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Hard to believe. After wrestling with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas since November of last year, including a number of rounds of correspondence and appeals, and even trying to change the law, I was approved to get a new prosthesis with the C-Leg microprocessor knee. (Here's a cool graphic of the new design)
I've been limping around on my old one and it really affects my ability to do the walking needed for recovery. And it would be really great for me and Christine to take a walk together!
I'm really in no shape to go through the process - it takes 1-2 weeks and requires physical preserverance and patience as there are many rounds of reshaping of the socket, tweaking of the alignment, etc. But my prosthetist and doctor believe that the benefits to me will be so worth it, that I'm going to do this in my chemo off-week. If we finish, great. If not, I'll just pick it up another off-week.
I would have never out-lasted BCBS without the extensive perseverance of Peggy at Sabolich, the generosity of Scott Sabolich and team, who generously gave me a loaner knee for all this time, Dr. Shapiro and Cathy at Texas Cancer Assoc, and Dr. Oeffinger at Sloan-Kettering. (Read about his unique program for long-term childhood cancer survivors)
Posted by Greg at October 11, 2007 10:35 AM | Comments (5)