Reflections on a Nightmare

On Friday, June 27, 2008 just after lunch the insurance case manager phoned me to say that the appeal had been denied, that frankly "Jane, you're just not sick enough". She then read parts of the report in which the physician reviewer for the insurance had written that until I need transfusions for anemia, am symptomatic for full blown acute leukemia, plus a few other less than lovely things, the "risk" of a transplant outweighs the benefit. I phoned Wake Forest where the RN case manager hadn't picked up the message from the insurance. She was obviously deflated. The team at Wake Forest will regroup on Monday, June 30. In the meantime I've talked with medical people in Asheville, asking for further suggestions and input. For a reflection on some of the above, please return to my website/transplant.