 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Sharlee,
Your new insurance will pick up where the old insurance left off but you may have to switch doctors or pay more out of pocket. Check to see if you have a PPO plan or HMO since most are now one of those. Just like you did when started treatment, arm yourself with as much information as possible. Deductibles aren't usually carried from one policy to another but many policies will take deductibles in December and apply them to the new year.
Hang in there and remember all that you have already endured. This is less than a speck of sand in your shoe compared to everything else. Check specifically about the PPO in network portion soon and check on PET scans since many don't want to cover them unless they have to.
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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