Stroke patients in the US with government insurance have had their rehabilitation benefit significantly cut.
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Right after my stroke, the health care bureaucracy was exhausting. You have to stay on top of it, or more letters will arrive.
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A few years ago, I had a royal bureaucratic mess with Medicare over an expensive brace that they should have paid for
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I am trying to get more time with the robot machine at my hospital.
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US Senator Mark Kirk had a stroke last year. He's back at work, sometimes in a wheelchair.
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As a celebration for driving again, my parents sent me a gift certificate to a fine Boston oyster establishment.
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I passed my driving test today - again. I had not driven because of my stroke for awhile. Now I can drive again. Clear the roads!
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Today I got behind the wheel! Vrrmmm!
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Today I passed the driving learning test! Before my stroke I had a normal drivers license, but it's been a long time without driving. Odd questions on the driving test: “If hitting a large animal is unavoidable it is best to”
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My physical therapist recommended a certain kind of brace, but my hospital didn't carry it. In fact, no hospitals in Massachusetts carried it, even though it is popular at hospitals in California. So I bought it directly though the brace company, out of pocket.
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After 5 calls, a certified letter, an email, faxes, a talk with a supervisor and several talks with a manager, my health care company admitted that they made a mistake and will reprocess everything.
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In 3-holed-binders sits neatly sliced bureaucracy: forms from the health insurance company, forms from hospitals, forms from my doctors, forms from pharmacists, forms from the government…
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