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- Feb 18, 2011
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i'll try to make this short. cant promise since i have 2 yrs of pent up emotions from this illness. 2 yrs ago i was diagnosed with crohns. after a process of elimination with 3 different meds i was put on remicade. my miricle drug. i had 6 months of freedom. then me and my husband moved to a different area in our city. big mistake. due to stupid insurance policy they cut me off. it was either go back to the denver area and be homeless or stay in lakewood and have a roof over our heads. here is where the frustration comes in. for the next 9 months i fought with state insurance companies and many docs telling me they would see me but only with a $350 co-pay. yeah like i have an extra 300 laying around when me and my husband are barely surviving. and the more time that passes the worse im getting. i have been to every hospitol in the denver metro area, cause i cant deal with the pain. finally i got medicade. thought this would save me. now i can wave my card in the docs face. look at me, i have insurance, you can treat me now. doesnt work that way. aparently not everyone accepts medicade. i saw one doc that refused to give me pain meds, refused to put me on remicade, (the only med that works for me) but said if i have $50 he'll give me medical mary-jane, really! i am now at the point where i cant eat. everything hurts. i finally did get a gi doc. and im waiting on my treatment to start. finally someone took me seriously.
