LoudLizzard's Journal

Well... I had to discontinue my Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Aetna denied my claim! Prior to treatment, their website reported they would pay for this therapy for the treatment of Lyme disease. They have suddenly taken that off their website, and have now denied my claim! At $75 per treatment, I had racked up almost $500 worth of treatments. Thankfully, the medical professional doing the treatment has agreed to waive the fees I've racked up so far! He is an angel among men. I am so thankful the fees were waived...

Now we're on a quest to try to get them to pay based on a different diagnosis code besides Lyme disease. The medical professional is hoping we can get them to pay just based on my abnormal SPECT scan results. The bloodflow in my brain is low, suggesting brain injury of some sort, and Hyberbarics is the best treatment for that.

I know the therapy was helping me because my nerve symptoms and joint/muscle aches kept flaring up after the treatments. With Lyme disease, the bacteria dump all kinds of neurotoxins into your body when they die. These neurotoxins make your symptoms worse.

By the way, I had another doc look at my MRA's and MRI's to see if I had any blood clots or major problems causing the lack of blood flow and/or my right side numbness/weakness. He did not see anything wrong, so that was VERY GOOD NEWS!

I am trying to stay positive and will keep everyone posted... Please pray for me.