Advocating for disability Medical Health

    When it comes to living with a disability and dealing with medical conditions, People with disabilities have to find medical insurance to help them stay healthy. Like, their counter partner abled body.  But, it all depends on the companies you chose to handle your care. Living With Disabilities will be taking you on a little trip through the host Katrina Smith current issue. 

Katrina Smith was diagnosed with Osteoporosis at the age of twenty-two years old. When getting the papers of things to do and what to avoid with having low bone density; Metabolic bone disease. Her doctor at the time placed her on Fosamax until Katrina heard the news about people dying from this medication in the news. So, she told her doctor she wants a better alternative! Her doctor kept pushing Fosamax. Katrina knew right then and there, the doctor wasn't about her health, they were in for the money. So, Katrina changed doctors and on to a different doctor. This doctor here disagreed with taking Fosamax. And wrote a prescription for oral contraceptives and who would have thought "OCPs" could help bones? Katrina took the OCP for a while, and on top of that

came weight-bearing exercises. Katrina had yet another issue with taking the OCP, and asked for an alternative? the doctor then wrote out another prescription for over-the-counter vitamin D. She not only had to deal with taking pills to help build stronger bones. She had to go through getting a Dexa Scan once or twice a year. 
     Fastward to 2021, The battle for stronger bones is still an ongoing thing, Katrina now is experiencing knee pain in both of her knees. And it's more pain in the left knee than the right knee. The right knee is compensating for the left knee. So, there are good days of walking and then there are bad days of walking. Like, if she walks a lot one day, she will be in a lot of pain the next day. So, to avoid painful days, Katrina sits down. And sticks to modification exercises. But, Katrina knows sitting all day is not healthy for her. So, she brought it up to her doctor and, The doctor ordered an x-ray to be done and to be on the safe side and MRI. Plus, physical Therapy.

Avocating time...

Katrina went and had her X-ray taken and everything came back normal. We all know that an X-ray can not see tissue. And only an MRI can see further than an X-ray. So, the wait begins for both MRI and Physical Therapy. Living With Disabilities wants to say it was a few weeks later, Katrina gets a call from her insurance company about both MRI and Physical Therapy being DENIED!
 What's next? Go back to the doctor and have them appeal it.

    

 Living With Disabilities would love to hear any stories you may have had with your medical insurance. Have you ever had to go back to your doctor to have them appeal an appointment, if so, how did you go about it? Let's talk about it in the comments.