WHat state are you in?
Have you filed disability?
Is there another med they can substitute?
Between everyone here I'm sure we can research something for you online.
would allergy shots in combination with other asthma meds help? It's all I can find.I'll have to add to the questions i'll ask my doctor next week.
would allergy shots in combination with other asthma meds help? It's all I can find.I'll have to add to the questions i'll ask my doctor next week.
:bigeyes ... that F-ing blows. Life is not fair, and neither is "health" care.I agree with the entire first part.
Move to a desert (?)
whhat are u allergic to?
have you and your doctor looked into parasites?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/may/23/parasitic-hookworm-jasper-lawrence-tim-adams
i can't offer much more than spiritual type support, but feel free to contact me if you are wanting something in that vein. this may sound weird, but, do you perchance feel that it is your time? or feel contrariwise?
You got a gallow's humor Bucket List, trappedslider ?nope..other than i wanna make out with a igrl again...haven't doen that since before the divorce lol
i can't offer much more than spiritual type support, but feel free to contact me if you are wanting something in that vein. this may sound weird, but, do you perchance feel that it is your time? or feel contrariwise?
dude,that would be awsome if you could make that call and get me on the prayer list
Is it just the allergens that cause the asthma attacks? Living in a bubble is unrealistic, but we have purifiers and tanks of air nowadays.
Also have you tried body-building for increased chest cavity? Sure you'd have to be on air while you do it to not trigger and attack, but it seems doable. It sounds a lot cheaper than those meds.
Have you tried thinner air? Mountains can be beautiful much of the year. That's all I got.
:-\ damnyeah i have family, i should be out tomrrow
Hugs !
You get local family or friends to visit ?
hugs from kitteh :(
Woot!
You doing ok?
Wow, even with Obamacare? Wasn't that supposed to solve these exact kind of problems?Oh, you must have missed the real kick-in-the-nuts with this .... the payment for treatment of chronic conditions decreases each and every time you use it.
Have you tried any over the counter antihistaminics? And what about corticosteroids? They might be expensive if your health insurance doesn't cover them, but they are good for keeping allergies from flaring up too badly. Also, I don't know how expensive your inhalers might be, but it seems to me that if you can adjust your budget to buy them, they might be a worthwhile investment.
Also, forgive the stupid question from the foreigner, but if you have a very dangerous asthma attack, couldn't you call the ER regardless of the state of your health insurance or medicare? Aren't they obligated to give you temporary healthcare to save your life? If they are, then all you have to do is keep a cellphone with you at all times and 911 on speed dial.
i happen to believe in resurrection (defined as the reuniting of the spirit with a perfect immortal body and becoming unable to die.) we are also taught that everyone who has ever been born gets this for free, no strings attached, regardless of affiliation.
i look forward to the time when that happens to you! (hope you don't mind the belief-influenced well wishes. ^^ )
i happen to believe in resurrection (defined as the reuniting of the spirit with a perfect immortal body and becoming unable to die.) we are also taught that everyone who has ever been born gets this for free, no strings attached, regardless of affiliation.
i look forward to the time when that happens to you! (hope you don't mind the belief-influenced well wishes. ^^ )
you forget I belive the same as you lol :)
Wow, even with Obamacare? Wasn't that supposed to solve these exact kind of problems?Oh, you must have missed the real kick-in-the-nuts with this .... the payment for treatment of chronic conditions decreases each and every time you use it.
Have you tried any over the counter antihistaminics? And what about corticosteroids? They might be expensive if your health insurance doesn't cover them, but they are good for keeping allergies from flaring up too badly. Also, I don't know how expensive your inhalers might be, but it seems to me that if you can adjust your budget to buy them, they might be a worthwhile investment.
Also, forgive the stupid question from the foreigner, but if you have a very dangerous asthma attack, couldn't you call the ER regardless of the state of your health insurance or medicare? Aren't they obligated to give you temporary healthcare to save your life? If they are, then all you have to do is keep a cellphone with you at all times and 911 on speed dial.
I';m already taking corticosteroids like advair at his highest dosage 500/50,
I think i may way have a way to explain this:
It's like a triangle, it takes three thick sides to keep me alive and without the xiolair one of the thick sides is wibbly wobbly to the point of non existing. The other two sides are barly holding in there.
and any long term use of steroids to keeps me alive has this risk http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/avascular-necrosis/DS00650 (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/avascular-necrosis/DS00650) which has already caused me to have one hip replaced.
i think that he meant each time the amount the insurance pays for the treatment of chronic conditions decreases each time he tries to use it. maybe?
I'm currently on medicare pat D,and it have covers 90% of the cost of medications leaving me a with 10% the copay,which for the most part is under $5 for meds,however in the case for the xiolair the 10% is as i've stated 440 per shot,which i'm required every two weeks.
What was going on before,was that someone think it may have been the hospital itself who was footing the copayment for all these years stopped doing that for whatever reason.
Hopefully not derailing the thread too much, but I admit the most I really know about Argentina is my uncle helped put in a large part of your communications infrastructure through his work at L3 Communications. I know I know more than that of course since I'm not surprised by your description of public health care there, but it still saddens me to hear of those kind of problems.
so good news..the earth is about to be invaded..wait that isn't good news at all....:clap
Good news, so by switching my medicare plan my shots will be fully covered,so I get to keep on living :cool
so good news..the earth is about to be invaded..wait that isn't good news at all....Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish.
Good news, so by switching my medicare plan my shots will be fully covered,so I get to keep on living :coolYay, living is good.
so good news..the earth is about to be invaded..wait that isn't good news at all....:) :D :clap
Good news, so by switching my medicare plan my shots will be fully covered,so I get to keep on living :cool
so good news..the earth is about to be invaded..wait that isn't good news at all....
Good news, so by switching my medicare plan my shots will be fully covered,so I get to keep on living :cool
so good news..the earth is about to be invaded..wait that isn't good news at all....
Good news, so by switching my medicare plan my shots will be fully covered,so I get to keep on living :cool
Good news, so by switching my medicare plan my shots will be fully covered,so I get to keep on living :coolCongrats! Glad to hear it!
Does the 2nd part involve that Earth Invasion you mentioned?
Can you pre-emptively get the paperwork for Texas filled out?
Amerivantage
Xolair
ICU
So, I just got out of the hospital today, i had a breathing tube inserted again. I'm waiting for the insurance to say okay on the shots that i need, but i have decided that if the insurance declines to do the shots, if i go back into the hospital i'm not going to have a breathing tube inserted. Basically I am sick and tired of dealing with it and it gets harder and harder to bounce back from each visit. If i do pass on, I'm going to take steps mainly letting my mom know who to contact for this forum to let you crazy ppl know.
So, I just got out of the hospital today, i had a breathing tube inserted again. I'm waiting for the insurance to say okay on the shots that i need, but i have decided that if the insurance declines to do the shots, if i go back into the hospital i'm not going to have a breathing tube inserted. Basically I am sick and tired of dealing with it and it gets harder and harder to bounce back from each visit. If i do pass on, I'm going to take steps mainly letting my mom know who to contact for this forum to let you crazy ppl know.
Can't you somehow take this to court? Force the state to foot some of your medical bill? Do something, anything?
So, I just got out of the hospital today, i had a breathing tube inserted again. I'm waiting for the insurance to say okay on the shots that i need, but i have decided that if the insurance declines to do the shots, if i go back into the hospital i'm not going to have a breathing tube inserted. Basically I am sick and tired of dealing with it and it gets harder and harder to bounce back from each visit. If i do pass on, I'm going to take steps mainly letting my mom know who to contact for this forum to let you crazy ppl know.
Can't you somehow take this to court? Force the state to foot some of your medical bill? Do something, anything?
No, i'm already on medicare and medicaid so,it's an insurance thing. But I have a friend who is a lawyer writing the insurance company a strongly worded letter this week.