MY INSURANCE is like kyles since i worked for the
feds.
--- "Cleveland, Kyle E."
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Manuela,
>
> I work for a governmental agency. This means that
> salaries are relatively low compared to the private
> sector, but our benefits, such as insurance, are
> superb. We have no cost for insurance as we are
> "self insured". For most meds I only pay a token
> amount (just a few dollars), but for meds that have
> no generic equivalent my maxiumum out-of-pocket is
> $30/Rx. Because my wife has leukemia our monthly
> prescription bills can be quite high--even with the
> phenomenal insurance. I don't know how we would
> live if I had a job that didn't have the same
> benefits.
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Cerebral Palsy List on behalf of Manuela
> Shepherd
> Sent: Sat 9/29/2007 10:08 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Hello again
>
>
>
> How much does your insurance covers for all the
> medication? You can give me a % if you want. Do you
> pay 100% out of your own pocket for the insurance or
> does your job pays for it 100%?
> Manuela
>
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Cerebral Palsy List
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Gesendet: 30.09.07 03:49:32
> An: [log in to unmask]
> Betreff: Re: Hello again
>
>
> Yeah, Lyrica either works or it doesn't. At least
> that's what my doc said. Luckily it works for both
> of us, eh? Still a bit pricey, though.
>
> The aneurysm wasn't too bad pain-wise. I was
> semi-comatose for five days, so if it hurt I either
> didn't feel it or didn't care. The day I got out of
> the hospital we drove 500 miles to Philly for my
> daughter's college graduation. THAT was an
> experience! LOL!
>
> Oh yeah, on the way back home we got in a car
> accident on a bridge exactly over the center of the
> Ohio River. We were rear-ended by a guy from West
> Virginia who was himself rear-ended by a guy from
> Pennsylvania. The Ohio State Highway Patrol and the
> West Virginia State Police argued over whose
> jurisdiction we were in (neither wanted to write up
> the accident on their turf). Then we had to deal
> with the insurance companies and the insurance laws
> from Ohio, WVa., and PA. We're still involved in
> that mess. At least no one was seriously
> hurt--that's the important thing. Cars can always
> be replaced--people can't.
>
> Kyle
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Cerebral Palsy List on behalf of ehthiers
> Sent: Sat 9/29/2007 8:28 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Hello again
>
>
>
> I love my Lyrica and find it helps a lot better than
> cymbalta without the
> side effects, I don't have CP nor diabetic
> neuropathy (still trying to find
> out the reason for my neuropathy). The aneurysm
> sounds extremely painful.
>
>
>
> Beth t.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Cleveland, Kyle E.
> > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 9:57 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Hello again
> >
> > OK, so how's everyone doing CP-wise? As for me,
> I've found
> > Botox. Anyo= ne else have any experience with
> this stuff?
> > It's been a godsend for= me. I get shot about
> every 3
> > months or so and a heck of a lot of stret= ching
> in between.
> > I guess we're going to start using some drug
> called=
> > "Myoblock" next time around. Apparently the body
> doesn't
> > develop the= same accomodation to the botulin
> toxin. I also
> > found a kick-butt ortho= tist in town that built
> an
> > incredible AFO for me--makes a night and day=
> difference in my gait.
> > =20
> > Last year I had an aneurysm pop somewhere in my
> gut and came
> > pretty clos= e to going 'casters up'. The net
> result was that
> > I lost about 30 pounds= in the hospital and have
> managed to
> > keep it off. That helps enormously= . Every
> pound you lose
> > is one pound less to carry on a battered old fra=
> me.
> > =20
> > I've also found a new med called Lyrica
> (pregabalin). The
> > stuff origina= lly was prescribed for folks with
> diabetic
> > nerve pain, but they are disc= overing it helps
> with a host
> > of CNS issues. My pain load has dropped=
> remarkably.
> > Lyrica and Zanaflex (tizanidine) at night are the
> only two=
> > CP meds I'm taking now. I'm doing better than I
> have been in years.
> > =20
> > Enough about me, what about everyone else? Bring
> me up to
> > date on every= thing.
> > =20
> > Kyle
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