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Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 624 | Deboah --
My husband has Medicare, they pay for TheraBite with doctor, dentist or therapist filling in the "medical need" form (which Atos sends you). His ENT filled it in, citing his HNC, radiation therapy and probable trismus as a result. His medigap picked up the rest. The woman at Atos with whom Barry spoke seemed to really know her way around the insurance programs, ask for advice if your insurance balks at paying. I noticed that (at Hopkins) the therapists also have them so we may have been able to get one through them.
Gail
CG to husband Barry, dx. 7/21/05, age 66, SCC rgt. tonsil, BOT, 2 nodes (stg. IV), HPV+, tonsillectomy, 7x carboplatin, 35x tomoTherapy IMRT w/ Ethyol @ Johns Hopkins, thru treatment 9/28/05, HPV vaccine trial 12/06-present. Looking good!
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