Guest guest Posted July 1, 2001 Report Share Posted July 1, 2001 yes, my doctors told me that. No flying. But it was after I had my endoscopy and they saw the condition of my blood veins, and their weaken state. I flew anyway, but I knew that I was taking a chance. A lot depends on your blood pressure, and your pulse rate. I've also had a heart catherization procedure, and everything is fine, so I knew that I was at low risk. You just have to know that your body is functioning OK, except for your liver and your spleen. If you have an HMO, and are going through the screening process, your only cost is your deductible. If you have some other program, then it's going to cost you an arm and a leg. I figure that my retail bill for medical is over $ 200,000 for the past two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2001 Report Share Posted July 1, 2001 I had close to a half dozen endo/scohler in a 6 month period. Never told not to fly, never asked. Read I shouldn't travel more then 30 mins away from a major med facility. I asked and mr Gastro said " GO...LIVE YOUR LIFE " you can't wait for a bleed. Two weeks later later I had the bleed that got me the TIPS. I saw my hospital bills, I'm on an HMO. Each end/scholer was costing me 75.00 out pt and the total cost of the procedure was about 6,000, so although as difficult as it was coughing up the copay when my disability hadn't kicked in yet hurt. I went to admin and asked them to set me up for a bill playing plan which is something they don't do with copays. We reminded them that I could wait and bleed out and go to the ER, thus costing the HMO more money and I would have only a 50.00 copay and I wouldn't even have to pay that up front as ER's can't turn you away when you need emergency care. They bought our reasoning and I got by on budget payments, the deal had to go through to the VP's desk though and it took about 30 days. My job Monday and Tuesday takes me out of town and into a higher elevation. I learned Friday late in the day that I may or may not have a blockage, occlusion, stenosis or narrowing of the TIPS. I need some dye injected by a radiologist to know for sure. I leave for my trips very early both days and return late, thus leaving me helpless to call my MD or anyone. My cell phone won't reach that far out of the city. I can just hope and pray at this point that I don't bleed out, and leave my students stranded without a driver or much worse, traumatized by seeing their teacher hurl blood. Wish me luck! Jen On Sun, 01 Jul 2001 20:26:37 -0000, wrote: > yes, my doctors told me that. No flying. > > But it was after I had my endoscopy and they saw the condition of my > blood veins, and their weaken state. > > I flew anyway, but I knew that I was taking a chance. A lot depends > on your blood pressure, and your pulse rate. > > I've also had a heart catherization procedure, and everything is > fine, so I knew that I was at low risk. > > You just have to know that your body is functioning OK, except for > your liver and your spleen. > > If you have an HMO, and are going through the screening process, your > only cost is your deductible. If you have some other program, then > it's going to cost you an arm and a leg. I figure that my retail > bill for medical is over $ 200,000 for the past two years. > _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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