How to pay for expensive surgery? Health insurance?
09-20-2007, 01:29 AM
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Re: How to pay for expensive surgery? Health insurance?
Originally Posted by absolutezroo
I agree with JD about working with the docs. On the other hand. Is the hernia in the same place? You could have re-injured the existing one. They never really heal completely especially if they just stich em back up and don't do the metal gauze thing.
09-20-2007, 04:56 AM
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Re: How to pay for expensive surgery? Health insurance?
don`t they "sew" a fiber net across the opening? how could the same side went bad again..
FYI i`ve read that lot of times while they have u opened up they will usually fix the other side too as a precauction.
FYI i`ve read that lot of times while they have u opened up they will usually fix the other side too as a precauction.
09-20-2007, 08:48 AM
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Re: How to pay for expensive surgery? Health insurance?
Originally Posted by Donald125
don`t they "sew" a fiber net across the opening? how could the same side went bad again..
FYI i`ve read that lot of times while they have u opened up they will usually fix the other side too as a precauction.
FYI i`ve read that lot of times while they have u opened up they will usually fix the other side too as a precauction.
However he did say it would take something equivalent to a head on car accident for it to be re-injured. I figured just going in and having him check me for anymore hernias would be a good starting point and if he does find something on the same side perhaps he'll be inclined to fix it thinking it's his fault.
On another note I've heard there's a lot of ongoing lawsuits with a company that makes "mesh" just like what they used to fix mine and people are getting substantial settlements because it's failing or not safe or something. I haven't been able to find anything about it on the internet though, perhaps buk or one of our other news fiends could find something.
09-20-2007, 09:33 AM
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Re: How to pay for expensive surgery? Health insurance?
Originally Posted by bitchasscracker
$10k for hemroids ---- are you kidding me i can do it for 1,000 in my living room. you might want to bring a jug of wiskey
09-20-2007, 09:40 AM
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Re: How to pay for expensive surgery? Health insurance?
Originally Posted by n1ghtm0nkey
Alright so basically I just had surgery back in April for a hernia that I got while working. It was supposedly covered by worker's comp, but I've already gotten a letter or two from different doctors I saw because of the whole thing.
Here's the punch line, I quit working for that company a month after I recovered from the surgery. I sat around all summer and didn't do ----, went back to work for the same company yesterday and as soon as I started lifting things there was a lot of pain, I could tell that I already had another hernia.
The twist is that I know it didn't come from work, so I can't place the blame there again. I also currently have NO health insurance, and according to the public aid office I'm not eligible for public aid either since I'm not disabled....but if I can't work doesn't that mean I'm disabled?
So what should I do, pay $50-70 a month for health insurance? See if the hospital will give me some kind of payment plan? I'm poor as ---- right now so $50-70 is a lot on top of my other bills but so is $10,000 if I have to pay for the whole thing.
In this case blaming it on the company is NOT an option.
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Here's the punch line, I quit working for that company a month after I recovered from the surgery. I sat around all summer and didn't do ----, went back to work for the same company yesterday and as soon as I started lifting things there was a lot of pain, I could tell that I already had another hernia.
The twist is that I know it didn't come from work, so I can't place the blame there again. I also currently have NO health insurance, and according to the public aid office I'm not eligible for public aid either since I'm not disabled....but if I can't work doesn't that mean I'm disabled?
So what should I do, pay $50-70 a month for health insurance? See if the hospital will give me some kind of payment plan? I'm poor as ---- right now so $50-70 is a lot on top of my other bills but so is $10,000 if I have to pay for the whole thing.
In this case blaming it on the company is NOT an option.
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09-20-2007, 10:04 AM
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Re: How to pay for expensive surgery? Health insurance?
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Anyway, you may be a dirty cracker racist, but nobody here wishes you any harm. Hope things work out well for you, little buddy.
Originally Posted by Tough-guy
On a serious note that there is some bu'----. When I worked for UPS I got hurt and all I had to show for it was some time off and a "---- you". Hope you get better. They don't pay us enough to get injured on the job. Might wanna think about a career change. Hey there's always ****.
09-20-2007, 11:03 AM
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Re: How to pay for expensive surgery? Health insurance?
Originally Posted by n1ghtm0nkey
I've got a nice big scar right above my dick thanks to all of this, so I don't think I'd find any work in **** either.
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