Drum roll and cartwheels please...

[kixit]

My Baha surgery has been scheduled for Aug 1st at UVA!!! I called Anthem this morning to double check (again)about the processor. I want no surprises when I get my processor and they say that will be $5100.00 please-- cash, credit/debit or cashiers check. The Anthem lady said all UVA needs to do is call medical management and they will add the processor code to the surgery.

I am sooo thankful my appeal was approved. Words can't express how I feel.  And- although I didn't have a big fight (thanks to God and Cochlear), I urge everyone to fight your denials down to the last one. Leapyrtwins (Jan) was so right about insurance companies. If you fight they will cave 

[Jim Scott]

Kix ~

A hearty congratulations to you!  Persevering pays! 

Jim

[jaylogs]

Yayyyy!!! Whoever thought one tiny little blip on an MRI could eventually lead to so many issues, and not just medically!! You will be so happy once your "gotcha" date arrives!  Take care!
Jay

[Manders]

What AMAZING news!! So happy for you, Kixit! You persevered and it all worked out in the end. What an inspiration to each of us. Congrats!! 

[It is what it is]

I'm giving you a drum role and turning cartwheels for you.  Congratulations!

Karen

[LizAN]

Woohoo!  Go Kixit!  Can't wait to hear how you like it!

Liz

[Tod]

Very happy for you!

-Tod

[kixit]

Thanks peeps! It was truely amazing that my appeal was approved the first go around.

I'm wondering what it's going to feel like having the abutment. I had a few subcutaneous sutures pop through my translab incision and they irritated me (I wanted to pull at them) for a spell.

For those that have a "baha" device, I ask- what is it like to have the hardware? Any special way you have to sleep? I sleep on the left side with my head down (the AN and Baha side).

[Tod]

No worries, most nights I sleep on my abutment. Rarely I am aware of it.

-Tod

[dalern]

I am never aware it is there.  I think the first week or so I noticed it, but not at all after that.
Dale

[james e]

I don't ever notice mine. The wound recovery requires you keep it dry...just follow your doctors instructions.

James

[leapyrtwins]

It's crucial that I hear the alarm, etc., so I always sleep on my deaf ear.  Naturally my abutment is on that side also.  Never been a problem for me.

Jan

[nftwoed]

Hi kixit;

  Um; No cash here, but I suppose I could try a drum roll and cart wheel. I will this afternoon. Geesh, what more will be asked of us NF-2ers anyhow?  :-)
  So great you won the appeal!

[leapyrtwins]

Kixit -

tomorrow's your big day!   

Hope your surgery goes as smoothly as mine did - most are VERY easy - and that you have quick, uneventful, healing.

Your Gotcha Day (the day you get to attach your processor) will be here before you know it.

Best,

Jan

[james e]

I have a buckwheat hull pillow. I sleep on my BAHA abutment side. A buckwheat hull pillow can be manipulated so there is a void where you wound will be, and the pillow will support your head and the wound will basically be "floating" in the void. It worked well for me. Good luck with procedure. Let us know how you did.

James