Ed: Sounds like the insurance companies are up to their typical. My late wife and I went through a bunch of this. Procedures that were not Reasonable and customary....where they come up with this one, I have no idea. Any excuse to save them money, which in-turn cost the patient more. MY late wife's family had a real history of heart issues and coupled with Diabetes that is what took her. So it is good you are taking care of yourself....All my best
Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer [p] 678.266.3399 x304 [m] 609-346-0399 identityforge.com This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately or let us know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], and then delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [OT] Heart Surgery Scott: Thanks... My Heart issue is a bit different than the typical clogged arteries. The procedure I am going to have done is called a hybrid maze (sp?). Instead of breaking the chest bones they put two holes into the sides of the chest and snip and sew from there. What surprised me from this whole thing is that I am hospitalized for 1 week followed by 5 weeks of home bed rest. The insurance companies are really cutting back on hospital stays. A few years ago I was in the hospital for 6+ weeks(non related to current heart issues) and every time they discharged me I would come back with issues that would probably not have happened in the hospital. Which is really funny as they refused to pay for the ambulance service because they forced me out of the hospital. Good luck and thanks for the kind words. Ed --- On Tue, 10/14/08, Scott Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Scott Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [OT] Heart Surgery > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 10:29 AM > Ed, > > All my best...I lost my wife 4 years ago, age 49 , type 1 > diabetic... > I have been raising two girls on my own...no complaining , > I never do.. > > Diabetes is a true nasty killer > > Scott Ford > Senior Systems Engineer > > > [p] 678.266.3399 x304 [m] 609-346-0399 > identityforge.com > > > > This message is for the designated recipient only and may > contain > privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. > If you have > received it in error, please notify the sender immediately > or let us know at > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > then delete the > original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Richards, Robert B. > Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:59 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: [OT] Heart Surgery > > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on > 10/12/2008 > > at 09:41 PM, Ed Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > >Not really. I am do for Heart surgery in 3 weeks. > > > > Ed, > > > > I hope your operation is a complete success. I had a > quadruple coronary > artery bypass in March. What most people on this list do > not know is > that I had a 2nd and a 3rd heart attack in July and August. > Apparently > one of the graphs failed, causing the 2nd attack. They put > in two > stents. Two weeks after that, those two stents collapsed, > causing the > 3rd attack. It was resolved by putting another stent in > there somewhere. > :-) > > > > I am doing very well...finally. My secondary reason for > posting this to > the list is to *encourage* all of you old guys/gals to get > a checkup. It > may just save your life! > > > > Highest risk factors are smoking, overweight, high blood > pressure, high > cholesterol, stress and diabetes. If you qualify on any of > these > factors, again PLEASE get a checkup. > > > > Thus ends my public service announcement. I now return you > to your > regularly scheduled posts. :-) > > > > Bob > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Robert B. 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