I was treated like an SCI patient the whole way through and never had a problem. The irony is that when this happened, they stopped my MS meds since they obviously weren't helping any. Laura
http://practical-homeschooling.org www.laurascoolstuff.com On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Akua <a...@artfarm.com> wrote: > That's the rub-- insurance would have paid for it--- if the physician(s) > prescribed it-- if there were a history/protocol for a course of treatment. > > EG Stroke patients got more therapy than i did-- I had the equivalent of a > spinal stroke. > > > > > > IF; > > > > You could pay for it all! > > > > *Dalton Garis* > > *Office: +971-2-607-5070/-5297* > > *Fax: +971-2-607-2500* > > *Mobile: +971-50-668-5760* > > *In New York: 718-271-2738* > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Akua [mailto:a...@artfarm.com] > *Sent:* Saturday, June 19, 2010 9:06 PM > > *To:* tmic-list@eskimo.com > *Subject:* [TMIC] What's in a name (Diagnosis) > > > > Here in the U.S., if I had MS, i would have had REAL help: therapy, > infrastructure, assistance, a drug course, transportation, LOTS AND LOTS of > things that I did not get and do not have. > > > > As soon as they deteremined that what I had was NOT MS -- this was at > Strong Hospital-- > > A whole level of attention and assistance was dropped like a hot potato. > They didn't know about TM but they knew about MS. So basically nothing > happened for me. I was warehoused for months > > and fought for every little bit that was done, which in retrospect was > shockingly little eg. no water therapy, very little exercise, my leg > machines discontinued.... > > > > So diagnosis is critical to treatment in my experience. > > > > Akua > > > > Hi Dalton, > > > > I don't disagree with what you are saying, however it depends upon how far > down the line you are. I think we all need that diagnosis, we need to know > what has gone wrong, we need a label. It takes a long time to accept what's > done is done···when we have got there you're right, the label/diagnosis > becomes irrelevant. Until we get there , well there's some comfort in a > label . After all, without that label /diagnosis none of us would be here > sharing our experiences on the web. > > > > Steve (one of 300 of the population of the uk diagnosed in a year, we are a > rare breed my gp has never seen a tm before) > > > > > > > -- > >
