For all MM members, a FYI, Steve's health Options

[Guest_ohsteve_*]

Hello all my friends,

Just to let you all know, I finally had word back from University of Pittsburgh. They have told me that I am not an illegible candidate for lung transplant. Not the news I really wanted to hear, but I understand their reasons, I have far too many reactions to medications and an organ receiver has to be able to take multiple medications in large doses and is subject to lots of stress. They felt that I could not take the medication nor would my body withstand the stress.
I was semi-prepared for this so it is not a total surprise, I will continue to write and post here for as long as I can. Please do not feel badly about this, if you wish to try and help, then please donate to the American Lung Assoc. or your countries lung research projects to help in the fight against lung disease. Thank you all for your continued support and prayers.

Take care all,
Steve

[Guest_ohsteve_*]

Hi all again, just a short but idiotic update from those wonderful folks at Medicare and other health insurances. I was just told that Medicare will not pay for my portable Oxygen because I don't meet their criteria which is a "standard medical practice", the cost of this would be $2000 a year. And the point is that if it was strictly up the the doctor I would have Oxygen, Medicare is the one that wrote this standard' So that in 4 years the time I supposedly have left they don't want to pay $8000. These are the same people that would pay for my lung transplant and the medications and follow ups after such which would be more than $8000 a year, does this make sense to you? I am so frustrated and pissed off at this crap I could just scream. It doesn't matter that my quality of health is an issue, don't meet the standard, don't bother us.

It was even more interesting to read an article on the web that researchers have just found that the bodies mechanism for making new blood vessels that normally fix around diseased tissue have the exact opposite in persons with pulmonary fibrosis, they make this enzyme build new blood vessels away from the needed spots so that it is actually harder for fibrosis patients to breathe. Isn't that a kick in the pants?! But I don't meet the criteria, I don't need to be on oxygen during the day... yah right, I guess it will be okay for me to walk down the mall and just pass out so they can send me to the emergency room where what will they do? You got it put me on Oxygen to revive me.

Crap!! Why not just take me out and shoot me.

Steve