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My 27-yr-old daughter has started treatment for Babesia-Bartonella-Lyme, and is being told she will likely need IV antibiotics since she has neurological symptoms. Her current insurance (Medicaid) won't cover them and we can't afford the high cost.
Any recommendations or suggestions? Offline replies welcome and kept confidential. JKSmith614
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poppy
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If this is your real name, you should not be using it on a public forum. Use a screen name instead...notice that is what everyone else here is doing.
One alternative to IV is IM, shots in other words. Rocephin and bicillin can be done this way.
If it has to be IV, there are places to buy this and self-administer, once you have had a demonstration of how to do it from visiting nurse, or other source. Using a home health agency to supply this will be prohibitively expensive.
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Keebler
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- I hope there is way for her to get what she needs.
Another avenue to consider for many who have either not been able to afford or tolerate abx treatment - a rife machine. Initially, there is a cost but, in the long run, far more affordable. Just a thought.
LL Naturopathic links here, too. -
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Keebler
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- Another consideration (as part of a plan, along with whatever treatment path is chosen to address specific infection - and support methods, too):
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Our insurance wouldn't cover more than I think it was a month of the IV therapy, so we switched over to Blue Cross/Blue Shield. They paid for everything.
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Medicaid coverage of meds can vary from state to state and within the same state. Are you certain that none of the needed tx would be covered? Do you know a *good Medicaid case manager, or is there a Medicaid ombudsman in your state? Tree
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