing happened for me. I was warehoused for
months
and fought for every little bit that was done,
which in retrospect was shockingly little eg. no
water therapy, very little exercise, my leg
machines discontinued....
So diagnosis is critical to treatment in my experience.
Akua
Hi Dalton,
I don't disagree with what you are saying,
however it depends upon how far down the line
you are. I think we all need that diagnosis, we
need to know what has gone wrong, we need a
label. It takes a long time to accept what's
done is done···when we have got there you're
right, the label/diagnosis becomes irrelevant.
Until we get there , well there's some comfort
in a label . After all, without that label
/diagnosis none of us would be here sharing
our experiences on the web.
Steve (one of 300 of the population of the uk
diagnosed in a year, we are a rare breed my gp
has never seen a tm before)
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