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[Rowdee]

Val, did the State of Washington have a medical program to help defray costs of PX for dialysis patients? I don't know if all states do that or if it was just Montana.

When Gene started dialysis, the health insurance I converted to private from the place I had worked, stayed with us for a year--they paid as primary for approximately 6 months [that's all I had left on the conversion package] and Medicare picked up unpaid amount--which was very little.

Then Medicare took over...but they don't pay for any of the drugs. The State of Montana had an ESRD Drug Program. It usually ran out of money within 6 months of the start of a fiscal year. We were fortunate in that Gene didn't have diabetes and need insulin or drugs or supplies for that, or any other meds except for blood pressure and his pregnat vitamin pill!

Some of the patients we knew who had gone on to transplants pay a horrorific amount for their anti-rejection meds....I believe Medicare pays for a year. We had an 18 year old gal who received a transplant that the anti rejection drugs cost her family $104 a week....she did super with the transplant.

[Darlin']

Oh, Valerie, all of that is so sad. Yes, Thank God you didn't have to face that, too.

[ValerieUSA]

I think that can originally said Enron Scandal Paint -- *L* -- they just don't learn, do they?

[ValerieUSA]

Between his health insurance and the medicare for dialysis, all of his medical expenses were paid, including prescriptions. The plan was he could return to work as a detective instead of a patrolman after recovering from the transplant, and his insurance would pay for the immunosuppressants. It was a double transplant, kidney and pancreas, so he was supposed to be cured of diabetes afterwards. He was only 42 at the time, so it was worth a shot to him. Unfortunately, it didn't work out.

[Mo1]

LOL .. Oh shoot .. now it was my turn to get stuck on the last fifty before I remembered to JUMP ..

[Mo1]

WOW .. 42 .. this may sound stupid .. but that sucks big time

Your Family has been through a lot

[sweetliberty]

Don't you hate it when that happens?

[sweetliberty]

Well, I guess I'd better get going. I gotta go to work. See y'all tomorrow.

[Mo1]

LOL .. thankfully I don't do that often .. I think ... hehe

[ValerieUSA]

I just switched computers... I finally found my paint shop pro 7 CD so I could install it on the new puter. I am so organized -- NOT

[Darlin']

Mo, When I saw this picture of President Bush embracing this little Cuban-American boy in Miami today, I kept thinking, How I wish that was little Elian.

[Mo1]

HA .. I am STILL working in that organize thingy

I feel like such a failure .. lol

[Mo1]

Oh that's right .. and with no sleep

Drink LOTS of coffee

[ValerieUSA]

I'll bet he wishes it was Elian, too... wait a minute, that's probably a perfectly nice boy in the picture.

[ValerieUSA]

I drank 3 cups of coffee this morning and fell sound asleep right after taking off my shoes when I got home from errands -- I made the mistake of sitting on my bed to take off my shoes. *L*

[Darlin']

LOL. Yes, I'm sure he is a perfectly nice boy and now he has a perfectly lovely memory too.

[Mo1]

LOL .. I can do that also .. sad .. very very sad

Ok .. I need to head off to bed myself ..

Sweet Dreams All

[null and void]

I'd have settled for Carter hugging Elían in Cuba.

That would never happen. Castro can't run the risk of a photo op of CUBAN storm troopers prying a sobbing boy off of a former US President.

God forgive me for how much I hate Clinton...

[Darlin']

Goodnight, Mo and sweet dreams.:)

Valerie, I hope you sleep well tonight. Try some hot chocolate it usually works for me. If not, at least its good.

I've gotta get to bed. Goodnight, Y'all and sweet dreams to all. :)

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Darlin' (Goodnight Baby, :) sweetest dreams)

[ValerieUSA]

Nighty night Mo... dream big