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To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (668)	5/5/2007 3:14:05 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (3) of 1564

A friend with not many resources who has worked at Target's garden department a few years( she is 73) ill advisedly took out an HMO instead of Medicare. She was worried about having to pay the deductible and besides.... she never got sick. Her mother lived until she was 95 and Jan had not been to a Doctor for year. Long story short verse. She got a lump on her abdomen. She was also passing blood. The Dr. in her HMO ignored the lump but said she had a bladder infection for which she took antibiotics. It didn't go away. When it came time to take her to the ER as she was so sick... the hospital refused her.. Sarasota Memorial. There was only one hospital in the area that recognized her plan.. Manatee Memorial.. She could not get a Dr. as they were all booked up with appointments. Her friends took her to the ER.. She was delirious as her BP was 200 over 140 and her electrolytes were all off as well as her potassium being sky high. The Scan which was performed showed growth in abdomen with tentacle that wrapped around the urethra that had prevented the urine from passing through and her kidneys were failing. Before the surgery she has to be stabilized and her plan has to find an internist, oncologist etc. Morale of story. HMO's may not be the way to go when one has a choice and money spent for the deductible may not be terrible when one looks at the consequences of this experience. Her prognosis at this juncture is tentative. She may need dialysis.. but certainly surgery and then possibly if it is not a benign tumor... you know the rest.

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