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> From: JHarper33(AT)aol.com
> To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: MS and insurance
> Date: Saturday, October 11, 1997 12:26 AM
>
> When I first heard my TM diagnosis, I was told it might turn into MS.
Some
> months later when I was discussing some new symptoms with my neurologist,
he
> said we could do another MRI to check again for MS if I wanted, but an MS
> diagnosis usually caused problems with insurance, raising rates or even
> causing the loss of insurance if you had to change insurance companies
for
> some reason. He said also that there wasn't much that could be done for
MS
> besides some experimental drugs which were very expensive and had to be
given
> by injection. Since I've been trying to stay off medications, he felt
that,
> if we were not going to change treatment, it would be best to leave well
> enough alone, but he would schedule more tests if I wanted. I felt what
he
> said made sense, and that, even though I would like to see if more damage
has
> occurred since my original MRI, if I'm not interested in changing
treatment
> right now, maybe I'd better just wait. I know some of you have received
an MS
> diagnosis. Has that affected your insurance? He said one lady called him
to
> tell him her insurance went way up after her Ms dx, and she wanted him to
> change the dx, but, of course, he couldn't do that. What about
medication?
> Has what you received after your MS dx helped?
>
> Barbara