Good luck, Linda! Cindy --- "Linda C. Knight" <admiral_lck@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I just wanted you all to know I will be a little > slow the first part of > this year in validating books. > > the reason is we (my precious Art and I) are > fighting for the second > cochlear implant and I just have trouble keeping my > mind attentive to > things. > After a year of trying, we have a tentative surgery > date. > > My second ci (cochlear implant) surgery is > tentatively set for Monday > September 13, 2004 pending HMO approval. > > I sure hope they do not deny this surgery on the > grounds that (medicaid > considers a second ci a "personal comfort item") as > they did last year. > > Well, since I have that in writing regarding the "a > personal comfort > item", along with an advicate of the disabled, we > have plastered that > notice all over the internet and in high places. > > The medicaid (fl medicaid) officials tried to wiggle > out of that one--but > aha, too late. It is now public record. > > > So since January this year, I've changed to another > HMO and have written > a letter to Gov. Bush, and well, here we are--and we > are pretty possitive > that the surgery will go throu the approval process > this time. If not, > the fight gets nasty. > > love and hugs to all, > > Linda C. Knight > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno > SpeedBand! > Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up > today! > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail