Re: [RSD-CRPS) CHrissy reply from JoAnn

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Hello Chrissy, this is JoAnn, s Momma and not sure if we have written each other before or not. Know should know this but been sick so long and few other things that sort of having hard time focusing on anything. Wanted to tell you that a teaching Hospital is to me, a good idea. I took my children when young to teaching hospitals and were so much easier in my ability to pay so much a month, and did not refuse or deny any treatments.

I don't understand why doctors do not take the insurance you have though. Do you know what it is that makes them not want a patient with type of insurance you have? Just makes no sense and here you are left in so much pain and know it must be a great deal of pain daily for you.

I am so sorry Chrissy. Pray your Lawyer will get you a great doctor soon and that Pam you get one fast also. Just never would of known or believed doctors and hospitals could be so callous when a patient is in great need of help.

Please keep us posted on how your doing and again hope a teaching hospital or a doctor you may phone, will come and help you and Pam also.

Take care Chrissy, wish I had something to make things better for you.

Hugs

JoAnn

s Momma

Re: Back to square one-Rotten doctors!!

HI CHRISSY----------------------------------------------------Well you are right some of the doctors in new york wont give pain meds or even want to treat you because of no insurance or having medicade...right now my medicade is pending but i cant get blocks either ...then i just found out my regular doctor wont take medicade so its like a crazy circle.....i dont know how much blocks are for sure but i think they run from 1,500 to a lot more depending on the type but thats just my estimation ....i hope your day is better soft hugs PAMChrissy wrote:

Hi Everyone,

Well I thought I FINALLY found a good pain doctor until my visit yesterday. He checked out the films for both my hand x-rays and the bone scan I had done and then proceeds to tell me that he doesn't think I have RSD because my bones aren't deteriorating in my hand and arm. Then he asked me if I found a doctor to do the nerve blocks and when I told him no because no-one will accept Medicaid, his WHOLE tune changed and he said that there's nothing he can do for me and BAM! end of visit. Then he told me I have to go to a teaching hospital for the blocks and I asked him about something for pain in the interim until I can get the blocks and he wouldn't even give me anything for pain...so to everyone who lives in NY, DON'T go to Dr Perri..he obviously knows NOTHING about RSD and he won't treat you if you have "welfare insurance". And you better believe it when I tell you after I got home I called my lawyer about this guy..poor Joe asked how the visit went and he wasn't ready for what I told him and he got PISSED about it, told me not to worry that they ARE going to get me in with someone who'll treat me regardless of the Medicaid and he also told me to never go to Perri again..Does anyone know how much those nerve blocks cost? I think it may come down to my lawyer having to front out the money for them and giving the judge another thing to ponder which is, I cannot get treatment for my NON-EXISTENT RSD (sorry, can't help being a bit arrogant about that). I am on SSD and SSI, I'm on NYS Medicaid which NO private doctor who does the blocks will accept as insurance. And just maybe this is a good thing in disguise?? Like the fact that now I can't get treatment, the judge might award me a high amount so I can get the blocks and treatment? I'm only guessing on that but it's a nice thought to guess about. So if anyone knows about how much those blocks cost, can you let me know? Then I can tell my lawyer about it and take it from there...And thank you for letting me vent about getting tossed back to square one in my treatment process..

Gentle Hugs,

~Chrissy~