It's hard to believe, but it's been two months since we found out my Crohn's is back...and back in a big way. And it's been a month since I decided, on my doctor's advice, to go on Remicade. Still, I haven't had the first infusion. We were so close to scheduling one until, on the advice of the insurance company, we put everything on hold to get a pre-determination.
Friday, I finally received a letter from my insurance company saying I meet the criteria for coverage of Remicade. My favorite part of the letter?
"We hope this information is helpful."
They say that like they don't know if the information is helpful or not. I need treatment for a disease that's slowly destroying my small bowel, but finding out my treatments will actually be covered by my insurance...not helpful at all. </sarc>
Monday will be spent on the phone with my doctors to get the first infusion scheduled. If I don't have one scheduled by the end of the week, I may go completely postal.
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