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Depression and Anxiety at an older age
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: May 26 11:44am | Replies (625)Comment receiving replies
@parus- My husband needs an MRI too but his insurance co wont pay for it until he does xxx amount of weeks in PT. This is extremely dangerous because know one knows what's really wrong. And you are right @parus, it screws up your muscle memory. Insurance companies just don't want to pay for it. I think that right now all you can do is ride it out. Have you been able to see a rheumatologist? They specialize in such diseases as arthritis, etc. You are doing the right thing and if you need to take a break then do it, anything to help heal.
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@ Merry: I guess I'm the "old bat" around here (87yrs), but I've had quite a few MRI's in my lifetime. I live in NYC and found I had a
problem with traditional MRI machines- claustaphobia - so I found a stand-up MRI -much easier to deal with. They play music and you
sit in a huge chair, noisy. but you watch a film too. Distracting and much less stressful. See if a stand-up is avail. in your area when you
eventually do one. Or, perhaps the tunnel one - scary to me - doesn't bother you. A friend of mine likes them - she just goes to sleep despite the noise of the machine and envelopment of the whole thing. Medicare does pay for it, but I guess you are not in the program as yet. Ah youth!
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@merpreb Insurance will pay for an MRI. Thing is it is not safe because of the lead around my vagus nerve from the drat stimulator. I have regrouped. Discouraged but not giving up. Still looking for options.