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Originally Posted by ginnie
Hello from fla. In this state, I could not find a pain specialist who took medicaid. They only take medicare for the most part. I was lucky he agreed to treat me even though he does not accept medicaid. He gave me the two katamine infussions for free. If you cannot afford the infussions, ask your doctor for help. I found a doctor here that put me first over the acencies and the need of money. They are indeed that $1,000 and not everybody can afford that. Some drs. that specialize in pain set asside some portion of their practice to help those that need. You have to ask, there is compassion out there. ginnie Katimine did work for me, but the underlying problem persisted. I had the surgery C3-7 last fall. good luck to all. ginnie
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You are truly blessed, don't ever take such kindness for granted -there are NO doctors here that put patients before $....my doctors in RI have made $26,400 off of the 16 infusions they have performed to date, but will terminate me in a NY minute when my WC authorization expires...it totally sucks. as for helping others, forget it. Not happening, except for their first 2infusions when they were just starting out (for which they will expect accolades forever...). It's all about $$. my back-up is my original K doctor in NJ, DR. Getson, who has treated me when I've had no authorization from the courts. He's 300+ miles away.
Even developing a trusting relationship with doctors is difficult when you know that you are just a dollar sign to them, nothing more.
thanks for the post, Sandy