She’s been telling Peg all week that she wants to go downstairs. Peg said no, not alone. I won’t try alone either, so we decided to do it together. Then found the lift didn’t work. She hasn’t been downstairs for at least 5 months. The last time we were leaving for an appointment and she fell and I had to call the neighbor to get her up.
Something really cool happened when the young man was here to work on the lift. Conversation came around to me telling him that one week ago today I had regenerative stem cell injections in my knees. His face lit up and he said he had been doing research on that and was really happy with what he was finding! YES!!! He was finding lots of athletes swearing that the procedure allowed them to go back to activities that they thought they had lost...running, jumping, wrestling. And my goal is to avoid knee replacements, AND when I told him insurance wouldn’t pay and it was pricey he told me what it is costing in the lower 48...the same as I paid. Music to my ears.
Insurance costs up here can be so high that insurance companies are paying airfare and hotels if you go outside for some procedures.
He was excited to know someone who had had the procedure, and I was excited to know a stranger doing research only had good things to say.
I remember when your mom fell and you had to call the neighbor. I didn’t realize she hadn’t been downstairs since then. But I don’t blame ya a bit for not wanting to try again after that last time. It’s hard to do that alone.
It’ll be nice if the two of you can help her down there but don’t y’all hurt yourselves doing it. Especially you with those knees. No wrong moves, ok?
Neat that the guy knew exactly what you were talking about. I didn’t know about it until you said you were going to have it done. Cool stuff, and it sounds like it’s making lives better for a lot of people. There’s no excuse for insurance not to cover it.
I guess most things are mighty expensive up there. Insurance costs are high everywhere these days and I can only imagine what they’re like for y’all. Insurance companies are greedy and I don’t know if/how they’ll ever back down again.