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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / July 2005Enbrel approved
I've been quiet about this because I didn't want to jinx it, but I've gotten approved for Enbrel after a fairly disgraceful amount of wailing and gnashing of teeth on the part of the insurance company (Anthem). An emotional roller coaster to shift from stabbing long vicious needles into a voodoo doll to stabbing short therapeutic ones into me... I'm cautiously optimistic.  SignatureNathan Engle Computer Support, IUB Psych Dept nengle@indiana.edu http://mypage.iu.edu/~nengle "Some Assembly Required" On or about 7/8/2005 2:25 PM, Nathan Engle posted the following: > I've been quiet about this because I didn't want to jinx it, > but I've gotten approved for Enbrel after a fairly disgraceful [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I'm cautiously optimistic. The odds are in your favor that it will work for you. Good luck. My initial approval through Tuft Medical took four days, my second approval through Cigna took four months and they only approved it for seven months. I now begin the fight for an extension, if the approval time increases exponentially I should expect to hear sometime in November of 2014. JDShine I now begin the fight for an extension, if the approval > time increases exponentially I should expect to hear sometime in November > of 2014. > > JDShine and that is what lawyers are for,,,, if they stop your medicine when its working for you,,,, they are responsible for what takes place. Harv Je 2005-07-08, Nathan Engle <nengle@indiana.edu> skribis: > I've been quiet about this because I didn't want to jinx it, > but I've gotten approved for Enbrel after a fairly disgraceful > amount of wailing and gnashing of teeth on the part of the > insurance company (Anthem). An emotional roller coaster to > shift from stabbing long vicious needles into a voodoo doll > to stabbing short therapeutic ones into me... > I'm cautiously optimistic. Good for you! As far as I know, the odds are in your favour. I'm hoping for the best. It's been great for me. Regards, Taneli, in a once-in-a-blue-moon delurking mode (two letters suffice for the country in my addy) SignatureKotisivuni / Mia hejmpagho: | UPJ on yksi byrokratian ehkä http://www.helsinki.fi/~huuskone/ | näyttävimmistä kukkasista. Toivotan --------------------------------- | sille pikaista menehtymistä. Guantánamo macht frei! | -- Simo Palviainen Will be praying that your cautious optimism pays off in a big way. Gwen > Je 2005-07-08, Nathan Engle <nengle@indiana.edu> skribis: > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > in a once-in-a-blue-moon delurking mode > (two letters suffice for the country in my addy) {{{{{{{Nathan}}}}}}} DeeTee ________________________________ DeeTee and Bob Taggart http://www.marykay.com/dtaggart3 http://mysite.verizon.net/vze8fwov/ ________________________________ > I've been quiet about this because I didn't want to jinx it, > but I've gotten approved for Enbrel after a fairly disgraceful [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I'm cautiously optimistic. I hope it is the exact elixir you need. :) Duckie > I've been quiet about this because I didn't want to jinx it, > but I've gotten approved for Enbrel after a fairly disgraceful [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I'm cautiously optimistic. Signature_('> (_<_) _ _('< -quack (_<_) _ __('< *QUACK!* <_{__) _('< "|,,|_" (_<_) _('< "AFLAC!" (_<_) > I've been quiet about this because I didn't want to jinx it, but I've > gotten approved for Enbrel -- > Nathan Engle Thats great Nathan,,,, please give us an update on your trial of Enbrel. Harv > > I've been quiet about this because I didn't want to jinx it, but I've > > gotten approved for Enbrel -- > > Nathan Engle > Thats great Nathan,,,, please give us an update on your trial of Enbrel. > Harv Ok, after week #1 Gave myself the shot on Friday evening - mildly uncomfortable for a few hours and groggy the next day, not bad. That's the good news. The bad news is this: 12 hours after the injection, Cathy informed me that she thinks she has a cold. 24 hours after that, I had it too. Cathy has started hacking up green stuff so respiratory infection is pretty much inevitable for me too given the fact that she comes into my study and describes her symptoms between fits of coughing. And when I mentioned last night that I really do need to avoid exposure to infection she got huffy so now I'm in the dog house on top of everything else. So I called my RD. Their response: "Stop the Enbrel at once. Get antibiotics to kill the infection. Then when you're ready to go again you have to come into the office and let us monitor you for a half hour because this might have been a 'reaction'." So after my next shot (hard to tell when that might be) I get to have the shot then drive myself home while I'm feeling the post-shot queasies. Grrr. SignatureNathan Engle Computer Support, IUB Psych Dept nengle@indiana.edu http://mypage.iu.edu/~nengle "Some Assembly Required" > So after my next shot (hard to tell when that might be) I get > to have the shot then drive myself home while I'm feeling the > post-shot queasies. Grrr. Sounds like a plan for you but what are you going to do about your mates coughing up green stuff. Harv >>So after my next shot (hard to tell when that might be) I get >>to have the shot then drive myself home while I'm feeling the >>post-shot queasies. Grrr. > Sounds like a plan for you but what are you going to do about your mates > coughing up green stuff. > Harv I spent a couple of tense moments last night being told that green stuff does not equal infection, and I have learned from long experience that I don't have any sort of authority to tell her anything about medical matters. She watches lots of Discovery health programs that I find distasteful so I don't doubt that she's seen more of that sort of thing than I have. But when I'm coughing up green stuff, I know I've got an infection. My plan is to attend to my own symptoms and respect her right to make those determinations for herself. I was told many years ago that it's vitally necessary in cases like this to have the last words, just as long as those words are "Yes Dear..." SignatureNathan Engle Computer Support, IUB Psych Dept nengle@indiana.edu http://mypage.iu.edu/~nengle "Some Assembly Required" You are wise beyond your years. So it goes. Harv > My plan is to attend to my own symptoms and respect her right > to make those determinations for herself. I was told many > years ago that it's vitally necessary in cases like this to > have the last words, just as long as those words are "Yes > Dear..." > Nathan Engle >I'm cautiously optimistic. Great! I hope that the approval comes through quickly. I myself had my first enbrel injection last Sunday, and the second on Wednesday. I actually feel pretty good. There is some residual soreness and stiffness, but it is not bad. It is still to early in the process to know if the result is strictly because of the enbrel, or because I am getting more rest due to being off for the summer. My voice quality has improved. I am so tired of being hoarse all the time, and sometimes there has been no voice at all. Wishing you a great result, Rose @}>->-- Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB Please remove "Ima" to reply. > I've been quiet about this because I didn't want to jinx it, > but I've gotten approved for Enbrel after a fairly disgraceful [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I'm cautiously optimistic. hey, way to go! i hear lots of good things about enbrel. may it be your magic bullet, nathan! kate (thinking---we ought to have a magic bullet dance ritual. i mean, i can drum and duckie can dance.<g>) I'll wear that outfit I started down the Rogue in. rofl Duckie > hey, way to go! i hear lots of good things about enbrel. may it be your > magic bullet, nathan! > > kate > (thinking---we ought to have a magic bullet dance ritual. i mean, i can > drum and duckie can dance.<g>) |
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