Hello Rhonda,
I will be praying that the Lord will help find a solution that Ben will be 
comfortable with.
I enjoyed your poem on security thanks for sharing it.
Virgie and Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rhonda Partain" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:45 PM
Subject: Ben and dialysis


> The girls, Jenna and Christa have ajob now at a store called Fred's don't
> know if you guys hae them where you live, a step above  a dollar store  I
> think.  Anyway, Ben and I have been thinking, and talking, and since they
> both will be gone, and I can't see anything at all, and Ben only some and 
> at
> other times less, we thought the in clinic type of dialysis would be best
> for us.
> Jenna and Austin our new married couple are moving soon in to an 
> apartment,
> Christa our soon to be college freshman is thinking about moving in to 
> some
> college apartments!!
> The center told us that Medicare pays for the at home dialysis from day 
> one,
> but the in clinic kind after the third month.  I explained our situation 
> to
> them, and they are rather insistant that Ben could do this by himself.  He
> doesn't want to, and really wants to do the clinic dialysis.  I understand
> from reading Medicare literature on the SSI site that Medicare will go 
> back
> three months once it starts...so I am  trying to just get these people to
> listen to what Ben wants.
> Since Ben is diabetic, and has  little feeling in his fingers, and his
> vision is not good, I really can't see why there is any debate about the
> issue.  Can't a patient decide which options he wants when it comes to 
> what
> he feels is best for his personal situation?
> Well, getting all the social work practice I need this week, diplomacy 
> too!!
> *smile*
> Rhonda
>