Rhonda,

The government preaches self-determination but rarely lets people practice 
it.  Wil pray that Ben can get the help he needs with dialysis.

Also praying for your daughters as they pursue college and life and also 
that you wil find a place to live closer to school.



JulieMelton
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www.heart-and-music.com
Keep smiling!





>From: Rhonda Partain <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Electronic Church <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Ben and dialysis
>Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 23:45:01 -0400
>
>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
>