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As most know I'm going through a very tuff battle between a life of pain or the last breath. It's really hard to fight the pain and the drugs, I'm a no drugs guy forced to take the things I hate. It's been just a week and a day since the ganglion impur blocks in L1- L4 vertebra . It's starting to help I think the spasms are less and the stabbing cutting tearing feeling is better. Of course I'm still on 8 mg of morphine and fentanyl patches.
So I had to Ck in the Jefferson my chart ,,, shouldn't have ,,, I'm hit with the cost of the one day in operation to remove the interstim stimulator . The cost just for that day $$$50,000.00 plus a few hundred more. The last round of blocks is another $7,000.00 , if I had the anesthesia it would have been over $10.000.00 at first I was sorry I didn't take it but for $3,k ill take those stabs and burns with the local.
My beef with it all is how can it be that much money. Where do the people like me get that kind of money. I'm getting billed and owe over a $1,k for my part of Medicare . And I'm not eligible for the extra insurance for the gap . I couldn't afford it anyway , my income $1,111.00 per month barely pays the bills taxes and insurances cost me $9k per year leaving $4k for essentials electric , water, HEAT, propane, food can't live without items. We don't even go out to eat on our anniversary . We use to both go on that day but not for years now. So she cooks our lobster tails and baked potato dinner. That's our only splurge in a year.
It's I just don't see how they can justify billing amounts that high for one night not even a full 24 hours . I was pushed out on the street at 9:30 pm in Philadelphia waiting to be picked up by my daughter . I mean they refused to take me in my wheelchair in there van to my house . They offered to use there wheelchair and charge me twice for the trip one for me and one for my wheelchair. Owe it was $560. To take me 15miles .
They couldn't help but they sure expect Hugh amounts of payment .
No wonder vets live in boxes on the street our system is always about money not helping others . Isn't it there creed to do no harm , how much harm do bills like this cause??? I'm surprised I don't have ulcers or heart trouble . But it's coming I'd bet stress will get me. Thanks for a place to vent , sorry it's all about me , but it affects many of my family too. God I never deserved this life , I kept straight never did stupid stunts just worked and lived right. If this isn't right you can delete it , I think it helped just typing it out .
So I had to Ck in the Jefferson my chart ,,, shouldn't have ,,, I'm hit with the cost of the one day in operation to remove the interstim stimulator . The cost just for that day $$$50,000.00 plus a few hundred more. The last round of blocks is another $7,000.00 , if I had the anesthesia it would have been over $10.000.00 at first I was sorry I didn't take it but for $3,k ill take those stabs and burns with the local.
My beef with it all is how can it be that much money. Where do the people like me get that kind of money. I'm getting billed and owe over a $1,k for my part of Medicare . And I'm not eligible for the extra insurance for the gap . I couldn't afford it anyway , my income $1,111.00 per month barely pays the bills taxes and insurances cost me $9k per year leaving $4k for essentials electric , water, HEAT, propane, food can't live without items. We don't even go out to eat on our anniversary . We use to both go on that day but not for years now. So she cooks our lobster tails and baked potato dinner. That's our only splurge in a year.
It's I just don't see how they can justify billing amounts that high for one night not even a full 24 hours . I was pushed out on the street at 9:30 pm in Philadelphia waiting to be picked up by my daughter . I mean they refused to take me in my wheelchair in there van to my house . They offered to use there wheelchair and charge me twice for the trip one for me and one for my wheelchair. Owe it was $560. To take me 15miles .
They couldn't help but they sure expect Hugh amounts of payment .
No wonder vets live in boxes on the street our system is always about money not helping others . Isn't it there creed to do no harm , how much harm do bills like this cause??? I'm surprised I don't have ulcers or heart trouble . But it's coming I'd bet stress will get me. Thanks for a place to vent , sorry it's all about me , but it affects many of my family too. God I never deserved this life , I kept straight never did stupid stunts just worked and lived right. If this isn't right you can delete it , I think it helped just typing it out .