Guest guest Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 For those of you not yet diagnosed with fibro but think they may have it, my advice is to NOT tell your doctor. Since the best way to treat fibro is through diet, exercise and supplementation, a diagnosis will not help you, in fact it could hurt you. I was diagnosed with fibro over 10 years ago and have been symptom free for close to 6 years. To this day, I cannot find any health insurance carrier that will cover me except for the high risk pool in my state. My medical insurance is more costly than my entire family’s. Fibro is considered to be like cancer in determining coverage, because there is no known cure. A diagnosis of fibro will follow you. Kenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 That is soooooo true . . . Some years ago, someone showed up at work offering disablity policies (I was contracting) . . They couldn't get out of there fast enough when I told them I had FM. Rogene --- Kenda Skaggs <kdskaggs@...> wrote: > For those of you not yet diagnosed with fibro but > think they may have it, my > advice is to NOT tell your doctor. Since the best > way to treat fibro is > through diet, exercise and supplementation, a > diagnosis will not help you, > in fact it could hurt you. I was diagnosed with > fibro over 10 years ago and > have been symptom free for close to 6 years. To > this day, I cannot find any > health insurance carrier that will cover me except > for the high risk pool in > my state. My medical insurance is more costly than > my entire family¹s. > Fibro is considered to be like cancer in determining > coverage, because there > is no known cure. A diagnosis of fibro will follow > you. > > Kenda > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 Kenda I agree totally. I had it in my health records that I was diagnosed with fms and when my husband died and I tried to get private insurance I was turned down. I ended up having to keep COBRA where my husband worked and it was very expensive. Just as it was about to expire (3 years) I remarried and am now covered under my husband's policy. You are right on. There is no conventional treatment and being diagnosed will only hurt you. If the doctor is trying to find out what is wrong with you and throws out a fms diagnosis, insist he doesn't write it down in your charts as it is hard to prove anyway. hugs kathy --- In , Kenda Skaggs <kdskaggs@c...> wrote: > For those of you not yet diagnosed with fibro but think they may have it, my > advice is to NOT tell your doctor. Since the best way to treat fibro is > through diet, exercise and supplementation, a diagnosis will not help you, > in fact it could hurt you. I was diagnosed with fibro over 10 years ago and > have been symptom free for close to 6 years. To this day, I cannot find any > health insurance carrier that will cover me except for the high risk pool in > my state. My medical insurance is more costly than my entire family¹s. > Fibro is considered to be like cancer in determining coverage, because there > is no known cure. A diagnosis of fibro will follow you. > > Kenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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