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What are the financial challenges after transplant with medicare?
Transplants | Last Active: Nov 18, 2019 | Replies (26)Comment receiving replies
Hello Colleen, I've had the transplant in July but I'm going to retire this December. Right now I'm not paying any major bills for follow up treatments because of my insurance, but all that will change when I retire and flip over to Medicare. So I'm trying to get my mind set on and estimate on what my cost my be. By the way my stomach has been numb since the surgery, how long does that last?
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@willie0027 @gaylea1 @skipmarsliver @rosemarya I have no numbness and never did! My incision healed very quickly and with no discomfort. I credit my surgeon for that, to me he’s the best surgeon on the planet! I’m sure all of the transplant surgeons at top hospitals are incredible but in my mind, he is the best! 😁. I feel fortunate that the luck of the draw made him the one who did my transplant.
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@willie0027 hi there. Just a note on your question as to how long the numbness lasts on your stomach. I am coming up to my 1 year anniversary and I still can't feel anything across my abdomen. The doctors told me that I may never get back any sensation in my abdomen as nerves may have been cut during surgery. I can run my fingernails across my stomach and not feel a thing. Not everyone has this but I do. It's very strange but a small price to pay after surgery.