Well, called the insurance company to see the progress of my claim…They had not received it from the company that grows the cells yet! I am three weeks post arthorscopic surgery and they don’t even know my claim exists yet! The lab, however, was very helpful. They had not submitted it because they did not have the paperwork from the doctor until the day I actually called. Wow, this is moving at a glacial pace. So pretty much I am not advancing the ball toward recovery and my knee is continuing to deteriorate. It swells every day, and is difficult to use on the stairs. I continue to use the eliptical (doctor said it was okay but that it might hurt) and to lift weights. I am starting to feel somewhat like a psycho, because I continue to exercise out of a mental need to do so, but it hurts (which seems unproductive). The rehab is one year, and it has not begun. My doctor says that there is a 90% chance the surgery will improve my function, but only a 50% chance I will return to running long distance. I hate to even complain because mostly people do not understand what the big deal is. Further, I’m sick of my own whining about the situation. I am using this blog because no one reads it anyway, and that way I can vent, reflect a year from now on my progress and hopefully be grateful I have moved on.
ACI Knee Surgery – Insurance Gods
23 JanWaiting what feels endlessly for the insurance gods to agree to my ACI surgery. Ughh. Very impatient to gt on with my procedure and recovery. It will cost in the 30k range, so not anxious to finance myself. Anyone had this procedure ok’d by insurance? Weird to be anxious to be operated on and to be in pain, but until it gets started it can be over…
ACI Surgery?
8 JanWell, I went in for microfracture and when i woke up I was told that the lesion was too large for this procedure. So, now, my recovery is postponed yet another month while they grow cartilage from a sample taken from my knee in a lab in Boston. This is becoming increasingly depressing. So I sit here with an incredibly swollen knee from the arthroscopic procedure, with nothing but cancelled vacation plans to look forward to. Anyone have anything positive to say about ACI?
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