momlyme
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Thanks Rumigirl!
I just got off the phone with the home infusion company who has been supplying us and they quoted me $65 a day. They also said they would contact the insurance company to see what information they need to continue treatment... and then contact my LLMD to get the information to the insurance company.
So, the ball is rolling.
In the meantime, I am calling around for prices on self pay. I know I don't want to mix it up myself. No experience & I hear this is not safe.
Good to know that Infuserve will submit to ins. I am not sure what Major Medical is, but I am sure I will learn.
If anyone has any more suggestions, I am all ears.
-------------------- May health be with you!
Toxic mold was suppressing our immune systems, causing extreme pain, brain fog and magnifying symptoms. Four days after moving out, the healing began. Posts: 2007 | From NY/VT Border | Registered: Aug 2010
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One problem people have had with ins cos in this situation is that sometimes they will tell you it will be covered if medically necessary. The patient assumes it will be covered then, and runs up a big bill. Then the ins co says it isn't medically necessary and the patient is stuck with the bill. This has happened to a number of people on this board.
So beware of lying ins cos.
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I buy my ceftriaxone in Europe it is made from Austria or Slovenia and the price is from 7 Euros to 16 Euro per 10 vials of 1 gram powder.
Travel there once a year and get my meds cheaper.
I also buy IV catheter a pack of 100 IV caths 24 G for 7-10 euro if you have this inserted you can insert heparin and use one IV catheter up to 7 days.
So no need to poke your self everyday like me and you need just one tenth of the amount of heparin compered to central lines PICS and other forms.
Also purchase 20 ml normal saline one box have 50 vials of normal saline a price i think is 5 euro.
I have good veins so insert one IV catheter a day mix my rocephin with 20 ml of normal saline for each gram rocephin and take 2 Gram rocephin over an hour.
No need to hang bags just attach a syringe with mix to IV cath and just push slow ore 0.5 ml at a time and then pause for little bit.
I take B-complex with this mix to.
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momlyme
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Wow! I would think the trip to Europe would cancel out any savings on the abx! I sure would like a vacation, but not sure who would administer the abx while I'm gone!
I am afraid of doing a push... going with the method I am comfortable with. - pre-mixed bags.
Decided to go with infuserve. $646 for 28 days - includes 2g rocephin per day already mixed in saline... plus all the supplies, saline syringes, hepron flush, iv lines, dressing changes, alcohol swabs, etc.
We were doing a gravity drip, with IV pole, but we will do the pump method which was explained to me today as safer because the flow can be controlled better.
Ordered it today.
Thanks for all the help.
Ordering the Lyme Times insurance edition so I can start my appeals process with the insurance company.
Wish me luck.
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Toxic mold was suppressing our immune systems, causing extreme pain, brain fog and magnifying symptoms. Four days after moving out, the healing began. Posts: 2007 | From NY/VT Border | Registered: Aug 2010
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Rumigirl
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The Lyme Times Insurance Issue is worth it's weight in gold!
The only problem is: from my experience, the insurance co's don't read a word that you, your LLMD, or the studies you send say! But you have to appeal. You might get lucky.
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