You are correct...he does the infusions in his office. They do monitor you closely as far having you on a continuous cardiac monitor, blood pressure monitor, and oxygen saturation monitor but there is one nurse for all the patients (usually 4 at a time). They will allow you to be with your daughter the whole time. I felt comfortable being by myself because I am a RN and I know what to watch for but I understand your reluctance. It can be very scary.

As far as insurance how they worked it with us is they had us pay for the treatment upfront then we filed with our insurance and they credited us for our next visit or reimbursed us. They filed all the paperwork. I'm not going to lie it was very expensive and being that it did not work for me I'm not so sure it was worth it but I had to try it. I will try almost anything to get rid of or try to treat this monster. Also my insurance did not cover the ketamine itself because they considered it an experimental medication at the time (Feb-June 2009). I think a lot of insurance companies now cover the ketamine.

I hope you are able to find a doctor who will do the infusion inpatient for you. There is another post that has a list of doctors that do ketamine infusions. If I remember right there is a doc in San Antonio and one in Houston listed on there. You might try them. I don't know anything about either of them. There is also the International Pain Institute associated with Texas Tech University. I don't know if they do ketamine or not but you might look into them. Just a thoguht.
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