Guest guest Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Why would Insurance not cover such a thing, do you know? When we hear that from any doctor, we just call our insurance company ourselves. My husband had his gall bladder removed in Sept. and he seems so much better physically though I suspect he has thryoid issues. I remember when I had my gall bladder out, my doc waited for ever to do the surgery. Every time I would see him, he'd say.. okay come back in 2 months... 3 months.. etc. Well, my health was slipping and I was slowly having to leave my job and losing more and more things. I told him one day, I said look... How much will this surgery cost? Around $7000, okay.. I'll tell you what.. you do the surgery because I'm losing my life here and I'll pay you out of pocket the whole thing, plus a tip. He said, well, it's not that simple.. I said, why not? lol It is MY body and MY life. Well, insurance may not cover it. I need to make sure they cover it. My response then was.... look, I can't work, I can't do anything anymore, my quality of life is crap.. my gall bladder NEEDS to come out... I know my body, I know it's telling me something's wrong. Do you want to be the person who doesn't listen?? You see... the whole time I was having trouble, my gall bladder was showing up fine in all of the tests. Well, when he finally said 'okay, let's do it' I looked on my report after and found that if they'd waited any longer, it could have ruptured because it was red and inflammed and a bit over normal size. Of course, now I wonder how much of that was related to the crappy allergy laden food LOL. But my point is... you know your body better than anyone else. Make sure this is what you want and if it is, go through with a doc who will do it for you. Not just only that, but one who will do it right. Good luck, ----- Original Message ----- To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 They had problems with covering it because eventhough we all knew what was wrong, there was no physical 'proof' in any of the tests. Occasionally that happens but man it sucks when it does LOL. How is your husband now? What thyroid problems is he having?? Re: gall bladders Why would Insurance not cover such a thing, do you know?When we hear that from any doctor, we just call our insurance company ourselves.My husband had his gall bladder removed in Sept. and he seems so much better physically though I suspect he has thryoid issues.On 12/12/06 11:04 AM, " Teague" <medstudent2be (AT) highstream (DOT) net> wrote: I remember when I had my gall bladder out, my doc waited for ever to do the surgery. Every time I would see him, he'd say.. okay come back in 2 months... 3 months.. etc. Well, my health was slipping and I was slowly having to leave my job and losing more and more things. I told him one day, I said look... How much will this surgery cost? Around $7000, okay.. I'll tell you what.. you do the surgery because I'm losing my life here and I'll pay you out of pocket the whole thing, plus a tip. He said, well, it's not that simple.. I said, why not? lol It is MY body and MY life. Well, insurance may not cover it. I need to make sure they cover it. My response then was.... look, I can't work, I can't do anything anymore, my quality of life is crap.. my gall bladder NEEDS to come out... I know my body, I know it's telling me something's wrong. Do you want to be the person who doesn't listen??You see... the whole time I was having trouble, my gall bladder was showing up fine in all of the tests. Well, when he finally said 'okay, let's do it' I looked on my report after and found that if they'd waited any longer, it could have ruptured because it was red and inflammed and a bit over normal size. Of course, now I wonder how much of that was related to the crappy allergy laden food LOL. But my point is... you know your body better than anyone else. Make sure this is what you want and if it is, go through with a doc who will do it for you. Not just only that, but one who will do it right.Good luck, ----- Original Message ----- From: J. McCormick <mailto:mccormicklj (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> To: The_Thyroid_Support_Group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 He seems fine without his gallbladder but he is sluggish/hypo brain/forgetful. The doctor only ran TSH..... I tell him to go ask for the frees but he doesn’t seem to want to “push them.” Me, I am a pusher sue They had problems with covering it because eventhough we all knew what was wrong, there was no physical 'proof' in any of the tests. Occasionally that happens but man it sucks when it does LOL. How is your husband now? What thyroid problems is he having?? ----- Original Message ----- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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