Friday, October 24, 2008
Fighting our Insurance
Another obstacle that we had when we were seeking for medical help was our insurance. Well, the weird part is that Tricare would cover anything I need; but then when my husband wants to get something done, it is almost impossible. It took us a while to find a good clinic where they had the fertility treatments we needed. Once we found one, they gave us an appointment; but we needed to wait almost three months. You can imagine myself counting the days to go see this new Dr. Well the day before our appointment I re read the letter and see that the insurance picked the wrong Dr for me. The letter was for me to see an OB.... Wait a minute an OB??? WTH??? I have an OB, why in the hell would I want to go see another OB.... I burst ed in tears, I was devastated, even though I made phone calls to see if I could still go to my appointment, There was nothing I could do, unless I was able to pay for the consultation out of pocket. I was about to go and pay for it, but my husband convinced me that we could wait a little longer and see what could we do. About one week after that, I get a letter from the insurance saying that the approved 3 visits for me to see a Reproductive Endocrinologist, I swear I wanted to frame that letter, I've heard of REs before but I know I was going to see one....As soon as I got the letter I called to set an appointment. I was really excited about this one! The day of the appointment, I can remember walking inside the building, it was at the Loma linda Center, or something like that. When I entered the office, I was the only one waiting at the waiting room, the lady at the front desk was very nice. After filling out a questionnaire that had like a million questions, the called me inside one of the rooms. On my way over there I saw the lab, where I believe is where the keep the embryos for the IVF and they do the Sperm Analysis. Another nice lady gave me a robe and asked me to change my clothes and wait for the doctor in the room. My heart was beating so fast. When I saw the Dr I felt so relieved, then a student walked in the room and the Dr explained to me that the guy was a student and he was going to be doing all the tests under his supervision. After all the tests, the Dr asked me to change and meet him at the other room. When I talked to this Dr I felt like it was going to happen, I was finally going to get pregnant. He told me that the next thing to do was to bring my husband for some testing and then after that we was going to decide which treatment was going to be best for us. I walked away feeling positive and happy until the insurance sent us a letter saying that they didn't approve my husband to go see my new Dr in Loma Linda... You can imagine how I felt about it...
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