[henry4956]

Thanks much Jim, I did submit a 'Letter of Medical Necessity' that Dr Zeegers filled out. It was not elaborate but he spoke of my unbearable suffering. I am reaching out to my local neurosurgeon who had been treating me for 2 years prior to surgery. I have already obtained all of his notes for the injections he performed on me. I was hoping that in those notes from my last visit to him prior to my surgery that he would have mentioned that I could not stand for more than 5 minutes and I had regressed greatly. He also said the 'the time had come to do something'. He did not mention those things in his notes. In my letter to him I reminded him of my dire condition and also that he told me fusion surgery would be a 50/50 proposition for quality of life. I just sent it to him today. I sure wish he had taken the time to make those notes when I was there. I will be very upset if he doesn't write a letter stating my condition. My wife works at RI Hospital and she is the administrative assistant to the man who has the power to make a call and fix this wrong. He told her yesterday to go thru the appeal process and if denied again he will get involved.