You should apply for medicare and see what happens;you should get it. I applied while still in rehab for ss disability and medicare.The physiatrist was well versed in how to word the form and I got approved on the 1st try for both. I elected to go with a medicare HMO from the beginning,and started out with Blue Cross/Blue Shield. I changed to Health New England starting in 2010 because BCBS raised their premiums so high. I now pay $142 a month and that includes the best drug plan available. I get one blood pressure med from Canada,because it's not generic in this country yet,and the cost makes me reach the "donut hole" in October. Don't wait;apply for medicare now. Good luck. Cheryl
--- On Tue, 4/26/11, john snodgrass <[email protected]> wrote: From: john snodgrass <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] revisiting an old issue To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 3:05 PM thats what social security told me. beats me. --- On Tue, 4/26/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] revisiting an old issue To: "john snodgrass" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 2:47 PM Why do you have to wait 2 years to go on medicare? I've been on it since I got tm at age 49. --- On Tue, 4/26/11, john snodgrass <[email protected]> wrote: From: john snodgrass <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] revisiting an old issue To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 2:04 PM i was covered with insurance from my job for 6 months from my last work date. may 5th makes 6 months. I'm going to have to wing it for 2 years, then I will be elligable for medicare. I suppose the only place we can find fair is in the dictionary. --- On Tue, 4/26/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] revisiting an old issue To: "john snodgrass" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 1:48 PM John, I don't have the thrumming,just the burning pain;it is always there,and has been since onset of tm. It is mainly on my lower legs and feet.That and the tight "banding" around my trunk drive me crazy. Since the 11th,I've spent a lot of time in the radiology dept. and dr's offices. On the 11th I had my yearly mammogram,requiring standing for a while,the 13th had a tooth out,requiring lying back in one of those chairs,more views again on the mammogram on the 18th,a visit with a surgeon about getting a biopsy done on the 21st,and another dr visit on the 25th. All these have caused me to have a lot of spasms in my back and awfully painful burning and weakness in my legs. Why are you losing your insurance in May? Cheryl in warm (70!) Easthampton,MA --- On Tue, 4/26/11, john snodgrass <[email protected]> wrote: From: john snodgrass <[email protected]> Subject: [TMIC] revisiting an old issue To: "transverse myelitis" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 7:11 AM I remember hearing the concern of thrumming in the legs. You know,,like the sound that a power transformer makes except it's a feeling,a buzzing or even sometimes like energy going up and down your leg or legs. I gert this a lot and when it is real bad it is from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. sometimes it even feels like something poking at the bottom of my feet from the inside trying to get out. perhaps i could harness it and drive a car with it! I am taking the maximum dosage of baclofen and neurontin and was wondering if anyone ever ran across something to either slow this part down or even stop it. sometimes it will last all day and can go from irritating to depressing. most of the time when this does stop that's when the burning begins. this on top of the wast banding and pain can drive me to thinking thoughts that are not normal for me. thoughts like,,perhaps i should find some marijuana and smoke it or perhaps i should drink enough to pass out or maybe i should punch someone and they will knock me out! my Doc's know about it but have no answer. losing insurance on may 5th.
